General
Your English Course
Click on the documents below to see your English group and read about this semester's English course.
Centre de Langues Links:
Zoom Links:
Sarah Cockburn's
https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/87819553929?pwd=RHpSVTI5b253bVpoVm15eE83QmJOUT09ID de réunion : 878 1955 3929
Code secret : 241255Youssef Benzoubair's Group:
https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/89784658693?pwd=MWlNb0hwbTRSYVhUNkdidWVGQWxGdz09
ID de réunion : 897 8465 8693
Code secret : 811673Catherine Poutiers-Peytureau's Group:
https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/82931825831?pwd=TDc4Wm5GWjkyaEJWbGJxYnR1dW4vUT09
ID de réunion : 829 3182 5831
Code secret : 781040Jennifer Henry's Group:
https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/87588310540?pwd=M0VkYUMzVUpJeG1ma1M3K2U3dG96Zz09
ID de réunion : 875 8831 0540
Code secret : 768473
DS 2021
Magic Mushrooms?
First read the text below.
Then watch the 3 videos. BE CAREFUL: you watch all of the first video, but only extracts of the other 2 videos - take note of the counter numbers indicated.
You are going to use the information from these documents to write the report below.
According to the information you have collected, write a report (minimum 250 words) entitled:
How can fungi save the world ?
Include information about:
- the plastic problem (give details), and 2 ways in which fungi could contribute to reducing this- the petroleum pollution problem, and how fungi can reduce this, but also contribute to restoring the ecosystem- the necessity of sustainability concerning the fashion industry and how fungi has been used to work towards remediating this- your own comments
Lesson 1, 15th January 2021
The TOEIC Test:
First read the description of the format of the TOEIC Test.
Then, use the documents below to do the test during this afternoon's lesson time.
Respect the times indicated. The test will take 2 hours.
You will use the rest of the time to correct your test
(We will open up the corrections for you at 4 pm on 15/01/21).
PLEASE enter your results on the collaborative document (link below), and finally, use the corrections to help you understand your errors.
The format of the test
The test
The answers
Collaborative Link - Please type in your scores as indicated
Video/Listening scripts
Click below to read the scripts of the documents you have studied in class
THEMATIC FILES
Use the links in the 'dossiers' below to watch and read the thematically-linked documents.
Proofreading
26th February & 5th March.
On the Friday afternoon when you will not be doing your oral presentation, please work on the 3 exercises / links in this section. These concentrate on typical student errors that we have seen in written work and heard in oral presentations.
The work you do in this section may help you correct or understand the errors you made in your written work which your teachers will shortly be sending back to you.
Role Play
Wave energy
A conservation programme
Water recycling
Creating a green city
Aquaponics
Eliminating Plastic from the ocean
Research into Eating Insects
Convincing people
DS Video 2019
DS: Phytoremediation
Use the links to a text and videos below to find out about phytoremediation.While watching / reading, take notes on the following points:
- what is phytoremediation
- how does it work?
- examples of plants and chemical / mineral / metal decontamination
- advantages of phytoremediation
- disadvantages of phytoremediation
Writing Task: Write a report of between 200 and 250 words about phytoremediation, covering all of the points mentioned above.
DS Video : 2020
Vineyard Techniques and Winemaking
First read the 'Hills of Prosecco' text below.
Then watch the video 'Organic, Biodynamic and Sustainable Wine' .
You are going to use the information from these documents to write the report below. The third document (PDF) can also be exploited and you can search internet for supplementary information on this subject if you wish.
According to the information you have collected, write a report (minimum 250 words) entitled:
Problems caused by the traditional winemaking industry and how new wine production methods could provide a solution
Include the following information (this is not a paragraph plan, but a list of information that must be included):-problems with the traditional methods and the idea that new methods could solve these problems- an explanation of what exactly organic vine growing and winemaking methods are- an explanation of what exactly biodynamic vine growing and winemaking methods are- an explanation of what exactly sustainable vine growing and winemaking methods are- details of the advantages of these new techniques and what they focus on in order to make the necessary changes- your own comments
Y BENZOUBAIR'S GROUP
S COCKBURN'S GROUP
Sign up here for the final oral
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6L3hrDAMjubZWDzGGQS1WJryXjt7GERWph6WTaoY_A/edit?usp=sharing
14h - Altogether on ZOOM
14h30 - Autonomous work / In BORs if you prefer to work in groups/ Video + Worksheet Sweet Woodlands.
When you have finished, check with other students and then check any new vocabulary and pronunciation via the transcript.
While you are working on the video document, each student will have a short 5 minute individual appoinment with me.
16h - ALL back to the zoom room
C POUTIER-PEYTUREAU'S GROUP
Lesson March 12th
Join me on Zoom at 2pm
Lesson 4 - Feb 12th
When you have submitted your writing, do the 2 quizzes (articles and tenses) below. Submit your answers and compare them to the correction.
J HENRY'S GROUP
LESSON 12th March 2021
Please join me on Zoom at 2pm (14h) & I will explain what we will be doing today.
Also - it's important now to reserve your final presentation times and groups for 9th April. Do this on the document below !
FOLLOW-UP WORK - SECOND LESSON - THE PASSIVE - please see the Grammar section