M1 Class: 2nd Main Exam = "Contrôle Final" on Dec 14

The 2nd Main Exam = "Contrôle Final" on Dec 14 will last around 75-80 minutes maximum and will cover:

A/ Vocabulary:
 
    1/ Cartoons Coverage (PBS report)
    2/ WikiLeaks (PBS report)
    3/ Reading comprehension texts: all the texts except "Recovering Damaged Reputation"

    4/ False friends: exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4
    5/ Government and Politics: the whole handout 
    6/ Media vocabulary: the whole handout


B/ Grammar (in translation): Units 26 to 36 included

C/ Reading comprehension: Reading comprehension: there will be an unknown text with questions

D/ Listening comprehension: you will hear extracts only twice from "Cartoons Coverage" and "WikiLeaks" (PBS reports)  and you will have to write a short commentary on these extracts.

REMINDERS:

1/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

2/ Please, do arrive on time if not in advance!

3/ "Contrôle continu" students: second short vocab test: Dec 21

TED: Jullian Assange: Why the World Needs WikiLeaks

M2 Class: 2nd Main Exam = Contrôle Final - Dec 11, 2012

The 2nd Main Exam = "Contrôle Final" on Dec 11 will last around 75-80 minutes maximum and will cover:
 

A/ Vocabulary:
 
    1/ The Cost of Cotton (BBC)
    2/ Bunker Roy and the Barefoot Movement (TED)
    3/ Listening comprehension recordings (Air Travel in the USA, Employment, After Graduation, Natural Medecine, History of Dentistry, Archaeology, PC A Practice Test 1)

    4/ False friends:  exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 (first coulmn ie up to "prejudice" (included))
 
B/ Grammar (in translation):

    1/ Units 26 to 36 included
    2/ Phrasal Verbs: Units 145, 144, 143, 142 and 141

C/ Listening comprehension:

1/ there will be an unknown recording with questions: you will hear it twice: the first time without the questions, which means you will have to take extensive notes while listening, and a second time with the questions.

2/ you will hear extracts only once from "The Cost of Cotton" (BBC),  "Wikipedia at Ten" (BBC), "Bunker Roy and the Barefoot Movement" (TED) and you will have to write a short commentary on these extracts.

REMINDERS:

1/ We must leave the classroom at 4:55 pm maximum as there is a class after our class. 

2/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

3/ Please, do arrive on time if not in advance!

4/ "Contrôle continu" students: second short vocab test: Dec 18

M2 Class: TED - Bunker Roy: Learning from a Barefoot Movement

http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy.html

M2 Class: Barefoot College in India on ARTE until Dec 07

You can watch this insightful documentary on Barefoot College in India on ARTE until December 07th from this link: 

http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/les-apprenties-solaires--7081952.html

Extract:

Presentation extracted from ARTE:

Rafea est la seconde épouse d'un bédouin sans travail. Cette Jordanienne, qui a quitté l'école très tôt, subvient seule à ses besoins et à ceux de ses quatre filles. Elle est alors sélectionnée pour passer six mois au Barefoot College, au Rajasthan. Avec vingt-six autres femmes venues du Burkina Faso, du Kenya, de Jordanie, toutes d'âge mûr, de milieu pauvre et sans qualification, elle va être formée à l'ingénierie solaire : circuits électroniques, soudure, cellules photovoltaïques... Un programme ambitieux pour des mères et des grands-mères qui, pour la plupart, ne savent ni lire ni écrire. Mais pourquoi les femmes ? Contrairement aux hommes qui quittent leur village une fois formés, elles mettent leurs connaissances et leurs ressources financières au service de la famille et de la communauté, explique Bunker Roy, le fondateur du Barefoot College. Mais la marche de Rafea vers l'indépendance économique et l'autonomie sociale se heurte au poids des traditions et aux réticences de son mari.

Permanent link for documents (audio reports, transcripts, etc.)

