M2 group ONLY: new room on Tuesdays (7 pm-8:30 pm)

From next week onwards, we will have class on Tuesdays (7 pm - 8:30 pm) in room F368 instead of amphi Champollion.

M2 students ONLY - Homework for next Tuesday (Oct 13)

• Listen again to the report "Dog Serial Killer"
  
• Listen to the report "Eastwood's Movies" and highlight the main ideas
  
• Listen to the report "Blood Diamonds", highlight the main ideas and check the vocabulary
• Do the Test 1 (grammar exercise) 
• Do the first page of the phrasal verbs ("page 4'')
• Start learning the vocabulary from the handout given before the holidays (only the translated parts have to be known)

You will find these audio reports and transcripts and the phrasal verbs from this link: 

[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/LNK33284ac8af2b9c708/

Mounir Nassor
(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in) 

Hours and Class sessions / Attendance rules

Dear M1 and M2 HCEAI students,

Here are the hours and rules for the English class:

M1 students: class sessions on Fridays:

• group 1: 5 pm to 6:30 pm in room F368 (Sorbonne)
• group 2: 6:30 pm to 8 pm in room F368 (Sorbonne)

M2 students: class sessions on Tuesdays:

• 7 pm to 8:30 pm in amphi Champollion (16 rue de la Sorbonne - Institut d'études grecques). The amphi is on 2nd floor in the basement.

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.

Class will start from October 05 and unlike last year, instead of 13 class sessions, there will only be 12 class sessions for the first semester and 13 sessions for the second semester.

All my students are required to check this website on a regular basis (at least 3 times per week) and before coming to class. All the homework and assignments and exam dates will be repeated on this website.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(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 

•  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

ABC (Australia) The World Today

• http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/

BBC (UK) World Service

• 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/

Permanent link to the documents and audio reports

Here is the link 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/LNK33284ac8af2b9c708/

Corrections Holiday Homework

Here is the link for the corrections of the holiday homework:

[switch to Internet Explorer or Mozilla (or vice-versa) in case this link does not work. If nothing works, email me and I will send the material by email]

http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK219449b985acad206/

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

M1 group: second semester average grades

Average grade: 12.35 /20
Min: 03.7/20
Max: 17.9/20

12.6 NFSS Prr
16.8 NMTH Sph
5.7 YZ phl
15.1 BRTT Ll
11 BLNG rl
6.7 BSST Mckl
15.7 BRN Chrstn
15.8 CLLT Lcll
16.9 CHRSTINS Bnt
9.4 CNDM Jltt
13 DSJRDNS rl
16.8 DLL Slmn
12.5 DMR Chrltt
8.5 GRD Vnn
11.6 GRFT lss
15.2 GRN nn-Lr
13 LLQR Pln
17.7 KRDLS Ccl
11 KHDBKHSH Lrs
13.7 LB Blthzr
3.7 LNKWCZ lxndr
17.9 LPNT Thms
10 LRX Mxm
12.7 MNGML Sndrn
8.5 MNDNç Vln
13.1 MR Rbc m
13.2 MNTFRT strd
13.7 PHLPP mln
9.1 PTR Jn-Bptst
11.3 PLTN L
13 RBH ch
13.5 RJPM nk
12.1 RFF CMS Cln
15.2 SGN Mln
13.5 SMH Glls
11.5 SWD Mrn
16.5 SM-LS Lm
11.3 TNN Lc
7.3 TT Zka
8.9 VTRS Clr

Should some of you would like to get back their last paper, email me so that I can tell you when and where we can meet.

On our last class/exam session, a handout was distributed as holiday homework, all the vocabulary has to be learnt, all the exercices to be done and all the grammar rules to be known.

There will be a test on them for the M2 students on week 2 or 3 when the university resumes some time in September or October 2009. The corrections will be posted some time soon.

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

M1 section: Catch-up session on June 11 (Thursday) from 6 pm to 7:30 pm

Vianney, Ophélie, Leila, Aurélie, Lucie, Pierre,

For the catch-up session, it will take place in the History department's director's office from 6 pm to 7:30 pm on June 11 (Thursday).

There will be no second catch-up session whatsoever!

The office is just close by the secretariat's office.

In case you don't see me, come and see me in room Chastagnol (just one floor below).

Do not forget to bring the justification for your absence on June 05, otherwise you might get a zero.

Regards,

Mounir Nassor
(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

Corrections of the grammar exercises

Here is the link for the corrections of the grammar exercises (Unit 7 to 16 and Unit 80 & 81):

[switch to Internet Explorer or Mozilla (or vice-versa) in case this link does not work. If nothing works, email me and I will send it by email]

http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK219449b985acad206/

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor

(email : mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

M1 students: Exam on June 05 instead of June 26

Dear students,

I have just been told by the deputy-director of the History department (Prof. Romanacce) that for the M1 students we should have exams earlier than Friday, June 26, as earlier announced to you by myself last Friday.

We need to report your grades to the administration much earlier than June 26 and several foreign students and other students have asked me to have an exam earlier because they would not be available on June 26.

I was told that this is not in contradiction with the exam session that should start from June 22 because this is only applicable for the Licence level students. For Master's students, the exams should be held earlier.

As a result, our exam scheduled for June 26 will take place next Friday (June 05) in our "regular" room F 368 on our "regular" hours that is:

• M1 (1st group): 6:30 pm 8:00 pm

• M1 (2nd group): 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
  

Revision program (reminder):

• the article "What Clash of Civilisations" by Amartya Sen (vocabulary and comprehension - you might have to write a short essay based on this article)
  

• Vocabulary "Government and Politics" (the entire handout - except the section titled "Sentences")
  

• Grammar: Present Perfect / Preterit / Possession: 6 handouts of exercices and explanations have been given to you and we checked last Friday that you had them all). Students who were absent last Friday and in case they do not have them all (or some of them), they are required to come and see me next Tuesday (tomorrow) or next Wednesday morning (from 9am to 1 pm) in room Chastagnol so that I can give them.
  

• Audio report: listening comprehension and expression: you will hear a short (unknown) audio report (3 to 5 minutes ) and you will have to answer specific questions on this report. To improve your listening comprehension skills, listen as much as you can from PBS / VOA / ABC / BBC. I will return the few remaining papers on the previous take-home exercice you had dome on Australia in room Chastagnol from 9 am to 1 pm next Tuesday and Wednesday (June 02 and 03).
  

• Should there be students who really cannot come next Friday (June 05) for the exam, they must have a valid and sincere justification and they are required to email me as soon as possible so that we can organise a specific catch-up session for them.
  

Since I do not have all the students' email addresses, can you please tell them about this? Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
email: mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in