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Monday, November 28, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

M2 Master Professionnel Rédaction-traduction

Ok, so there will be a class as usual on the 8th december and on the 15th December at 15h30.
There will be no class on the 5th January, and the final test will be on the 12th January at 2pm in a room which will be announced soonish.

Marks and Spencer returns to Paris - and so does the orderly queue | Business | The Guardian

Marks and Spencer returns to Paris - and so does the orderly queue | Business | The Guardian

Monday, November 21, 2011

Rendezvous Enseignant référent

Chaque étudiant de première année a un enseignant référent. L'enseignant rencontre l'étudiant après quelques semaines de sa première année pour faire le point sur ses études. C'est le moment d'en parler si vous pensez vous réorienter, et aussi de faire part de toute question ou difficulté. Je voudrais donc prendre rendezvous avec les étudiants suivants, dans mon bureau (208) aux horaires suivants. J'ai demandé à votre enseignante Mme Head de vous permettre de sortir, si votre rendezvous tombe pendant son cours le jeudi après midi.

Si vous avez un empêchement, envoyez-moi un courrier électronique. john [point] mullen [arobase] wanadoo.fr

Merci
JM


jeudi 24 novembre
11h15 Filiz Kahraman
13h Preston Adetou
13h15 Nicole Atse

jeudi 1 décembre
11h15 Pauline Barbot
11h30 Lisa Bardot
14h Stéphanie Bataille
14h15 Imane Belmrabet
14h30 Marion Benard
15h Marine Bidard
15h30 Mathieu Billard
15h45 Laura Chollet

mer 7 décembre
13h15 Diallo Kadiatou
13h30 Launy Nattes-Peraste
13h45 Hélène Mene
14h Christopher Maga

jeu 8 décembre
11h30 Erwan David
11h45 Dialla Ramata
13h45 Diols Lyndsay
14h Duval Clémence
14h15 Esmailian Flora
14h45 Fassier Hélène
15h Frot Chloé
15h15 Lopez Garcia Tiffany

M2 Master Professionnel Rédaction-traduction

For Thursday, please prepare the translation concerning Gemplus.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

First World War music hall - myths and realities

Click on the link below to listen to an MP3 version of my talk at the Imperial war museum seminar on November 15th.

click here

L2 Thème Classroom test November

Below are the suggested answers. The next big test, which will have the same structure, will be on Tuesday 3rd January. If you are absent on the 3rd January, even for a very good reason like illness, you will take the retake exam in June.




Suggested answers, classroom test L2, November 2011

Section A

1 Régine looked at me in silent disapproval.
2 I thanked him for his thoughtfulness but pointed out that I had no money.
3 He had no children. Noone knew of any family.
4 The conversation they had had on this subject, two weeks earlier, had been the first one they had had since they started working shifts.

Section B
Les emplois temporels du prétérit (« I went to York when I was in England » (et les emplois non temporels (« If only I could fly. » or « If I bought a car… ») ont en commun le fait de souligner le décrochage de l’évènement par rapport au moment présent. Pour les emplois temporels, nous parlons d’une période révolue ; pour les emplois non-temporels, nous parlons d’évènements non-réalisés.

Section C (NB il faut traduire au prétérit)

Willy Berg, more dead than alive, phoned the Saussaies ; his report filled them with panic. Pannwitz immediately set in motion a gigantic police operation. The area around Saint Lazare station was blocked off ; dozens of passers-by were arrested ; the Bailly Building was gone over with a fine toothcomb. But there was no sign of Trepper. At the end of the afternoon, Pannwitz closed down the security set-up, which was no longer of any use. And that’s when the big boss walked into Saint Lazare station from the Rue d’Amsterdam and jumped into a train heading for Saint-Germain-En Laye.

He had realized that the Gestapo would be swarming into the area. Coming out of the chemist’s, he had run into a metro entrance, jumped onto the first train that arrived and stayed hidden there until it got to the terminus. From there, he came back gradually towards the centre of Paris ; at the end, a bus dropped him off at Saint Lazare station. He didn’t know if Georgie still lived in their house. She might have been short of money to pay the rent. The lease was soon to run out, if it hadn’t already done so.

Katz ! He must know about his boss’s escape plan ; He probably even knows where he is hiding.

From the Orchestre Rouge by Gilles Perrault

Thursday, November 17, 2011

L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identities and conflicts

The test you did today counts for 25% of your final mark.
Another 25% will be for your homework assignment which I will give you soon, and which will be based on the documents in the document booklet.

The final 50% will be for your last test on Thursday January 5th

Student who do not get ten out of twenty at least, or are absent for any reason, will be able to take an exam again, in June.

The classes we have left are
24 November - immigration 2
1 December - immigration 3
8 December - Women's social position and identity
15 December - History of gay identities in Britain

Wednesday, November 09, 2011

M2 Master Professionnel Rédaction-traduction

Remember that tomorrow's class starts, exceptionally, at 2 pm.
I will be giving you your first marked assignment, for you to do at home. Isn't that exciting?

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Monday, November 07, 2011

L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identities and conflicts

I have put some of the powerpoints online to help you revise. These three powerpoints made up the first class :

Part A of the first class is here
Part B of the first class is here
Part C of the first class is here

Click here for the second class powerpoint on work before 1945
Click here for the third class powerpoint on work after 1945
Click here for the powerpoint on Scotland and Wales
Click here for the powerpoint on Ireland

L1 LLCE Civilisation "From the Reformation to the Great Exhibition"

Tomorrow's test includes

Part one (14 points)
Choose FIVE of EIGHT subjects given and explain what they are, the context, and the link with the great historical changes I have been talking about.

Part two (6 points)
A longer question about a great historical change.

L2 thème - tomorrow's test

Tomorrow's test includes



- four sentences to translate, which you have already seen

- a short question on the reading I have put online here, about tenses in English

- a passage from a novel to translate into English


The most important thing to revise is no doubt the grammar points we have looked at while translating.


JM

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast (1901) - YouTube

Ride on the Tramcar through Belfast (1901) - YouTube

A quoi ressemblait une ville irlandaise en 1901. Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessus pour un video de deux minutes qui vous montre Belfast en 1901

L1 LLCE Civilisation GB From the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution

As you know, your first test is on the 8th November. To help you plan in advance, I can tell you already that the final test will be on Tuesday 3rd January. This test cannot be moved, and anyone who is absent for illness or any other reason will only be able to pass the module by retaking an exam at the "second session" in June.

L2 Thème - planning in advance

As you know, your first test will be on the 8th of November.
The final test of the semester will be on Tuesday 3rd January. There is no way of putting this test on another day. So plan in advance to be back from any trip to see family etc by the 3rd of January!

Anyone who is absent on the 3rd of January for any reason will be able to retake an exam in order to pass the module at the "deuxième session" in June.

Open days put universities under the microscope | Education | The Guardian

Open days put universities under the microscope | Education | The Guardian

Maxed-out Britain - Home News - UK - The Independent

Maxed-out Britain - Home News - UK - The Independent