Here is the link all my HCEAI students (M1 and M2 groups) will have to use to find the documents (audio reports, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, etc.) used and discussed during the class sessions:

[in case this link does not work, switch to Mozilla/Firefox or to Internet Explorer or email me, I will send the documents and audio reports by email]

http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK948150618767f0a50/

M2 Class: Nov 20: 1st Main Exam: Program of Revisions

The 1st Main Exam on Nov 20 will last around 75-80 minutes maximum and will cover:
 

A/ Vocabulary:

    1/ The Cost of Cotton (BBC)
    2/ Listening comprehension recordings (Employment, After Graduation, Natural Medecine, History of Dentistry, Archaeology, PC A Practice Test 1)

    3/ False friends:  exercises 1, 2 and 3

C/ Grammar (in translation):

    1/ Unit 26 to 33 included
    2/ Phrasal Verbs: Unit 145, 144 and 143

C/ Listening comprehension:  

1/ there will be an unknown recording with questions: you will hear it twice: the first time without the questions, which means you take extensive notes while listening, and a second time with the questions.

2/ you will hear extracts only once from "The Cost of Cotton" (BBC)  and "Wikipedia at Ten" (BBC) and you will have to write a short commentary on these extracts.

REMINDER: We must leave the classroom at 4:55 pm maximum as there is a class after our class. 

Other reminders:

1/ Attendance rules: 

Attendance is compulsory for those students who are in "contrôle continu": if you are absent 3 times (ie 2+1) for unjustified reasons, if you cannot provide me with a valid and sincere justification, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final".

2/ If students in "contrôle continu" fail to take this 1st main exam, they will be automatically registered in "contrôle final". They will be allowed to take the other exams and attend our class sessions on Tuesday afternoon.

 3/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification. Please, do arrive on time if not in advance!

M1 Class: Nov 16: 1st Main Exam: Program of Revisions

The 1st Main Exam on Nov 16 will last around 90 minutes maximum and will cover:

- Vocabulary and False friends: the same program as on Nov 09 (see previous note)

- Gram (in translation): from Unit 26 to 31 included 

- Reading comprehension: there will be an unknown text with questions

- Listening Comprehension: you will hear extracts twice only from "Cartoons Coverage" and you will have to write a short commentary on these extracts

 Reminders:

1/ Attendance rules: 

Attendance is compulsory for those students who are in "contrôle continu": if you are absent 3 times (ie 2+1) for unjustified reasons, if you cannot provide me with a valid and sincere justification, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final".

2/ If students in "contrôle continu" fail to take this 1st main exam, they will be automatically registered in "contrôle final". They will be allowed to take the other exams and attend our class sessions on Friday afternoon.

 3/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification. Please, do arrive on time if not in advance!

M2 Class: short vocab test on Nov 06 / homework / Reminders

The short vocab test on Nov 06 will cover the vocabulary from: 

- False Friends: exercises 1, 2 and 3 
- The Cost of Cotton 
- Listening comprehension recordings:

• Archaelogy
• Practice Test 1
• Natural Medecine 
• The History of Dentistry 

Since we did not discuss the vocabulary from "After graduation", there will be no questions from this recording.

Homework for Nov 06:

Grammar: 

• units 32 (ex 2/3/4)
• unit 33 (ex 3/4) 
• unit 143 (ex 3) 

Reminders: 

1/ Exams dates: 

- 1st main exam: Nov 20

- 2nd main exam: Dec 11 = "contrôle final" for those students who are not in contrôle continu

- 2nd short vocab test: Dec 18

2/ Attendance rules: 

Attendance is compulsory for those students who are in "contrôle continu": if you are absent 3 times (ie 2+1) for unjustified reasons, if you cannot provide me with a valid and sincere justification, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final".

3/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

M1 Class: program of revisions / reminders

Reminder: there is no class on Nov 02

The first short vocab test on Nov 09 will cover:

1/ Reading comprehension texts:
- Remnants of the past
- Language diversity
- Trends in the Indian fashion and textile industries
- Neanderthals and humans

2/ Vocabulary:
- Government and politics: up to page 5 included 
- Media vocabulary: the whole handout

3/ False friends: exercises 1, 2 & 3

Homework for Nov 09:

- Grammar: Unit 28 (ex: 2/3), unit 29 (ex: 3/4), unit 30 (ex: 3/4), unit 31 (ex: 2/4)

- Listening comprehension + vocabulary: WikiLeaks (PBS reports). You can also watch this report on the site of PBS:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/july-dec10/wikijournalist_07-27.html

Reminders:

1/ 1st Main Exam: Nov 16

2/ Attendance rules: 

Attendance is compulsory for those students who are in "contrôle continu": if you are absent 3 times (ie 2+1) for unjustified reasons, if you cannot provide me with a valid and sincere justification, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final".

