L2 civilisation Research papers

J'ai bien l'impression que ni Leo ni Brunelle m'ont rendu un research paper. Si jamais je me trompe et que la copie est ensevelie sous les autres copies chez moi, contactez moi par mail rapidement.

John Mullen

Medieval & Renaissance Galleries - Victoria and Albert Museum

Medieval & Renaissance Galleries - Victoria and Albert Museum

This website introduces the collections in London of medieval and Renaissance artefacts.

L3 Option Contestation politique et sociale en Grande Bretagne au XIXe siècle

My L3 British civilization option "Political and social dissent and revolt in 19th century Britain" will take place on Fridays at eleven thirty in room 159.

There will not be a class thir Friday - the first class will be on Friday 5th February.

In the meantime, you need to get hold of the appropriate booklet of historical documents at the LIBALU.

You also need to read a couple of chapters in a history book about 19th century Britain, so that you have the general context, before we look in detail at oppositional movements and organizations.


Click here for the programme for the semester.


Now you are in the third year, you should know quite well the collection of history books, encyclopedias etc held in the university library. However, if books are essential for detailed specialized information and authoritative comment, you can get background information on the web .

The wikipedia article on the Industrial revolution is not bad. Click here.

Tous les étudiants BBC Learning English | Quiznet archive

BBC Learning English | Quiznet archive

Tout le monde adore faire les petits quizzes facebook ou autre. Voici une collection de quizzes pour réviser votre anglais. Ils sont présentés par la BBC, et chaque quiz prend 3 ou 4 minutes...

Cliquez sur le titre ci-dessus.

L2S4 Thème

My L2S4 thème class takes place on Fridays at 10 O clock in room 312. There will be no class this Friday; the first class will be on Friday 5th February.

Before the first class you must get the booklet of passages to translate from the LIBALU and translate the first passage ("Températures négatives...") carefully, with a dictionary and a grammar book. Take note of anything which seems particularly difficult.

To keep you occupied, here is a very good, and short, revision exercise on vocabulary :

Click here.

L2S4 Phonetics

My L2S4 phonetics class is at 9 O clock on Friday mornings, in room 0053 (just off the underground carpark).

There will be no class this Friday. The first class will be Friday 5th February.

Remember to get hold of the appropriate booklet from the LIBALU.

Here is a short word stress article to keep you amused. It only takes a couple of minutes. Click here .

And here is another one : click here.

L1S2 Bloc 3 TD civilisation britannique

Mon groupe de TD en civilisation britannique "From the Reformation to the Great Exhibition" a lieu le jeudi de 14h30 à 16h.

Ce TD ne commence qu'en semaine 2, le jeudi 4 février.

Vous devez vous procurer, avant le premier cours la brochure de documents historiques à la LIBALU, comme pour les autres UE.

Il est également recommandé de lire, avant le cours, un chapitre sur la Réforme dans le livre de Kenneth Morgan (en anglais) ou dans le livre de Roland Marx, en français. Vous trouverez ces livres à la bibliothèque.

The wikipedia article on the English Reformation is not bad as a starting point. It is here.


Ci-dessous le programme du TD

L1 S2 British civilization 2009-2010

Britain from the Reformation to the Great Exhibition


1 The Reformation From Henry VIII’s reforms to the Elizabethan settlement and why it all mattered.
2 The English Civil war How England became a Republic and what happened next.
3 The “ Glorious revolution” of 1688 The final victory of parliament, but not of democracy.
4 Rural England – enclosures and Corn Laws How the English peasantry disappeared.
5 1er DST (40 minutes) et révisions
6 The Industrial Révolution Men and women, money and machines
7 The struggle for democracy from Wilkes to Chartism 1 Towards the reform of 1832
8 The struggle for democracy from Wilkes to Chartism 2 1838 to 1848
9 2ème DST ( 40 minutes) et revisions
10 The heights of Victorian England Railways, exports and Factory Acts
11 The biggest Empire ever
12 Révisions
Vacances de Printemps
13 Contrôle final (80 minutes)


Welcome to your second semester course in British Civilization. The mark for the course will be made up of two classroom tests and a final test.
In addition to the classes and the booklet of historical documents, you should read history books, or at least chapters of history books. The books in English by Kenneth Morgan, and in French by Roland Marx, in the University Library, are a good place to start.



