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Sunday, June 27, 2010

octobre prochain

Premier semestre
Au premier semestre 2010-2011, je donnerai les cours suivants :

L1 Bloc 2
Identités et conflits sociaux et ethniques au Royaume Uni depuis 1918 (cours en anglais)

L1 Bloc 3
Britain from the Reformation to the Great Exhibition

L1 projet professionnel

L2 Thème littéraire

Master pro Rédacteur/traducteur
Approfondissement langue anglaise

Et dans le departement LEA
L1 Civilisation GB/Irlande

Saturday, June 19, 2010

L2 civilisation britannique examen de deuxième session

L'examen aura lieu mardi prochain. Il porte sur l'ensemble du programme du semestre, puisque la note remplace toutes les autres notes de l'UE du semestre.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

British Politics Paris 3

British Politics Paris 3
I am not the only university lecturer to run a blog about Britain. Follow the link above.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

L2 TICE/METHODOLOGIE Examen deuxième session

L'examen de rattrapage de L2 TICE / Méthodologie aura lieu le mercredi 23 juin de 9h30 à 10h30 en salle 338.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Main findings of Saville Inquiry - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 15, 2010

Main findings of Saville Inquiry - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 15, 2010

YouTube - The Mark Steel Lectures- Charlie Chaplin 1/4

YouTube - The Mark Steel Lectures- Charlie Chaplin 1/4

An amusing biography of Charlie Chaplin.

Bloody Sunday: how the Guardian reported the shootings | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Bloody Sunday: how the Guardian reported the shootings | UK news | guardian.co.uk

A new report on Bloody Sunday, a day in 1972 when thirteen Northern Irish Catholics were shot by British soldiers, is to be published this week. This article shows what one newspaper said at the time. IN 1972 a first governement enquiry supported the soldiers' actions.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

YouTube - Monty Python Philosophy Football

YouTube - Monty Python Philosophy Football

LEA L1 CIVILISATION BRITANNIQUE DEUXIEME SESSION

If you are taking the civilisation britannique exam again (LEA L1), don't forget to look here for revision


http://johncmullen.blogspot.com/2010/01/lea-civilisation-grande-bretagne-et.html

JM

YouTube - The Clash White Riot: Misheard Lyrics

YouTube - The Clash White Riot: Misheard Lyrics

Epreuve de deuxième session L2 TICE

Il n’y a pas sur le calendrier des épreuves de deuxième session une date pour l’épreuve de deuxième session de L2 TICE.

Cette situation va être corrigée rapidement, une date sera fixée, affichée et annoncée sur le site web de la faculté.
(Et aussi sur ce blog http://johncmullen.blogspot.com/ )

Pour ce qui est du contenu, il s’agit d’une épreuve écrite sur les questions que nous avons traité en cours de TICE. Notamment
- La recherche internet
- Bien écrire et mettre en page une bibliographie
- Le plagiat
- Etc.

UPEC - Préparation gratuite pour le concours de professeur des écoles

UPEC - Préparation gratuite pour le concours de professeur des écoles

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Monday, June 07, 2010

Institut des mondes anglophone, germanique et roman - Journée d'étude "Identités et mobilisations dans le monde anglophone"

Institut des mondes anglophone, germanique et roman - Journée d'étude "Identités et mobilisations dans le monde anglophone"

Deuxième session - épreuve de thème

Si vous devez passer l'examen de deuxième session pour L2 Thème, sachez que l'examen consiste en deux très courts textes à traduire - un littéraire et l'autre journalistique. L'examen est le même que vous repassez le premier semestre, le deuxième, ou bien les deux.

L1 Panorama - Britain since the Romans

The marks for the exam on Britain since the Romans, part of the Panorama de la littérature et civilisation, were... not good.

If you are taking this exam again in the "deuxième session", you will find, in the blog post of the 9th May, links to help you revise.

Banksy makes his mark across America - Americas, World - The Independent

Banksy makes his mark across America - Americas, World - The Independent

British graffiti artist, Banksy, on tour in North America.

World's best-preserved gladiatorial relics are discovered in the suburbs of York - News, Archaeology - The Independent

World's best-preserved gladiatorial relics are discovered in the suburbs of York - News, Archaeology - The Independent

News from Roman Britain.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010

A semi-technical article

Gemalto, Crédit Mutuel-CIC and NRJ Mobile Join Forces for the Commercial Launch of Contactless Mobile Payment in Nice
First large-scale deployment of NFC services in Europe
Amsterdam, May 21, 2010 - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, Crédit Mutuel-CIC and NRJ Mobile have joined forces to offer contactless mobile payment services as part of the "Nice, mobile contactless city " project. Following the successful launch of the first contactless mobile payment pilot in November 2006, with its mobile virtual network operator NRJ Mobile, Crédit Mutuel-CIC is today positioned as a major player in the operational deployment of such services.

