"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

 

Vocab chapters for the second semester: 50, 51, 52 and 53

Dear M1 students, 

As I had said previously, by the end of the second semester, you will all have to know the "words and expressions" sections from chapter 50, 51, 52 and 53 of the vocab handout we used during the first semester. 

If you don't have it or if you've lost it, it's still there on the "Neuf Giga" platform you can reach from the link below:

http://9giga.sfr.fr/n/50-17/share/LNK45824cab4194aca22/ 

Instead of waiting the very last moment, it's better to start now. 

Best regards,

MN 

(mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in)

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/LNK45824cab4194aca22/ 

M1 Students - 2nd semester classroom at La Sorbonne (main site)

[MESSAGE FOR M1 STUDENTS ONLY]

Dear HCEAI-M1 students,

For the second semester, the class will take place at La Sorbonne (main site) on Friday in room D 664, same day and hours (Friday: 4 pm - 5:30 pm).

Best regards,

Mounir Nassor
email: mounirnassor@yahoo.co.in