You should also visit my teaching blog regularly. I often put on this blog useful links to help you with your studies. If you search the archives of the blog you will find there are already many useful articles, videos etc. It is also on the blog that you will find any administrative information at the appropriate time (your marks, information about absences if I should be ill, and so on). The address of the blog is

http://johncmullen.blogspot.com/
John Mullen January 2010

L1S2 Bloc 3 CM Civilisation britannique

ECUE 1 : Panorama de la littérature et de la civilisation anglo-américaines

Les CM en civilisation britannique "Britain since the Romans" ont lieu en amphi gris à 12h le jeudi. Il y aura 6 séance d'une heure, en anglais.

Ces CM (contrairement aux CM de civilisation américaine) ne commenceront qu'en semaine 2, le jeudi 4 février.

Il faudrait que les étudiants lisent le chapitre sur l'Angleterre romaine ou bien du livre de Kenneth Morgan (en anglais) ou bien du livre de Roland Marx (en français). Ces livres se trouvent à la bibliothèque.

Le programme du CM est ici :

Civilisation CM L1S2 Curriculum

Great Britain since the Romans – an overview

1 Roman Britain

2 Invasions

3 The Middle Ages

4 The protestant Reformation and the Civil War

5 Industrial revolution and Empire

6 “The age of extremes”: The great changes of the twentieth century


A six-lecture course is not very much to cover such a long historical period. I recommend you read in parallel history books : in English if you can (Kenneth Morgan’s book in the University Library would be useful); in French if necessary (there are several copies of Roland Marx’s books in the University Library).

Either before or after these six lectures, you will be following another course of six lectures on US history.

You will be looking at the second part of the British civilization curriculum in more detail in your TD classes “From the Reformation to the Great Exhibition” (or you have already done so in the first semester).

The mark for this course will be based on a single final exam at the end of the semester.

In addition to your reading of history books, you should visit my teaching blog regularly. I often put on this blog useful links to help you with your studies. If you search the archives of the blog you will find there are already many useful articles, videos etc. It is also on the blog that you will find any administrative information at the appropriate time (your marks, information about absences if I should be ill, and so on). The address of the blog is

http://johncmullen.blogspot.com/

John Mullen January 2010

Option transversale - 150 ans de musique populaire britannique

Tous les étudiants de l'université, sauf ceux du département d'anglais, peuvent s'inscrire, s'ils le souhaitent, pour mon option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique." Il a lieu le jeudi en amphi gris de 16h à 18h. Les cours commencent le 4 février et se déroulent en français. Il y a huit séances de 2 heures, suivies d'un examen de 2 heures.

Vous trouverez ici le programme détaillé des cours.

It's Burns Night – sae let the Lord be thankit | From the Guardian | The Guardian

It's Burns Night – sae let the Lord be thankit | From the Guardian | The Guardian

Fête populaire écossaise...

Word Stress

Word Stress
And some more!

English Exercises: Word Stress Maze, Pronunciation (Author-Bouabdellah)

English Exercises: Word Stress Maze, Pronunciation (Author-Bouabdellah)

Another word stress game!

An online game on English word stress

Exercise 1

Try this game - to kill the monsters, you have to know what syllable carries the primary stress! Follow the link above.

France joins race to digitize world's books - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

France joins race to digitize world's books - News, Gadgets & Tech - The Independent

La France aussi apparaît dans les pages de The Independent aujourd'hui - suivez le lien.

Universities face hefty fines for over-recruitment - Education News, Education - The Independent

Universities face hefty fines for over-recruitment - Education News, Education - The Independent

Actualité britannique - les universités devront payer des amendes parce qu'ils ont accepté "trop" d'étudiants. Tiré de The Independent.

L2 Thème Agen marks

Here is the good or bad news. Remember the answer is in your relationship with your grammar book!

