T SI SVT September

Friday, 29th September

SPACE 
1-a place in which we can live in society -a country
                                                               -a city

                                                              -a building-a house(public or private spheres)

2_a border - a limit - a frontier

-private /public spheres

-an area / a zone

-country side /urban envirronment

3-travel/move around

-exchange

-cross

emigrate

-discover

EXCHANGES

1-movement

-exchange-people/goods

-

2-give / receive

-trade / deal

-business / money

3-cultures / knowledge

-social diversities

-communication-internet /

                                      - globalisation /

                                       - different cultures= in touch / connected

4-emmigration

-movement of populations who leave their countries to start from scratch somewhere else 

DEFINE THE NOTION 

 The Notion of space and exchanges is the idea of trading with other people , in order to make life better .

It deals with the flows of people , information, goods , money,... all around the world /wordlwide.

This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic ways that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies .

Our world is built on exploration and conquest of new spaces.

The different cultural , economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and caracterised our modern day world .

Class secretary : Zoé Canizares

Friday, September 29th

End of the recap Document "The New Americans"

Strategies for the oral comprehension at the Baccalauréat

Strategy 1

1st listening

I identify the nature of the document

characters

topic

place

time

other meaningful peaces of info

2nd listening

I complete my notes about the global comprehension and I start going into the details

3rd listening

I complete my notes with all the details I can => detailed comprehension

Then I organize my notes in order to structure my presentation

What I mustn't do :

-interpret / judge

- give in to the temptation to add some pieces of information

My piece of advice: take your notes in English to avoid some misunderstandings( in the rush, you can misunderstand, or not translate properly)

Furthermore it adds some difficulties to the task at hand

Thursday, September 28th

  The document is the cover of a special issue of a magazine called/entitled "Time". It deals with immigration and means to show/is meant to / intends to  show how the US has been shaped by its immigrants.

The focus of the document is the face of a young woman; it was created by a computer. In a way, she can be considered as the new face of America : indeed, she is a mix/blend of several races/ethnies such as Asians, Latinos, Africans, Anglo-Saxons/ Europeans and Eastern people. The point here is to show that the US is a nation of nations.

The document lay the emphasis on multiculturalism with the multitude of different faces (that we can see / that are displayed) in the background while at the same time it it conveys the idea of a melting-pot.

We may wonder whether such a blending of people from all over the world is realistic: is it possible that in the long run/ in the distant future / with time their physical appearance / the way they look  will evolve into a new type of people?

Some think it is perfectly likely to happen / plausible. 

Above all, we may consider that this picture aims at suggesting how so many people from so diverse cultures manage to live together and thrive as a nation.

Word bank

issue : MAGAZINE/ NEWSPAPER =>  one of a regular series of magazines or newspapers
>  the July issue of ‘What Car?’
>  The article appeared in issue 25.

multicultural: including people of several different races, religions, languages and traditions

mean (to) /  have sth as a purpose or intention / intend

lay the emphasis: emphasize = stress = give special importance to sth

lay, laid, laid -ying 

indeed,...:  used to emphasize a positive statement 

display : show / exhibit

convey: communicate

wonder :think about sth and try to decide what is true, what will happen, what you should do, etc.

a melting-pot: a place or situation in which large numbers of people, ideas, etc. are mixed together
 the vast melting pot of American society

thrive : become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc.
  flourish

Friday , September the 22nd 

SPACE 
1-a place in which we can live in society -a country
                                                               -a city

                                                              -a building-a house(public or private spheres)

2_a border - a limit - a frontier

-private /public spheres

-an area / a zone

-country side /urban envirronment

3-travel/move around

-exchange

-cross

emigrate

-discover

EXCHANGES

1-movement

-exchange-people/goods

-

2-give / receive

-trade / deal

-business / money

3-cultures / knowledge

-social diversities

-communication-internet /

                                      - globalisation /

                                       - different cultures= in touch / connected

4-emmigration

-movement of populations who leave their countries to start from scratch somewhere else 

DEFINE THE NOTION 

 The Notion of space and exchanges is the idea of trading with other people , in order to make life better .

It deals with the flows of people , information, goods , money,... all around the world /wordlwide.

This notion deals with the geographical and symbolic ways that all societies occupy and the interactions between men and different societies .

Our world is built on exploration and conquest of new spaces.

