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Friday, February 04, 2011

Current affairs : Unite to stop racists in Luton|5Feb11|Socialist Worker

Unite to stop racists in Luton|5Feb11|Socialist Worker: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Et la réaction des antiracistes.

British current affairs : EDL protest attracts European far-right activists | UK news | The Guardian

EDL protest attracts European far-right activists | UK news | The Guardian: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

De mauvaises nouvelles dans l'actualité anglaise.

Option Transversale YouTube - Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

YouTube - Who knows where the time goes - Fairport Convention

Option transversale Lyrics - Finnegans Wake

Lyrics - Finnegans Wake

Voici les paroles de la chanson "Finnegan's Wake".

YouTube - The Dubliners - Finnegans Wake

YouTube - The Dubliners - Finnegans Wake

option transversale YouTube - The Dubliners - Molly Malone

YouTube - The Dubliners - Molly Malone

The Dubliners, one of the leading irish folk groups until ten years ago.

Britain since 1945 YouTube - Gracemount high flats demolition Tamcuk

YouTube - Gracemount high flats demolition Tamcuk


This is a video of the demolition of a block of high-rise flats in Edinburgh.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Etudier au Québec

Etudier au Québec

Bientôt une délégation des Universités quebecoises passeront à l'Université. Si vous avez envie d'étudier au Quebec, c'est le moment de vous informer concernant les différents dispositif mis en place pour faciliter la mobilité étudiante.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

M2 Enseignement dossier de synthèse

Sorry to take so long to finish marking your scripts; a huge number of tasks seemed to be due at the same time. Another few days should do it.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

L3 civi GB Ellen Wilkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ellen Wilkinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Here is the wikipedia article on Ellen Wilkinson, the only woman minister in Clement Attlee's Labour government.

L3 civi GB YouTube - UK General Election 1950 - Election Night Report

YouTube - UK General Election 1950 - Election Night Report
In 1950 there was another general election. Attlee won, but by much less than in 1945. Here is the news at the time. You can see that the news is done in a very different style from today.

L3 civi GB YouTube - Labour wins Election

YouTube - Labour wins Election
A very short documentary about the 1945 Labour victory.

L3 civi GB YouTube - National Health Service 1948

YouTube - National Health Service 1948

A 1948 cartoon to explain the NHS to people.

L3 Civi GB YouTube - NHS - Marr's Modern Britain

YouTube - NHS - Marr's Modern Britain

One more documentary by a modern historian about the founding of the NHS.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Pronunciation of antidisestablishmentarianism - how to pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism correctly.

Pronunciation of antidisestablishmentarianism - how to pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism correctly.: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

An amazing web site to help you pronounce words correctly. It won't help with your intonation, but it is an excellent start.

Option transversale 150 ans de musique populaire

Mon option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique" commence jeudi prochain. Le cours est donné en français, mais, bien évidemment, les extraits de chanson sont en anglais.

Depuis quelques années, il était interdit de choisir une option transversale au sein de son propre département. On vient de m'informer que ce n'est plus le cas. Alors, s'il y a des étudiants en département d'anglais qui n'ont pas encore d'option transversale, vous serez les bienvenus.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

L3 civilisation YouTube - David Cameron's first speech at Downing street as new UK Prime Minister

YouTube - David Cameron's first speech at Downing street as new UK Prime Minister

YouTube - The Common People

YouTube - The Common People
vidéo satirique qui critique le gouvernement conservateur britannique.

The Workhouse - www.workhouses.org.uk

The Workhouse - www.workhouses.org.uk: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

This very interesting site tells the history of workhouses in Britain.

L2 thème mercredi 11h

Les étudiant(e)s qui sont venus à mon cours de Thème le mercredi à 11h "parce que le groupe où on est inscrit est impossible" doivent très rapidement contacter M Vincent Broqua pour demander l'autorisation de changer.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

BBC - CBBC - Horrible Histories Game

BBC - CBBC - Horrible Histories Game: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Games about British history!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Dilbert.com

Début du deuxième semestre

Tous mes cours commencent cette semaine, L1 L2 L3 et master.
La seule exception est l'option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique", qui commence la semaine prochaine, c'est à dire le jeudi 3 février.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Friday, January 21, 2011

BBC - Archive - Birth of the National Health Service - Sir William Beveridge Announcement

