Week beginning Monday, May 18, 2020

Sciences Po double degree First and Third years:

Exam results and overall grade: in the end, I will send each of you your exam duly corrected along with your overall course grade.

Satisfaction survey: if you haven't already taken it, we would be very grateful if you could do so, I included the link in the "reminder" email I sent this morning.

I would also like to say a resounding thank you to all of you for an extremely gratifying semester albeit in such unusual circumstances!

I wish you all a wonderful summer!

See you in a couple of years!

Take care

Jeanphi

Week beginning Monday, May 11, 2020

REMEMBER, THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY (May 20) BE PUNCTUAL

1st year:

What we covered in class on Wednesday, May 13: Exam revision + Listening test trial (here) -bear in mind there will be 6 or seven audio files / questions in the real test- + Creative writing. Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for MONDAY, MAY 18: finish today's creative writing (in groups) / if you weren't able to attend our class, follow the instructions here (on page 3) and use 10 words / phrases from the activities of your choice and send me the word document by Monday.
This will be your last assignment of the continuous evaluation.

Homework for Wednesday, May 20: Review everything we've covered this semester (see links in last week's entry) 

3rd year:

What we covered in class on Wednesday, May 13: Exam revision + Listening test trial (here) -bear in mind there will be 6 or seven audio files / questions in the real test- + Creative writing. Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for MONDAY, MAY 18: finish today's creative writing (in groups) / if you weren't able to attend our class, follow the instructions here (on page 2. disregard the part about the 40 points, those are the exam instructions this will be your last assignment of the continuous evaluation) and use 10 words / phrases from the activities of your choice and send me the word document by Monday.

Week beginning Monday, May 4 2020

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st years and 3rd years: Final exam scheduled for May 20: it will include:

1. Reading comprehension (article --> multiple choice questionnaire) 20 points

2. Listening comprehension (Live Quizizz questionnaire based on 10-second audio files) 20 points

3. Use of English / grammar  20 points

4. Writing & Vocabulary 40 points


1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, May 6: Presentations

Homework for Wednesday, May 13: Unfortunately we won't have time to finish last week's activity so review absolutely everything we have covered this semester (including part I of said activity) and take notes on what you would like us to review next week.

Here is everything we have covered this semester:

Introverts & extroverts: activity itself / Ted Talk / extra vocab Ted Talk / Error-correction activity Noémie... 

Parallel structures.

Unconscious bias:  activity itself / whiteboard 

Riz Ahmed's diversity speech: activity itself / whiteboard  / video

Ticking boxes: activity itself / whiteboard / possessive gerunds video / whiteboard 2

Survey techniques & report writing : activity itself / 10 commandments / report writing whiteboard / error-correction reports

Subjunctive: tutorial / our review / whiteboard

Graph description 

Paragraph writing

Corporate misbehaviour: Heartless Apple: Activity itself / whiteboard / Complete article / whiteboard 2

Dutch supermarkets: Activity itself / whiteboard

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20


What we covered in class on Wednesday, May 6: We corrected episode 4 and finished the series. Here is our whiteboard

Homework for Wednesday, May 13: Review absolutely everything we have covered this semester and take notes on what you would like us to review next week.

Here is everything we have covered this semester:

Amazon deforestation:  activity itself / whiteboard / quizlet 

What unites us and robotic dogs: activity itself / radio programme / whiteboard / quizlet robotic dogs 

Watching the English: Activity itself / whiteboard

Error-correction essay AI

Detroit and Manchester: Activity 1 / Activity 2 / Quizlet / whiteboard / whiteboard 2 

Surveillance capitalism: activity itself / whiteboard / video / quizlet / error-correction & whiteboard / more error-correction

E-Estonia: Episode 1 Whiteboard 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 whiteboard 2 & 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 whiteboard 4 & 5 / video  

Week beginning Monday, April 27

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st years and 3rd years: Final exam scheduled for May 20: it will include:

1. Reading comprehension (article --> multiple choice questionnaire) 20 points

2. Listening comprehension (Live Quizizz questionnaire based on 10-second audio files) 20 points

3. Use of English / grammar  20 points

4. Writing & Vocabulary 40 points


1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, April 29: Eco-tourism and plastic-free supermarkets. Here is our whiteboard (with the correction). We will finish the activity next week after the presentations.

Homework for Wednesday, May 5: Work on your presentations (assignment 4 here). Team up in groups of 3 or 4, create a Power Point presentation, upload it to the internet via https://www.slideshare.net/. The idea is for you to give us the link next Wednesday to enable us to follow the presentation simultaneously on our respective computers -with your instructions of course-. Here is a video on effective presentation + signposting + video on communication and public speaking skills + a revision of graph description vocab if you need it.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20


What we covered in class on Wednesday, April 29: We corrected episode 2 and moved on to episode 3.
Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for Wednesday May 6: Read episode 4 of our series and dothe vocab-fishing activity. You may do it individually or in pairs. We will correct it in class and move on to the final episode.

