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  • Tuesday, January 19th Group 2

    27 January 2010

    Today, we worked on a text: Hard up shoppers abandon organic and fair trade goods Vocabulary A new phenomenon A new trend To abandon: to give up + V + ing The main idea : Ethical consumers give up purchasing organic and fair trade products. Facts : The...

  • Thursday,November 5th

    05 November 2009

    Today we did a recap of what we have been doing so far in class. We said that what we learn is to be written in files. We learn ideas, knowledge about a topic and how to speak and write about thies ideas. Recap WORK : file1 -how to find a job -job interviews...

  • Tuesday, October 20th Group 1

    21 October 2009

    Group 1 Today we met our English assistant who will be with us every other Tuesday from 3 to 4 p.m. She introduced herself and here what we understood: I)Kirstie She is in her twenties and she is our English assistant. She is from Newcastle, in the north...

  • Thursday November, 12th

    12 November 2009

    First we did a quiz about the quantifiers. Then we did a recap of what we did last week. What did we speak about? We spoke about: OVERTIME = les heures supplémentaires. Overtime is when employees do extra work. Overtime is when employees do long hours...

  • Tuesday, September 29th Group 1

    04 October 2009

    You had an oral vocabulary quiz on the words from the exercises. Then you finished the exercise and we corrected it. Finally you had to work in pairs Assignment: Analyse the text I gave you to present it to the class. Sous la forme d’un compte rendu oral...

  • Thursday, December 17th

    21 December 2009

    After a short quiz about the previous lesson, we corrected the other quiz and the Af exercises you had to do for today. Correction des phrases du quiz Richard a postulé pour un nouvel emploi. ð Richard applied for a new job. ð Richard has applied for...

  • Thursday, November 26 th

    02 December 2009

    What did we speak about last week ? P.19 Interview 1: Richard’s professional life vs.(versus) personal life = working life = private life. The work/life balance = is the balance you find between your private and professional life. Richard is an I T manager....

  • Wednesday, October 14th Group 1

    14 October 2009

    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...

  • Tuesday, October 6th

    06 October 2009

    Group 2 This two-hour session went by very fast. It was 6 pm in no time. This is probably because we worked very hard today. Aminata and Guylène, Camille and Elina presented their documents. I am waiting for Olivia to send me her notes. And we didn't...

  • Thursday, September 24th

    26 September 2009

    We started with a short quiz about the various ways to land a job. Then we anticipated about the firs article we’ll study together. BEWARE- employers are looking at your web profile (page 6 in you book) Then we focused on the reading of the article. Rappelez...

  • Tuesday, January 5th 2010 Group 2

    05 January 2010

    You are back and I am happy to be with you. This is an opportunity to wish you again a HAPPY NEW YEAR and to succeed in your lives and in your BTS. I told you that I was going to be absent tomorrow and next wednesday. Today, you presented orally the firms...

  • Wednesday, December 2nd Group 2

    02 December 2009

    Today we worked on a new video by videojug that showed us a simulation of a job interview. You can see the script and the sound track of the video on the article posted on Wednesday, November 25th. The Question dealt with was: What are your strengths...

  • Wednesday, October 14th

    19 October 2009

    Michael presented his current issue. Michael, can you send me your notes? 1) I collected your papers 1 and will hand them back to you with the correction very soon. 2) TARGETS/ PRODUCTS/ REASONS/ Who was in charge of sending me his/her notes??? Was it...

  • Tuesday, September 22nd

    26 September 2009

    Group 2 You had an oral vocabulary quiz on the words from the exercises. Then you finished the exercise and we corrected it. Finally you had to work in pairs Assignment: Analyse the text I gave you to present it to the class. Sous la forme d’un compte...

  • Thursday, September 17th

    19 September 2009

    We experienced a new classroom and a new schedule (emploi du temps). Olfa and Maud were absent. I checked your homework and Jérémy, Elodie and Sabah had to speak in front of the class. It was difficult but good. We learnt some more classroom English....

  • Tuesday, November 17th

    18 November 2009

    Today, we were to correct the exercices about the text Back to School. As many of you did not do the exercises, I made you do them in class. But first : Verbes irréguliers Infinitif : to forget ... Prétérit: forgot ... Participe passé : forgotten ......

  • Wednesday, October 7th Group 1

    08 October 2009

    Aujourd’hui nous avons accueilli une nouvelle étudiante, Aude, à qui nous souhaitons la bienvenue. Nous avons travaillé sur des ‘job ads’ que j’ai pris sur le site du Guardian. J’ai divisé la classe en groupes de 3 ou 4 étudiants qui avaient comme consigne...

  • School again

    15 September 2009

    Bon aujourd'hui j'écris en Français. Nous avons continué à parler de l'école et nous sommes intéressés aux matières étudiées cette année: English, Spanish, Physics, Chemistry, History( prononcez Histeri) Geography, Mathemactics, Physical Education, French,...

  • Wednesday, October 21st Group 1

    23 October 2009

    Today, we listened to the groups who worked on the job ads I had given them a fortnight ago. Group 1: Afef, Kavitha, and Cissé Job : Marketing Communication officer Name of company: EMBO, specialized in marketing Communication Location: Heidelberg Germany...

  • Group 2

    09 September 2009

    Consumers- Targeting children and teenagers Yes children are purchase influencers. They nag their parents to get what they want and they get what they want. So, targeting them is juicy for firms. ARTICLE: Palm unveils a Smartphone for younger users, The...

  • Wednesday, September 23rd

    26 September 2009

    Wednesday, September 23rd Cissé was absent. I hope she feels all right. We worked on the text p 54 of your books and we extracted all the facts, ideas of it. Then we made a plan and you had to organize all the ideas into a written account you gave me....

  • Thursday, October 8th

    12 October 2009

    Début de correction de la CE et en même temps apprentissage de l'étude d'un texte inconnu en vue d'une Compréhension Ecrite... (On devait surligner des mots du texte) "comprehension écrite" I) THE CHARACTERS a crowd: line 1 I: l1-l3-l4-l6-l9-l10-l11-l14-l16-l20-l24-l26-l27-l31-l32-l34...

  • Thursday, January 21st

    27 January 2010

    We worked on a new document called: THE IMMIGRANTS-FACTS AND FIGURES So we talked about the different mariposa-94@hotmail.fr IP: 86.74.228.35 waves of immigration I. The first wave of immigration since 1840 Vocabulary: the potato famine to die of starvation...

  • Wednesday, January 20th group 1

    20 January 2010

    Today you were supposed to be ready for a job interview. Since noone had prepared anything, I gave you 20 minutes to work on your interview. Then half of the class was interviewed by me in front of the class. You had to grade the "job applicant's performance....

  • Thursday, November 5th

    09 November 2009

    Daphne presented an article to the class which dealt with Samsung’s earnings. The article was published in the New York Times, on October 5th 2009. It was about Samsung future earnigns. Samsung is the world top maker of memory chips and flat screen TVs....