Final Exam

Hello and sorry you could not present today, but I have a strong flu and had to go back home.  We will try to set up an extra class before the semester ends so that you can present your projects.

FINAL EXAM

SECTION 1 Grammar
Five questions. 20% of your grade
Sentences with mistakes you will have to correct (these are the sentences we studied in class)

SECTION 2 Listening comprehension
Ten questions. 30% of your grade
Listening comprehension from this website www.ted.com  Please visit the website and listen to as many talks as you can to become familiar with it.  Questions will be of different nature, such as true/false, fill in the blank,  multiple choice, short answer.

SECTION 3 Reading comprehension
Ten questions. 30% of your grade
Answer questions about an article about marketing and advertising.  Questions will be of different nature, such as true/false, fill in the blank,  multiple choice, short answer.

SECTION 4 Writing
20% of your grade
Write a one-paragraph critique of a commercial I will show you at the time of the exam.  You must not describe the commercial, but write a critique stating what you think about it.  This means to decide if the commercial is good/effective or not and give two to four reasons to support your opinion.

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Work on TOEIC

Please take this practice TOEIC.  It works very well.  I tested it with other classes!

Be patient with the audio; it may take a few seconds to start.

If you do not have speakers, do the reading section only, and then read the following article to have a debate about it.

TOEIC http://online.kgic.ca/KGICExams/TOEICMainPage.asp

ARTICLE http://mashable.com/2010/11/29/social-media-movie-marketing/

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H and DH for November 17

H

Work on as many TOEIC practice tests as possible.  Refer to TOEIC post below.

DH

watch the following video and write a one-paragraph summary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLn1rAuZuVA

more videos here http://www.videovocab.tv/

 

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H and DH for November 10th

Press release example below

H

Listen to one of the podcasts.  Write one paragraph about it.

http://www.businessenglishpod.com/category/presentations/

DH

Read about TOEIC and do some practice online

wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOEIC

official site

http://www.ets.org/toeic

practice

http://www.english-test.net/toeic/

http://www.testwise.com/page/page/4888651.htm

The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is “an English language test designed specifically to measure the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment.”

The TOEIC Listening & Reading test is a 2-hour multiple-choice test consisting of 200 questions divided into 100 questions each in listening comprehension and reading comprehension. Each candidate receives independent scores for written and listening comprehension on a scale from 5 to 495 points. The total score adds up to a scale from 10 to 990 points. The TOEIC certificate exists in five colors, corresponding to achieved results :

from wikipedia

 

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Etherpad

http://etherpad.com/6K6hkw6XdF

http://etherpad.com

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H&M Commercial Critique

Click on the title of this post to post your critique as a comment.

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Post URL’s here

Click on the title of this post, copy and paste your URL under “leave a reply”

thanks!

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Projects

Please post your url by clicking on the title of this post or here http://iscpaparis.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/projects/

 

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Com3 Websites, trailers and more…

Trailer by Communication third year students.  Images and music copyrighted used here only for educational purposes.

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Websites

H

• Every group should have a website
• Every website should have at least three pages with all the appropriate content
• Click on the tile of this post, scroll down to the end of this post, copy and paste the URL or address of your website

DH

• Go to http://teachingigs.wordpress.com/
• Watch the video with two men discussing WordPress
• Write three things you have learned

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