Week beginning Monday, April 20, 2020

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, April 22:  Error correction activity based on the mistakes you made in your reports. Here is the key. Make sure you study it thoroughly since it will be part of the final exam. We also completed last week's activity on corporate misbehaviour. Here is the vocabulary we covered.

Homework for Wednesday, April 29: LEARN all the vocabulary and concepts (possessives and gerunds, paragraph writing, graph description, subjunctive) we've covered so far. Here is the quiz in question it is available until Wednesday, 15:30. By the way I found a super interesting video/tutorial on possessive gerunds if you need more explanations: here it is.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20


What we covered in class on Wednesday, April 22: Error-correction activity based on the mistakes you made in your writings. Here is the key. We also watched this video to follow up on the first episode of our E-Estonia series. This is our whiteboard 

Homework for Wednesday April 29: Read episode 2 of our series and follow the instructions (1, 2 and 3). You may do it individually or in pairs. We will correct it in class and move on to episode 3.

Week beginning Monday, April 13

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st year:

 IMPORTANT: Some of you still haven't sent me their report, please do it in the next two days!

What we did in class on Wednesday, April 15: This is the document we worked on. Here is our whiteboard. 

Homework for Wednesday, April 22: Read the second part of the article here and follow the instructions contained in the above-mentioned document. No need to send me anything, we will correct it in class.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20


What we covered in class on Wednesday, April 15: We corrected the vocabulary task from last week's activity (here is a quizlet to help you learn the vocab in question). We then started a thorough activity based on a special report on Estonia by the New Yorker. Here is the first episode. This is our whiteboard

Homework for Wednesday April 22: Revise all the vocabulary we covered in unit 2 (Manchester and Detroit: here is the quizlet set of the first part but you'll have to complete it with these words) and Surveillance capitalism (quizlet above). Here is the link. The test will be available for 24h (April 21 12:40 - April 22 16:45), you will need to log in with your real name and surname and will only have one go. Answers will be timed and will only count if submitted within the allotted time frame. I trust you so please don't try to take the test several times under a bogus name because I would have to cancel the whole thing. Thanks :)

Week beginning Monday, March 30

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, April 1: Here is the comprehensive dossier we completed. This is our whiteboard. Here is the graph description language we covered and a tutorial on paragraph writing. Happy Easter!

Homework for Wednesday, April 15: Carry out your survey (100 respondents at least) and write your report (assignment II in the above-mentioned activity).

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20


What we covered in class on Wednesday, April 1: Radio programme +  we started an activity based on this video and an article by The Economist. Here is the correction of the first stage.

Homework for Wednesday April 15: Reading comprehension I and II, i.e. read the article titled "Is Google, an evil genius?" and follow the instructions. Happy Easter!

Week beginning Monday, March 23

As last Wednesday, we will use Google Meet as a virtual classroom. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. 

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, March 25: Here is a tutorial on the subjunctive and our summary. Here is the correction of the first report writing activity on theatre-going intentions. Here is the comprehensive dossier we've been using.

Homework for Wednesday, April 1: Carry out your survey (100 respondents at least) and review the subjunctive & the vocabulary and report writing techniques we covered.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20

What we covered in class on Wednesday, March 25: We completed last week's activity on Manchester (here is our whiteboard)

Homework for Wednesday April 1: Assignment 4 at the end of the above-mentioned activity + Start learning the vocabulary from Module II (Rise and fall of industrial cities) 

Here is more information on the great city of Manchester if you're interested:
Option 1: a short yet comprehensive tourist-oriented video with everything Manchester has to offer
Option 2: too cool to be true... ;)

Week beginning Monday, March 16

LATEST NEWS: Please download and / or print out the following activities before our Wednesday class. We will use Google Meet from now on as a virtual classroom starting Wednesday, March 18. You will receive an email around 5 minutes before the beginning of our class inviting you to a Google Meet session. Make sure your computer / laptop / phone has enough battery life left or is connected to a reliable energy source. Do not activate your individual microphone, you will communicate with me and the rest of the group through a chat. The press review activity is temporarily suspended.

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, March 18: This is our whiteboard. Here is the comprehensive dossier we will be using for the next two classes. Direct link to the survey techniques we covered in class.

Homework for Wednesday, March 25: Devise your survey and send it to me by Tuesday, March 24, 2pm so that I have time to correct them all before our next class.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20

What we covered in class on Wednesday, March 18: We completed last week's activity on Detroit (Vocab Quizlet) and here is the second activity of the module, on Manchester, whose two initial videos we watched and commented. Link to video nr. 1   Link to video nr. 2.
Here is our whiteboard.
Here is more information on the great city of Manchester if you're interested:
Option 1: a short yet comprehensive tourist-oriented video with everything Manchester has to offer
Option 2: too cool to be true... ;)
Homework for Wednesday March 25: Start learning the vocabulary contained in Part I: Detroit. The quizlet supplied above should help you with that.