3/ There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

M2 class - Exams dates

- First short vocab test (vocabulary + false friends covered until Oct 26 included): Nov 06. This vocab test will last around 15 minutes maximum.

- First main exam (around 80 minutes): Nov 20 (vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension)

Reminders:

1/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade) =  "contrôle final" for those students who are not in "contrôle continu": Dec 11. This exam will cover everything done during the semester. 

2/ Second short vocab test: Dec 18

3/ Should you fail to sit one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

M1 class - Exams dates

- First short vocab test (vocabulary + false friends covered until Oct 26 included): Nov 09. This vocab test will last around 15 minutes maximum.

- First main exam (around 80 minutes): Nov 16 (vocabulary, reading comprehension, grammar, listening comprehension)

Reminders:

1/ Nov 02: no class (we'll try to catch up one way or another)

2/ Second main exam (40% of the semester grade) =  "contrôle final" for those students who are not in "contrôle continu": Dec 14. This exam will cover everything done during the semester. 

3/ Second short vocab test: Dec 21

4/ Should you fail to sit one of these exams, there will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

USEFUL TOOLS AND SITES

Online dictionaries:

• English/French - French/English dictionary

Wordreference:

http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/

• English/English dictionaries

Longman: http://www.ldoceonline.com/

Merriam-Webster:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

PBS (USA) Newshour (transcripts available)

•  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

ABC (Australia) The World Today (transcripts available)

• http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/

BBC (UK) World Service (no transcripts)

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
  

Phrasal Verbs:

• http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html

• http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/
  

• http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
  

BBC Learning English

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
  

BBC Idioms

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/
  

Anglais Facile.com

• http://www.anglaisfacile.com/

Attendance rules for all HCEAI students (M1 and M2 sections)

Attendance is compulsory for those who are in "contrôle continu": if you are absent 3 times (ie 2+1) for unjustified reasons, if you cannot provide me with a valid and sincere justification, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final".

Those of you who would like to be in "contrôle final", I recommend that you come and talk to me about this at the end or at the beginning of a class or send me an email about this as soon as possible. 

 

In "contrôle continu", in case you fail to be present at one of the two main exam sessions, you will be automatically registered in "contrôle final" even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

In "contrôle continu", if you have no valid and sincere justification for your possible absence for the short tests and quizzes that will also take place during the semester, you will get a zero.

There will be no catch-up session whatsoever, even if you have a valid and sincere justification.

 

All my students are required to check this website on a regular basis (at least twice a week) and before coming to class. 

Permanent link for documents (audio reports, transcripts, etc.)

Here is the link all my HCEAI students (M1 and M2 groups) will have to use to find the documents (audio reports, phrasal verbs, vocabulary, etc.) used and discussed during the class sessions:

[in case this link does not work, switch to Mozilla/Firefox or to Internet Explorer or email me, I will send the documents and audio reports by email]

http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK948150618767f0a50/

A Message from the History Department

This may interest some of you:

ATTENTION TRÈS IMPORTANT:


Les inscriptions aux concours de recrutement de 2013 (CAPES et Agrégation) sont ouvertes. Elles auront lieu sur le site SIAC2:

http://www.education.gouv.fr/pid63/siac2.html


du mardi 29 mai 2012, à partir de 12 heures au mardi 10 juillet 2012, 17 heures.

Il est très conseillé de ne pas attendre le dernier moment pour le faire et surtout, une fois passé le 10 juillet, il sera absolument impossible de s'inscrire et donc de passer les concours. Les candidats admissibles à la session 2012 doivent aussi s'inscrire par précaution.