BBC - Archive - Birth of the National Health Service - Sir William Beveridge Announcement: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

Lecture indispensable - Civilisation GB L1

Histoire de la Grande-Bretagne: Amazon.fr: Roland Marx, Philippe Chassaigne: Livres

Hmm, le contrôle final en civilisation britannique L1 "From the reform to the Great Exhibition" était un véritable catastrophe, d'ampleur historique... Vous risquez d'être nombreux à retenter votre chance lors de la deuxième session en juin... Je vous invite à cliquer sur le titre ci-dessous pour voir une lecture absolument indispensable et le minimum absolu. Le livre est bien sûr disponible dans des bibliothèques aussi.

Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great - This Britain, UK - The Independent

Notes on a small island: The things that really make Britain great - This Britain, UK - The Independent!!

[DANS NEWSWEEK] L’anglais n’est pas près de disparaître - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

[DANS NEWSWEEK] L’anglais n’est pas près de disparaître - Monde - Nouvelobs.com

Une opinion controversée sur l'avenir de l'anglais.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Master professionnel M2 métiers de la rédaction/traduction

I have your marks here for the final test, the translation test.
I am still working on the other assignment.

I would like you to pick up your scripts from the secretary of the English department, because it's always useful to see what mistakes you are making. I will leave the scripts with the secretary today Thursday or tomorrow Friday.



CF
Ingrid 11.5
Oumar 15.2
Vianney 16.9
Steveline 13.6
Alexia 14.1
Clelia 10
Stéphanie 11
Salomé 13.3

L2 Thème moyennes du premier semestre

Fernand 14.5
Charlotte 10
Sofia 11.5
Svetlana 7.5
Soraya 10
Sebastien 10
Mathias 11.5
Adia 12
Asma 9
Aurore 16
Eizaz 7
Anne Emmanuelle 9
Diedi 9
NATACHA 14.5
Ruben 8
Julien 12
Marylène 11.5
Mélanie 6

Comme d'habitude, si vous n'avez pas réussi à décrocher la moyenne, vous repassez un examen à la deuxième session en juin, à moins de pouvoir compenser avec des notes élevées ailleurs.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

CAPES 2011 : taux de réussite en hausse ! - educpros.fr/

CAPES 2011 : d’incroyables taux de réussite ! - educpros.fr/

M2 Master professionnel

I hacve started marking your translation test. Here is my suggested translation.

If you are the first to see it, please tell the others where it is.

Of course, many translations are possible, but notice the importance of increasing the number of verbs, and decreasing the frequency of latinate vocabulary. Because the style is fairly informal ("Pas facile de....") I felt that some contractions were acceptable.

Good luck with finding placements. I would be interested to know what you found, and how it is for you. Send me an email...

Marks will be a little time coming, but will be available on this blog.

John Mullen

Actualité GB : David Cameron styles himself as heir to Tony Blair on public service reform | Politics | The Guardian

David Cameron styles himself as heir to Tony Blair on public service reform | Politics | The Guardian

Monday, January 17, 2011

L2 Thème

We looked in class at the difference between "prétendre" and "to pretend"! So why do the majority think they have the same meaning?!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

option faculté - Contestation sociale et politique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle

Inscriptions pour les options faculté (pour les L3) aura lieu vendredi prochain le 21.
Contrairement à ce qui a été écrit dans une des brochures, cette option faculté est ouverte à tous les étudiants de la faculté de Lettres L3, y compris les anglicistes. Le cours est en anglias.

Second semester classes

After a couple of weeks marking scripts, I will be ready to start the second semester. This semester I will be teaching

Panorama de la civilisation britanniques - Britain since the Romans, for L1 students. Six lectures, half the year group at a time, in parallel with a colleague who will be lecturing on landmarks in US history. Wednesday at nine.

Journalistic translation, for an L2 group , Wednesday at elevn.

Text commentary training for Ml CAPES group, Thursday at one thirty.

Option transversale "150 ans de musique populaire britannique", un cours en français ouvert à tous les étudiants de l'universite sauf ceux du département d'anglais. Jeudi à 16h30.

Option faculté "Contestation sociale et politique au XIXe siècle", L3, Friday at eleven or eleven thirty, we're not yet sure.

