Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Today in class, LV EP1

1.  We discussed the debate topics given last week
2.  We listened to 4 book reports
3.  We had a major lesson on grammar (available by clicking link)
4.  We got our diaries back
5.  The online classwork was assigned.  It is due on Wednesday, December 19 at 23h59.  



You must do all of the following 3 things in order to be excused from physically coming to class during week 10 (December 17 - 21)

1.  Activity 1 - no name needed, just take the quiz and read your results afterward.
2.  Week 10 quizClick here.  3 hour limit, 2 attempts allowed (best attempt is recorded).  Deadline is 23:59 on the day of your class.

3.  Additional assignment, must be emailed as a word document to potasznik@univ-tours.fr :

Read the corrections on your diary.  Then, make a chart like this:


Mistake I made
Type of mistake
Correction
We listened some voicemails
Missing word “to”
We listened to some voicemails



















  • Types of mistakes - 
    • conjugation, 
    • tense, 
    • spelling, 
    • preposition choice (to,of,by,etc), 
    • adjective after noun, 
    • word order, 
    • sentence structure (syntax),
    •  vocabulary, 
    • unnecessary "to," 
    • make vs. do, 
    • pluralization, 
    • missing words, 
    • inaccuracy, ...
  • Include every correction marked in red on your chart, except typos (fautes de frappe) or corrections that have "ok" written next to them.
  • Write a short summary at the end of the chart: what is your most common mistake?  Which mistake do you think is the most important to fix NOW?

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