LAST GRADES AND SECOND SEMESTER GRADES

Dear students, 

Here are the grades for the last vocab test and your semester grades.  

Reminders for students in "contrôle continu": 

1st main exam = 30% of the Contrôle Continu grade
2 short vocab tests: 15% each of the Contrôle Continu grade
2nd main exam = 40% of the Contrôle Continu grade

Should some of you would like to get back their last exam papers (May 25), they can email me before June 08; since we don't have class anymore, I will try to find a way to return these papers to them. After June 09, all the papers will be destroyed.

Email me as soon as possible if there are mistakes regarding your semester grade. 

Best regards,

MN 

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

	Second Short Vocab Test - 25 May 2012	STUDENTS IN "EXAMEN FINAL" - 18 May 2012	BONUS POINTS – VOCAB LISTS	SECOND SEMESTER GRADE
	GRADE	GRADE	GRADE	GRADE
	/20	/20	/20	/20
T Z Shm	10,2		1,35	10
BRTHLN Xvr	14,8		0,4	14,3
CHVT Crln	12,8		0,65	14,7
FL Dr	12,6		0,5	14,9
GRR Jrm	15,6		1,6	15,4
GNS Gkn		16,5	1,9	18,4
G Shrn	13,8		0,2	8,5
LBL Dr	11,2		0,65	11,7
LDR Lvn		9,8	1,05	11
MGLHS Jl		5,1	0,1	5,2
SWLD Lr	16,6		0,7	14,9
RNR Lss	17,6		0,65	17,3
RLS Cmll		13,3	0,115	13,5
SLL Nd Mn	17		0,1	19
TRTVZ Drn	14		0,185	15
VRNT Lrn	14,8		0,6	12,3
VNT Rmn		6	0,1	6,1
AVERAGE GRADE	14,3	10,1	0,6	13,1
MIN	10,2	5,1	0,1	5,2
MAX	17,6	16,5	1,9	19,0

Another example of the brain drain from Africa and from France!

Extract from France 2, Journal télévisé, May 09, 2012 (8 pm - 8:40 pm).

May 25: Second Short Vocab Test

Program of revisions for this short vocab test (around 20 minutes): 

• Vocabulary:
• audio reports: 
• Aborigines in Australia
• PBS report on Muslims after 09/11
• Tony Blair and Slavery (BBC world Service)
• The Brain Drain from Africa
• Inside Job (NPR interview + Alternet interview only): we did not have the time to cover the other 2 articles from The New York Times
• three texts: Taseer / Said / Sen 
• BONUS POINTS: 1st semester vocab lists (chapters 50, 51 and 52)

Reminders: 

• students in "contrôle final" can also take this test
• make sure you arrive on time or in advance as there will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid reason.  

Should you have any questions, email me.

Best regards,

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

"EXAMEN FINAL" / SECOND MAIN EXAM: MAY 18

The exam will last the whole class session ie around 80-90 minutes maximum.

The exam will cover:

• Grammar: 
• units 34 and 39 ("should") 
• units 137-142 ("phrasal verbs")
• Vocabulary:
• audio reports: 
• Aborigines in Australia
• PBS report on Muslims after 09/11
• Tony Blair and Slavery (BBC world Service)
• The Brain Drain from Africa
• Inside Job (NPR interview + Alternet interview only): we did not have the time to cover the other 2 articles from The New York Times
• three texts: Taseer / Said / Sen 
• BONUS POINTS: 1st semester vocab lists (chapters 50, 51 and 52)

• Listening comprehension: 
• Aborigines in Australia 
• PBS report on Muslims after 09/11
• Tony Blair and Slavery (BBC world Service)
• The Brain Drain from Africa
• Inside Job (NPR interview)

Reminders: 

• make sure you arrive on time or in advance as there will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid reason.  

Should you have any questions, email me. 