And L3 British civilization "Britain since 1945", Friday at one thirty.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

capes Politics UK

Politics UK

I highly recommend this podcast.

YouTube - Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson

YouTube - Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

YouTube -Palaces of Gold

YouTube - Martin Simpson & Roy Bailey/Palaces of Gold @Loughborough Folk Festival2008: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

If you are wondering

If you are wondering when I will have finished marking your final tests, home assignments etc... please be patient, I have several hundred and it will take some time.

I will generally put the marks here, with you first name and initial (eg John S for John Smith). In this way some confidentiality is conserved.

M2 Enseignement Today's class

In the first class today we will look at the dossier on the Queen;
This means I can't accept assignments after the beginning of today's first class.

Listen again two or three times to the audio document before you come, because we won't be able to listen to it in class.

In the second class we will look at a dossier on titles and Lords.



DOCUMENT ONE

DOCUMENT TWO

DOCUMENT THREE




The first class is in room Caravaggio at the Bouvets centre. The second class is in room 258.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

CAPES : defining documents as subjective, partisan etc

Remember that the word "biassed" means "favouring one particular position, *especially in a way considered to be unfair*", that is to say "biassed" is a derogatory term in general. Often it will be more appropriate to define documents as "partisan" or "subjective".

LEA L1 civilisation GB/Irlande

Le tout dernier diaporama est en ligne ici.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

capes devoir noté

J'ai reçu les devoirs de
Maelle P
Chana B
Nassira M
Coralie M
Claire G
Dominique B
Elizabeth D

Les autres - sur papier dans mon casier avant lundi soir. (salle 127 je crois - la salle des enseignants). *Dernier délai*

Tout le monde doit rendre ce devoir *sur papier*. Si vous l'envoyez *en plus* par courrier électronique, je pourrai vous envoyer une correction plus détaillée.

N'envoyez en aucun cas seulement par mail.

John Mullen

David Crystal: champion of the English language | Michael Rosen | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

David Crystal: champion of the English language | Michael Rosen | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

current affairs : Lib Dem support hits all-time low - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

Lib Dem support hits all-time low - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

On-air drama as radio soap 'The Archers' turns 60

On-air drama as radio soap 'The Archers' turns 60

News from The Archers, the longest running radio drama series in the world.

Saturday, January 01, 2011

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Current affairs GB :'No to AV' campaign claims support of 114 Labour MPs | Politics | guardian.co.uk

'No to AV' campaign claims support of 114 Labour MPs | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Master 2 professionnel rédaction-traduction

I hope you are all having a good set of end-of-year festivities.
I know you must be busy with the assignment I gave you, and that has to be the priority, so I will understand if you have only a little time to prepare our next class, next Thursday.

We will be looking to translate the one piece in the booklet which we haven't yet dealt with - this is the press release on page 18 and 19 about the Talkman system.

I will also be asking you for suggestions on the course, which as you know has been given for the first time this year.

See you soon
JM

CAPES BBC - Podcasts - 5 live's Christmas Specials

BBC - Podcasts - 5 live's Christmas Specials

Explore British and American radio websites for programmes about the most important news stories of 2010.
Follow the link above to listen to the indispensable programme "It takes two" about the formation of the first coalition government Britain has seen for many years.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Monday, December 20, 2010

L1 Bloc 2 Listen again

L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identities and conflicts.

If you click on the link below you can listen again to the first part of week six's class, about Wales.

The first part of week six is here.

L1 Bloc 2 listen again

If you want to listen again to the class from week five, you can find it below. Do a right click and choose "enregistrer la cible du lien sous". It is an MP3 file, and may take ten minutes or more to download. This class is about Scotland mostly.


L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identities and conflicts week five class

Sunday, December 19, 2010

L1 Orientation

Le service d'orientation de l'université est à l'adresse suivante

Orientation
Site de Créteil :
Bâtiment i3, niveau dalle
Centre multidisciplinaire de Créteil
61, avenue du Général de Gaulle
94010 Créteil cedex
Métro 8 : Créteil Université
01 45 17 12 17
scuio-ip@u-pec.fr

Horaires d'ouverture au public :
- du lundi au jeudi de 9h30 à 16h00
- le vendredi : service fermé au public
- le samedi de 9h à 11h30



Il peut vous aider si vous avez décidé que les études que vous avez commencées ne sont pas bonnes pour vous...