Week beginning Monday, March 2

LATEST NEWS: I will send you an email on Monday or Tuesday with instructions. We will use Google Meet from now on as a virtual classroom starting Wednesday, March 18.The press review activity is temporarily suspended.

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, March 4: Press review + we completed Module 1 on Equality and Diversity with the following activity. Here is our whiteboard

And here is an excellent video on possessive gerunds.

Homework for Wednesday, March 11: Press review + Complete the above-mentioned activity (translation) + LEARN all the vocabulary and concepts contained in Module 1.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:20 AND END AT 17:20

What we did in class on Wednesday, March 4: Press review + Quiz + we started Module 2 on the Rise and Fall of Industrial Cities.

Homework for Wednesday March 11: Press review  

Week beginning Monday, February 24

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 26: Press review + we completed the activity on Riz Ahmed's speech. Here is the correction.

Homework for Wednesday, March 4: Press review + start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity in question.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 26: Press review + Error-correction activity based on the mistakes you made in your essays + we completed last week's activity.

Homework for Wednesday March 4: Press review + REVIEW ALL THE VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS WE'VE COVERED SO FAR

Week beginning Monday, February 17

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 19: Press review +  debate on anonymous CVs + we watched this video and started the corresponding activity.

Homework for Wednesday February 26:  Press review 

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 19: Press review + Activity based on an excerpt of the book "Watching the English" by Kate Fox. Here is our whiteboard.

Don't forget to send me your essay if you haven't done so already.

Homework for Wednesday February 26: Press review + start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity + complete the last stage (compound nouns with the word "self")

Week beginning Monday, February 10

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 12: Press review + Quiz + Error-correction activity +  stage 2 of the unconscious bias activity (based on a David Cameron speech). Here is our white board

Homework for Wednesday February 19:  Press review + exercises 1, 2 and 3 of the above-mentioned activity

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3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 12: Press review + Quiz + Stage 2 of last week's activity: robotic dogs and inversions. Here is a quizlet that should help you learn the vocabulary contained in the activity.

Homework for Wednesday February 19: Press review + Discuss the following statement in a  well-structured 350-word essay -using at least 3 inverted structures- : 

Artificial intelligence will -sooner or later- lead to the downfall of humanity. 

Week beginning Monday, February 3

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 5: Press review + completion of last week's activity (here is some additional vocab) + introduction to parallel structures & paragraph writing + group writing + first stage (video until min 15) of an activity on unconscious biases.

Homework for Wednesday February 12:  Press review + continue watching the above-mentioned video until min 31:40) + Learn all the introverts-vs-extroverts' vocab 

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3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 3: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an NPR radio programme and an article by The Guardian (to be continued next wednesday). Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for Wednesday February 12: Learn the vocabulary and concepts we've covered so far (Amazon+Dan Rather) + Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.
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Week beginning Monday, January 27

Welcome everybody! This will be your class blog for the duration of the course!

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, January 29: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday February 5: Complete the activity in question (2, 3 and 4). Learn the vocabulary we covered + Press review* + view the following Ted Talk and take notes.
*Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.

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3rd year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, January 29: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist (and its audio version). Here is the correction along with additional vocabulary.

Homework for Wednesday February 5: Learn the vocabulary we covered + Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.
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Week beginning Monday, January 20

What we did on Tuesday,  January 21: Homework correction + course book p64-65 including group writing 6p65. Here is some interesting debate vocabulary. And some more here. This is today's whiteboard with cause / consequence linkers.

Homework for Thursday, January 23: Revise everything we've covered so far and identify the points you'd like us to review. If you were unable to attend our class, make sure you do the above-mentioned writing.

What we did in class on Thursday January 23: We finished unit 5. 

Homework for Tuesday, January 28: --> FINAL EXAM. BE PUNCTUAL!!! Good luck!

Week beginning Monday, January 13

What we did on Tuesday,  January 14: Oral projects

Homework for Thursday, January 16: Reading p62-63 (all exercises except Speaking)

What we did in class on Thursday January 16: Homework correction + course book p60-61 

Homework for Tuesday, January 20: NO PRESS REVIEW. Exercises 8, 9 and 10 p61 + 4, 5 and 6 p165. 

FINAL EXAM: JANUARY 28

Week beginning Monday, January 6

What we did on Tuesday,  January 7: Bank holiday

Homework for Thursday, January 9:

What we did in class on Thursday January 9: Oral projects

Homework for Tuesday, January 14: Press review (it will be the last one)

FINAL EXAM: JANUARY 28