Best regards, 

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Inside Job by Charles Fergusson (2010)

 

Note: some parts of these videos are not very clear, check these extracts from The New York Times:

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/462064/Inside-Job/trailers

Other Links:

Interviews of Charles Fergusson:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/movies/08inside.html

(check the left side of the page)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej-rN1gnMV8&feature=related

The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/feb/17/inside-job-review

Inside Job: how bankers caused the financial crisis:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/feb/17/inside-job-financial-crisis-bankers-verdicts

Bankers played a leading role in the crisis, but they aren't criminals

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/05/inside-job-oscars-banking-prosecutions

Next Short Vocab Test (April 13) / The Brain Drain from Africa / Reminders

Last update (April 06)


Since we did not have the time to cover everything today (April 06), the vocab on "The Brain Drain from Africa" will be up to the middle of page 5 ( ie "cut off") , the rest remains unchanged (see below).

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

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Dear students, 

Last Friday, I forgot to give you the transcript of the next report we are going to work on which is from the BBC World Service and titled "The Brain Drain from Africa". Please prepare it for next Friday (April 06). The copies of the transcript were given and distributed at Mrs THOM's class today. If, for one reason or another, you did not get it, you can always retrieve it from this blog. Listen carefully and several times, check the vocabulary and start learning it.

As said last Friday, there will be a short vocab test (20 minutes maximum) on April 13. It will count for 15% of the continuous assessment grade.

The short vocab test on April 13 will cover:

• Vocabulary:
• audio reports: Aborigines in Australia / PBS Muslims / Tony Blair and Slavery / The Brain Drain from Africa
• three articles: Taseer / Said / Sen

Reminders: 

• make sure you arrive on time or in advance as there will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid reason.  
• Second main exam which will also be the Final Exam for those students in this case: May 18
• Second Short Vocab test: May 25. There will be "bonus" questions (extra points) based on the vocab lists (Chapters 50, 51 and 52).

Should you have any questions, email me. 

Best regards, 

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

First Main Exam (30% of the semester grade) - March 23, 2012

The exam will last the whole class session ie around 80-90 minutes maximum.

The exam will cover:

• Grammar: units 34 and 39 ("should")
• Vocabulary:
• audio reports: Aborigines in Australia / PBS Muslims / Tony Blair and Slavery
• three texts: Taseer / Said / Sen

• Listening comprehension: Aborigines in Australia / PBS Muslims

Reminders: 

• make sure you arrive on time or in advance as there will be no catch-up session whatsoever even if you have a valid reason. 
• students who will miss this exam next week will automatically be registrered in "contrôle final".

Should you have any questions, email me. 

Best regards, 

MN

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

PBS Report on American Muslims after 09/11

Here is the link for the report from PBS "How 09/11 shaped the lives of American Muslims":

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/religion/july-dec11/muslims_09-11.html

WikiLeaks on Arte until February 21, 2012

Available until Feb 21 from the following link::

http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/wikileaks-6388410.html

Extract: 

M1 - GRADES AND FIRST SEMESTER GRADES

Dear students, 

Here are the grades for the last vocab test and your semester grades. 

Reminders: 

1st main exam = 30% of the Contrôle Continu grade
2 short vocab tests: 15% each of the Contrôle Continu grade
2nd main exam = 40% of the Contrôle Continu grade

Email me as soon as possible if there are mistakes. 

Best regards, 

MN 

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

	SHORT VOCAB TEST- Jan 06, 2012	1st SEMESTER GRADE
	GRADE	GRADE
	/20	/20
T Z Shm	14.5	7.3
BRTHLN Xvr	12.9	12.7
FL Dr	16.7	14.1
CHVT Crln	16.5	15.7
FSSRD Gllm	11	11.6
GRR Jrm	16.9	16.1
GNS Gk	17.9	17.4
G Shrn (CF)		11.3
LVL Lr (CF)		15.7
LDR Lvn	17.5	14.6
MGLHS Jl	12.4	10.6
MSSX Mr	18	17.8
SWLD Lr	15.7	14
RLS Cmll	14.4	15.1
RNR Lss	18.7	15.6
SLL Nd Mn	18.5	17.2
TRTVZ Dr	17.9	13.4
VRNT Lrn	ABS	12.1
VNT Rmn	15.2	12.1
AVERAGE GRADE	15.8	14.2
MINUMN	11	7.3
MAXIMUM	18.7	17.8