Wednesday, October 14th Group 1

This is the report of the presentation by HAWA.

Report done by Jérémy ADAM

This is an article from the NEW YORK TIMES, published on October 5th 2009.

French students get an extract push : Is the headline

A school kitty, encourages French students to go to school in 3 vocational schools in Créteil.

The money is for class projects, from 2,000 euros to 10,000 euros.

Because there is a high rate of absenteeism among vocational school students.

Reactions:

-The Minister of Education M.Luc CHATEL

-Trade unions

-Students’ parents

They don't agree with the measure.

Possible Projects:

-School trips for the classes

-Driving license

Then we discussed about your motivations for coming to school

-To succeed in my career

-To have a successful professional life

-To set up a firm.

Vocabulary

To avoid +V+ing = éviter de +V

to advertise + cod = Faire la publicité de

Actually = en fait

Currently = actuellement

 Useless = Inutile

Utile = Useful

Thank you, Jeremy.

Then I gave you several articles, all of them related to CONSUMERS.
In groups you had to analyze them and
1. Make a presentation of your own article
2. Give vocabulary notes.

Homework for January 6th : All groups will have to pick up a spokesperson to  present their documents.