The different cultural , economic, sociological and language interactions have shaped and caracterised our modern day world .

Class secretary : Zoé Canizares

CS : Paul

Friday, 15^th of September

Grammar :

The relative pronoun « that » works for both situations:

we can use it either for a person or a thing.

New Words :

it depends on…   (depend, ed, ed –ing)

infer, red, red, ing = inférer, deviner

• influential = influent
• lead someone to do something

 criminal activities (ex : mafia gangsters)

 originally = à l’origine

1. Let’s revise what we did this morning with the whole class and let’s practise!

2. Matteo’s testimony regarding the history of his family and emigration:

We emigrate when we feel seriously threatened

As far as he knows, on his mother’s side, everybody comes from France; however, on his father’s side, his great-great-grandfather fled from Italy because of the mafia which   was very influential in those days in this village. He must have felt seriously threatened because you don’t leave everything behind without a good reason. He didn’t feel safe at all.

3. Kilian’s testimony: we can emigrate for love

Kilian’s grandfather came to France for love. He originally came from Belgium and at some point of his life he fell in love with a French woman who became his grandmother. Here we understand that love is a powerful enough drive as it can lead someone to live everything behind : friends, family, your language, your culture, your roots, your land.

Homework/ Assignment:

We have to investigate about the history of our family regarding emigration: Do we have any ancestors who emigrated to France? We have to try to understand the reason(s) why they did so by asking questions and talking to our families.

CS : Baptiste Loumé

Whole class

Friday, 15th of September

Vocabulary :

- domestic abuse : violence conjugale (N)

- testimony : témoignage (N)

- experience, -d, -d, -ing = vivre (V)

- lack, -ed, -ed, -ing, be short of something = manquer de (V)

- shortage = pénurie (N)

- intend to, -ed, -ed, -ing (V)

- tend to, -ed, -ed, -ing = avoir tendance à (V)

- leave, left, left, leaving (V)

- imply, -ied, -ied, -ing = sous entendre / impliquer (V)

- apply, -ied, -ied, -ing = appliquer (V)

- an advice / a piece of advice (N)

- advise, -d, -d, -ing (V)

- an advisor (N)

Phonology :

words of...

• 2 syllables   ending by          "-age" will read         /idz/          ex : shortage
• 1 syllable     like in                     "age" will read    /eidz/         ex : age

Grammar :

difference between "in" and "to" :

- when there is a movement --> "to"

- when there is no movement --> "in"

Strategy :

--> "play safe" : make your sentences shorter than in French

- active words : words you use

- passive words : words you know but you don't use

= the more you practise,the faster your 'passive words"' will become part of your 'active words'  CQFD

Spelling :

Some words will change from the spelling "-ise" when they are used as verbs to the spelling "-ice" when they are used as nouns.

(CS : Pauline)

Thursday, September 14th

Grammar 

Reminder :

• - present perfect 

                      = have + past participle

•   - past perfect 

                      = had + past participle 

Strategy 

•  When/If I don't know a word, either I explain it or I give a synonym
•  I can also look for a synonym in French

example : " invariable" ?  = inchangeable => it gives me a solution in English:" that never changes "

•  I can use the contrary of the word I don't know 

New words 

1. topic = subject = matter 
2. start doing something 
3. listen TO
4. that is to say 
5. provide, -ing (a provider)
6. varying  // unvarying 
7. stress = one syllable in the word is said more loudly 
8. in a word = in a nutshell = to sum up 
9. run away = flee    (run, a, u -ning / flee, fed fled)
10. from what he knows = as far as he knows 
11. cautious adj   > caution N

1/  Recap 

2 / Word formation

•         ADJ --> ADV

 -ly :            dear --> dearly 

                 complete --> completely 

• Different endings 

Vary --> Varying

Unvary --> Unvarying 

3/ Personal history about our ancestors

On his father's side, Lilian's family comes from France as far as he knows.

To be continued...

First contact:

Roll call

Oral participation sheet

Rules of the English class +  Identity Card     / ID

Timetable to check

Material : exercise-book (voc at the end and 1 page= one class)

Curriculum concerning the coming year   :

> the 4 notions and the final examination, + "Brave New world" to read

Vocabulary   

Homework : be able to sum up what we did and learn today + learn the vocabulary and start organizing it (themes)