L1 Bloc 2 Social and ethnic identities and conflicts

If you click HERE you will be able to listen again to the second part of week seven's class, concerning the history of Irish immigrants in Britain.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

LEA L1 Civilisation briatnnique

Vous trouverez en cliquant ICI la partie 6 du diaporama, qui traite de la République Irlandaise. Il manque le diaporama du tout dernier cours, c'est tout.

L1 Bloc 2 History of Indian and pakistani immigration to Britain

If you click HERE (Week ten part three), you will find the third part of week ten class, which dealt with the history of Indian and pakistani immigration.

One is most amused: Designers reveal their modern take on William and Kate memorabilia... - This Britain, UK - The Independent

One is most amused: Designers reveal their modern take on William and Kate memorabilia... - This Britain, UK - The Independent

British current affairs: Cap on migrant workers is ruled illegal - Home News, UK - The Independent

Cap on migrant workers is ruled illegal - Home News, UK - The Independent

A great blog for improving your English

About.com: http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/

I am not the only university lecturer who keeps a teaching blog. Click on the heading above to visit another blog which gives a large number of articles, videos and other resources to help you work on your English.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

L1 Bloc 2 Class on the history of west indians and asians

Vous trouverez ici l'enregistrement de la deuxième partie de la semaine 10 - l'histoire des immigrés venus des Caraïbes et de l'Asie du Sud Est. Faite sun clique droit et choisissez "enregistrer la cible sous".

I'm sorry, but this tradition is poppycock - Mark Steel, Commentators - The Independent

I'm sorry, but this tradition is poppycock - Mark Steel, Commentators - The Independent: "– Envoyé à l'aide de la barre d'outils Google"

LEA L1 civilisation GB/Irlande

La date de l'examen!

L'examen a lieu le 13 janvier a 13h30 (amphi A1 et A2 de la faculté de Droit).

Il y a 270 inscrits, alors arrivez quelques minutes avant.

La première partie est un QCM, la deuxième partie un court essai.
JM

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

L1 bloc 2 Listen again

You can listen again to week ten's class. The part on the history of antiracism is here .

In the next week or so I will be putting up more recordings of classes, but I do not have all of them.

Do a right click and choose "enregistrer la cible sous..."

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Epréuve dossier de synthèse

Vous avez besoin de consulter régulièrement le plateforme EPREL, et *de vous y inscrire si vous n'y êtes pas.*

Voici quelques films qu'il faut voir

Britain
The Queen
Bloody Sunday
In the Name of the Father
Gandhi
Vera Drake


USA
Primary Colors
Fahrenheit 9/11
All the Kings men
Milk
Nixon


For reading, around the subject of Political power and its representation, the problem is not to become an encyclopedia, but I would say the absolute minimum reading (for the British side) would be a general history, a history of the Labour party and a history of the Concervative party.

In addition, read three or four articles every day from the websites of the British press. Choose the articles which seem to be connected to political power and its representation.

Friday, December 10, 2010

CAPES : a useful seminar

Don't hesitate to go to a couple of research seminars where people present their books and research. They are interesting and open to all serious students. They will be pleased to see you. Here is one :


Lundi 31 janvier 2011: Emma Bell et Gilles Christoph (Lyon 2): "Contradictions of Liberalism: The Rise of Authoritarianism in the UK"

Lundi 7 mars: Anémone Kober-Smith (Paris 3) présentera son livre: Le système de santé anglais à l'épreuve des réformes managériales, Presses Universitaires de Rennes


Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle
Institut Universitaire de France

EXPOSITION HENRY MOORE, L'ATELIER - PARIS - MUSEE RODIN - EXPO ART CONTEMPORAIN - 2010 : ACHETER ET RESERVER DES PLACES, BILLETS ET TICKETS EN LIGNE

EXPOSITION HENRY MOORE, L'ATELIER - PARIS - MUSEE RODIN - EXPO ART CONTEMPORAIN - 2010 : ACHETER ET RESERVER DES PLACES, BILLETS ET TICKETS EN LIGNE

One of Britain's most important sculptors, an important exhibition in Paris.

CAPES - revising history

The Independent

This is a page of explanatort articles about important days in 20th century history.
Choose all the ones which are about anglophone countries, and which might have some link to the idea of political power or its representation, and read them. Make sure you understand the main references.