The "Nice, mobile contactless city" initiative is the first commercial launch of contactless mobile services in Europe. With the support of the French government, it is being developed in conjunction with mobile operators, banks, transport operators and the retail sector. It will allow people in Nice to use their NFC-enabled mobile phones in total security to pay at restaurants, supermarkets and local stores, as well as in the city's transport networks. Information services will also be available at the museums and university campus.

This project follows on from the "Payez Mobile" pilot programs successfully rolled out in Strasbourg and Caen, with a new commercial dimension. In Nice, users take out an NFC mobile pack at their operator's points of sale, and activate the NFC payment service at their bank branch office. For Crédit Mutuel-CIC customers, access to this service is even simpler, since they will be able to find the Crédit Mutuel Mobile or CIC Mobile* offerings in their Crédit Mutuel or CIC branch office and will therefore activate the NFC functionality all at the same time.

Gemalto has provided Crédit Mutuel-CIC with its dedicated Trusted Service Management (TSM) range of services and solutions, enabling the secure deployment and management of contactless mobile payment. Its experience in the personalization of banking cards and the deployment of "over-the-air" services is facilitating convergence between the mobile and banking worlds.

The Crédit Mutuel-CIC Group confirmed: "Crédit Mutuel-CIC was the first bank in France to launch its mobile telephony business. And to maintain our leading edge in this area we must continuously offer our customers new services at the forefront of innovation. NFC represents a genuine revolution in payment, which is naturally in line with our offers. We wanted to make it very easily accessible by delivering an all-in-one service to our customers."

"The Nice project marks the first stage in the operational deployment of NFC services in France, and more widely in Europe," added Rémi de Fouchier, head of contactless mobile solutions at Gemalto. "The cooperation between banks and operators has enabled us to build scalable NFC solutions and services which will facilitate the adoption of mobile payment and of many other contactless services in other cities and other countries. By joining forces with Crédit Mutuel-CIC and NRJ Mobile, Gemalto is offering to people in Nice a simple and convenient access to the first large-scale NFC payment services on the French market".

* Crédit Mutuel Mobile and CIC-Mobile are NRJ Mobile operator services offered by Crédit Mutuel-CIC.

Online email writing exercise gapfill

Here is an interesting exercises.

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

YouTube - Street View, Privacy & You

YouTube - Street View, Privacy & You

Google help videos are a short and amusing way of practising listening to semi-technical subjects.

YouTube - Google Translator Toolkit

YouTube - Google Translator Toolkit

If you spend a lot of time translating specialized documents, the Google Translator toolkit might help you organize your work.

BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Phrasal verbs

BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Phrasal verbs

And on this page you can find short quizzes on grammar and vocabulary. This one is on phrasal verbs.

Learning English - Home

Learning English - Home

This page on the BBC website is specially designed with English learners in mind.

BBC World Service - Home

BBC World Service - Home

This is the home page of the BBC World Service, one of the most popular radio stations in the world.

BBC - Podcasts - Digital Planet

BBC - Podcasts - Digital Planet

Every week on the BBC radio website - a half hour programme on how digital technology is affecting our daily lives.

BBC - Podcasts - 6 Minute English

BBC - Podcasts - 6 Minute English

The BBC website produces a series of podcasts called "6 minute English" you may find useful.

Computing Now | Interviews | Partha Ranganathan

Computing Now | Interviews | Partha Ranganathan

Computing Now often includes on its website interviews which you can use to improve your listening.

Online talking pronunciation dictionary

Pronunciation of knowingness - how to pronounce knowingness correctly.


On this site you can quickly and easily check how to pronounce important words.

The best of the online translation dictionaries

Dictionnaire en ligne Français, Anglais, Espagnol, Allemand, Italien - Collins Lexibase

Reverso is the best of the online translation dictionaries. Nevertheless, like all dictionaries, it must be used with care. Notice the difference between the "official" dictionary and the user-written dictionary.

Notice how you can contribute to improving the dictionary.

YouTube - How to write a formal email

YouTube - How to write a formal email

Another video on writing emails - to outside contacts this time

YouTube - Business English Writing for Lesson ESL - An External Request Email

Video on writing email in a company

YouTube - ESL Business Writing Video - Email Tune-up 01

This video allows you to see some of the problems in writing emails.