Catégorie : PSI

Friday 15th March 2024

Lesson 20: UNIT 7 – CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA?

Activities:

  1. Translation 17
  2. UNIT 7 – Teaser
  3. Reading & synthesising: UNIT 7, Pages 4-7: Introduction + detailed outline

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 7 pages 4-7

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. LVA CCINP: finish writing your introduction and your outline
  2. LVB CCINP: English Mock exam (pages 1 to 5)
  3. Read page 2 and 3 and prepare  5 questions to quizz your classmates
  • Next week: MOE 11 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Australia / free theme
    • visit the padlet
    • read page 2 to 7
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 23rd February 2024

Lesson 19: UNIT 6- THE NHS + Improving synthesis

Activities:

  1. Translation 16
  2. Introductions CCINP, CENTRALE
  3. Link words
  4. Role Play

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET,

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Choose at least one exam paper to prepare for : CCINP LVA CCINP LVB / ENAC / Centrale / X-ENS / Mines  
  3. Finish the exercises on LINK WORDS to be handed in by March 12th, 2024.
  4. Fill in your theme cards (or create them if you haven’t done so so far)
  5. Read articles (go to the school library to borrow Vocable)
  6. Watch a series when having breakfast, listen to podcasts while running…
  7. Don’t forget to sleep after having revised a vocabulary list
  • The week after the holiday: MOE 10 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Ireland / the United Kingdom / Health
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V6 + UNIT 1 from The Big Picture
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 16th February 2024

Lesson 18: UNIT 6 – The National Health Service

Activities:

  1. Translation 15
  2. Feedback on assignments
  3. The + ADJ : exercise + speaking activity
  4. Comparisons of key issues and outlines

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 6, page 1, 3-8.

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Preparation for CCINP: read this if you haven’t already done so. It is not on the exam paper I gave you but it will still enable you to better grasp what is expected from you.
  3. Optional : write a synthesis following the outline given in class.
  4. CORRECT YOUR PAPER using all the feedback (after having practised grammar in the English Grammar in Use)

FOR YOUR HOLIDAY:

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Choose at least one exam paper to prepare for : CCINP LVA CCINP LVB / ENAC / Centrale / X-ENS / Mines  
  3. Speak English everyday
  4. Borrow Vocable from the school library before leaving!
  5. Create your theme cards, if you have not done so, and add more elements to them.
  • After the holiday MOE 10 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Ireland / the United Kingdom / Health
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V6 + UNIT 1 from The Big Picture
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 9th February 2024

Lesson 17 : UNIT 6 – The National Health Service

Activities:

  1. In the News
  2. Translation 14
  3. What did you learn on the NHS by watching the videos?
  4. In groups of 4: read one document each and get ready to explain it to your teammates.

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 6, page 3-8.

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Memorise information from Today’s « In the News »
  3. Watch this video again and record yourselves explaining what you understood.
  4. Identify a key issue and draft a detailed outline for the dossier under scrutiny.
  5. Preparation for X-ENS: read this and take notes making sure you understand the mistakes that you should avoid.
  6. Preparation for Centrale: read this if you haven’t already done so. It is not on the exam paper I gave you but it will still enable you to better grasp what is expected from you)
  • NEXT WEEK: MOE 9 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Ireland / the United Kingdom / Health
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V6 + UNIT 1 from The Big Picture
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 2nd February 2023

Lesson 16 : UNIT 6 – The National Health Service

Activities:

  1. Translation 13
  2. Read and write : THE NHS Challenges: using Vocabulary 6, study page 2 and rephrase key sentences.
  3. Read and write: page 3. List arguments for and against NHS strike.

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 6, page 1-3 + Vocabulary 6

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Memorise Vocabulary 6
  3. Watch this video and memorise crucial information. (exploits, challenges…)
  4. Watch this video, practise shadowing (i.e. repeating some chunks of sentences exactly like if you were Mr Sunak) and get ready to present the video.
  • NEXT WEEK: MOE 9 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Ireland / the United Kingdom / Health
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V6 + UNIT 1 (The Big Picture)
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 26th January 2023

Lesson 15 : UNIT 6 – THE NHS

Activities:

  1. RECAP on CCINP : RDJ / METHODOLOGIE
  2. RECAP on CENTRALE : RDJ / METHODOLOGIE
  3. RECAP on X-ENS : RDJ / METHODOLOGIE
  4. UNIT 5, p 7-8 : work on vocabulary

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 5 p.1, 6-8.

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Use Streamglish (useful to improve your General Knowledge, your pronunciation, your listening skills, your vocabulary…)
  2. Memorise synonyms 
  3. TRANSLATION 13
  4. UNIT 6 – THE NHS – VIDEO : watch & take notes. Understand the goal of this video & its content.
  5. What about visiting this place?
  • NEXT WEEK: MOE 8 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Guns / Individual freedom / 2nd amendment / American Institution or Free Theme.
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V5 + UNIT 24 (The Big Picture)
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 19th January 2024

Lesson 14 : UNIT 5 – THE BASICS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

Activities:

  1. IN THE NEWS
  2. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 12
  3. Speaking activity in class: What is Federalism? Could you define The American Dream?
  4. Speaking activity in pairs: study a cartoon for 1mn then explain it and react to it. Cartoon 1  Cartoon 2
  5. Reading and speaking: page 6 (20 mins + 20mns + 20mns)

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 5 p.1, 6-8.

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Compare your presentation of the text « Why Can’t American Lawmakers pass gun control? » with page 12.
  2. Revise GR 12 & 18
  3. To get ready for the 27th: Revise the methodology + read the exam official instructions + the Jury reports  for X-ENS, Centrale and / or CCINP
  • NEXT WEEK: MOE 8 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- Guns / Individual freedom / 2nd amendment / American Institution or Free Theme.
    • visit the padlet
    • revise V5 + UNIT 24 (The Big Picture)
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

Friday 12th January 2024

Lesson 13 : UNIT 5 – THE BASICS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

Activities:

  1. IN THE NEWS
  2. TRANSLATION BOOKLET : Translation 10 (20mns’ preparation + correction)
  3. UNIT 5: Memorise 10 major amendments +  the name of the 9 justices
  4. Games to reinforce and test your memorisation

Hand-outs : We have used the TRANSLATION BOOKLET, UNIT 5 p.2-5

HOMEWORK: A bit of English every day.

  1. Watch this video
  2. Memorise the information given in UNIT 5 page 2 to 5
  3. Memorise V5 (page 9)
  • NEXT WEEK: MOE 7 – AUDIO DOCUMENT- PEACE & WAR / PROTESTS…
    • visit the padlet
    • revise UNIT 30 & 31 (The Big Picture)
    • revise your lessons
    • Watch the video(s) on line
    • You may also practise using the audio uploaded by the examiners (even if you are not candidate 1)
    • BRING YOUR EAR PHONES (they will have to be wired ones if you do not have a good Internet connection)

HOMEWORK for the holiday

Choose one topic:
– Mines
– CCINP
– Centrale

A bit of English every day :

  1. Practise listening and speaking with Streamglish. (on Toutatice)
  2. Watch videos on the « General Knowledge » padlet.