Joanna B 6,5
Audrey B 10
David B 5
Marine B 10,5
Lucie B 12
Nassira C 4
Marc C 11
Morgan D 14
Benoit D 7,5
Marjorie D 4
Pierre F 10
Camille F 11
Fiona G 10
Sarah K 10
Marlène L 11
Jérémy M 5
Fanny M 7
Elodie M 5
Audrey M 13
Vincent N 11
Justin O 15,5
Anaïs P 10
Caroline P 7,5
Sarah V 5

L2 Thème Agen

By far the most serious difficulty for almost everyone is the verb. Many students are beginning with the French *form* to try to decide what form to use in English. This is completely wrong and impossible. You are obliged to begin with the *action or state referred to* and ask yourself questions like

- does it happen in a finished period?
- does it matter to the speaker when it happened,
- are we interested in the proceeding of the action?
- are we talking about a habit ?

etc.

These are difficult points. If you want a two-minute explanation, stop studying English and study something else instead :=)

All students should read at least two more time chapters 5 and 6 of "Grammaire explicative de l'anglais" before the first class of the second semester.

These questions need to be taken very seriously. If you wait for these grammar points to become clear by themselves, you will be long dead and buried first.

L2 Thème Agen

Here is a suggested translation.


La petite fille de M Linh


The following day, the old man left the dormitory at the same time. He was dressed in the same clothes as the day before. He had dressed the little girl the same, too. The women and children laughed at him again. As for the men, they did not even look up. They were too busy playing.

Sometimes they argued. One would accuse another of cheating. Voices were raised. Coins and counters were thrown around. Then all of a sudden, everything would calm down again. They smoked cigarettes which left a grey cloud in the dormitory with a strong, irritating smell.

In the mornings the dormitory was quiet because the three wives used to go out with the children. The children were starting to make the town their own. When they came back, they would use words which Mr. Linh did not understand, and would shout them out in the dormitory. The women would be carrying the provisions they had fetched from the refugee aid bureau and then would make the meal. There was always a helping for Mr. Linh. Tradition insisted. M Linh was the oldest there. He was an old man. The women had to feed him. He knew that. He knew very well that they did not do this through kindness or love. Indeed when one or other of them brought his bowl, she would make a face which made it clear to him. She would put the bowl down in front of him, turn around and go away without saying a word. He would thank her by bowing his head, but she would not even see the gesture.

From La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel (2005)

150 ans de musique populaire britannique

Si vous n'êtes pas étudiant en département LLCE anglais, vous pouvez, si cela vous intéresse, vous inscire en ligne à partir du 18 janvier, pour mon option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique". *Contrairement à l'affichage sur le site web de la faculté*, cette option commence le 4 février et a lieu les jeudis de 16h à 18h (en amphi gris en principe).

Les cours ont lieu en français. Voici le descriptif :


Plus que d’autres pays d’importance similaire, la Grande-Bretagne est réputée pour sa contribution à la musique populaire.

Cette option retracera 150 ans d’histoire de la Grande Bretagne et les musiques populaires qui l’ont marqué. Nous commencerons par la musique folklorique maintes fois « resuscitée » et les fanfares et chorales du milieu du 19 ème siècle. L’urbanisation croissante et les débuts de loisirs ouvriers donneront lieu au music-hall qui passera par différentes transformations jusqu’aux années 1920. En particulier elle incarnera une réaction à la Grande Guerre de 1914-1918, devenant un outil primordial de recrutement et de maintien de morale.

L’arrivée de la radio dans les années 1920 et la popularisation du gramophone transformeront la musique populaire - Les Big Bands, et le Jazz domineront les années 1930. L’arrivée des « trente glorieuses » amènera rapidement de nouvelles transformations, avec le développement de musique « de génération » - le Skiffle, le Rock n Roll et d’autres, tandis que l’arrivée d’une immigration antillaise importante influera également.

La crise économique apportera le punk rock et des phénomènes similaires, la révolution technologique permettra la musique techno, et de nouvelles générations exprimeront un sentiment d’intégration ou de rébellion à travers le rap, le Banghra et d’autres formes musicales.

Ces cours, donnés en français, exploreront les outils d’analyse de l’histoire culturelle, et proposera des adaptations des outils musicologiques pour tenir compte de certains caractéristiques de la musique populaire.

Des dissidents pas royalistes pour deux sous - Couleurs irlandaises

Des dissidents pas royalistes pour deux sous - Couleurs irlandaises

Cet article de Libération souligne les tensions identitaires et politiques encore présentes en Irlande du Nord.