Hey guys,

today we finished talking about India with the different presentations from your classmates. Some of them were quite good indeed and most of you finally did a good job even if it should be smoother next time.

We also corrected your vocabulary exercises. Here is the correction:

Correction

p54 n2

a. burden

b. shame / second class citizens

c. bring up / dowry

d. take measures

e. put an end to

f. outnumbers

P53n 1

CONDITIONS DES FEMMES:

- ban

- curse

- household chores

- submissive

BUTS (Goals):

- be on an equal footing

- eradicate prejudices

- get a fair deal

- have the same opportunities

- to improve people's education

MOYENS MIS EN OEUVRE

- campaign for / against

- (to) tackle a problem / (to) address an issue

HW:

- préparez-vous pour le test écrit de fin de séquence sur l'Inde (lundi 19 mars de 10h à 11h en salle 728).

- pour ceux qui n'ont pas pu faire leur présentation (pb de temps ou d'absence), merci de vous enregistrer et d'ajouter le son (votre voix en commentaires) sur le powerpoint corrigé que je vous ai renvoyé et de me le remettre lundi sur clé USB.

Here are two quite interesting powerpoint about India that you made:

Jazila and Nabila's presentation:

Cécile and Mélanie V.'s presentation:

Hi guys,

today you first did quite a good recap of yesterday's lesson; then we started a new topic listening to this document that you understood quite well: 

Here is what we said about it:

"to be written by..."

Finally, you worked in groups on a set of documents dealing with the evolution of Afro-American music through history. Here are some of the notes you took: 

"to be written by ..."

HW:

- finir la préparation du rapport pour le groupe 5 et 6.

- être capable de parler de n'importe quelle partie (1 -> 4) et la commenter.

More information about... Billie Holiday's biography down here (document #6):

Hi guys,

today was the last lesson before your test. Let's hope you will succeed!

Here is the quiz we took in class today and that you can do over again to practise. You will have some of the questions from this quiz in your test on Friday and other questions too... So get ready!

Hi guys,

today we studied the video below made by British Indian comedians to make fun of the way English people behave in Indian restaurants in Britain.

You can watch it again below:

Here are the notes we took on the board (copy them down in your copybooks):

savoury / sweet

spicy / bland

Meat: chicken, beef, pork (galmon steak), sausages, sheep stomach, ...

Vegetables: leek, tomatoes, carrot, egg plant, peas, cabbage, lentils, lettuce, ...

Starchy foods: mashed potatoes, baked beans, chips, ...

Fish: eel, scampi / prawn, ...

Fruit: pineapple, berries, ...

Dairy products: butter, cream, ...

Spices: curry, ...

Behaviour of the customers at the restaurant:

They don't respect the waiter (they touch his buttocks, they call him Jame-ass, they make fun of him, ...). They are disrespectful and even racist (they make jokes about the waiter's skin colour, they talk about the size of his penis, ...)

They don't know what they are ordering (they order too much food [24 plates of chips], they say they want scampi and prawn cocktail which is the same thing, they are exited over bread and butter, ...)

They emphasize their Indian accent (rolled "r" and pronunciation mistakes [steak and kidney pie, for instance], ...).

They are extremely rude (they burp, they are already drunk and sleeping, they ask for things to be left aside [they call it "crap"], they talk about going to the toilet, they want to have a competition to see who can have the "blandest thing on the menu", they get angry even if the waiter is very well-behaved...)

-> This is a very funny parody of British people going for an Indian except that here everything is reversed / turned upside down; the tables are turned.

More information about...

... Goodness Gracious Me here

... typical English dishes here and Scottish dishes here.

Hi guys,

in the first part of the lesson we tried to finish correcting your mock exams.

Here is what we wrote about the text and about the ideas + link words that you needed to use for the writing part:

"to be written by ..."

Then in the 2nd part of the hour, you had to present your silly immoral games and some of you did do a pretty good job. I will upload their presentation as soon as possible here.

"yet to be uploaded"

HW:

- finir la correction de l'expression écrite 'Lettre'