Because of the snow 19 students were absent.
We started class with some warm up.

Warming up

 
VOC:
a child supervisor: un animateur
The New Year's eve:  le reveillon du nouvel an
I had a good time : I had fun
We danced the whole night through: toute la nuit
 
What ... for ? Pour .. quoi ?          
=> To + V
 
I went + activité
             + V + ing
          + shopping
 
Rude: Grossier
 
 
What did you do those past two weeks ?
 
Aziz : He worked in Noiseau as a child supervisor. On the New Year's eve he went to a party, and he had a good time / wonderful.
It was  awsome                                                                                                                                                    
Elvine : She went shopping in Paris and stayed (at) home. For the New Year's eve she had a family diner and them she went to a party with her friends and danced the whole night through.
 
Floriane : She went to the mountains for a week. She skied there. She also went bowling and to the cinema. She saw Avatar and loved it.
 
Mariam : She stayed home. She went to the cinema (brit) / the movies' (US) to see Avatar.
 
Sabrina : She stayed home. She went Christmas shopping. She celebrated the New Year eve's by going to friends'.
 
 Then we started to speak about a new topic:

Brainstorming remue-méninge

FIRMS :

competitivity

customer

meetings

leader

CEO (PDG)

manager

businessman

job

employee

employment =/ unemployment

extra hours - overwork

company

b to be = business to business

turnover (CA)

team spirit
international relation
factory
profit
salary = wages
money
environment
 
 
What is a firm ?
 
It is a corporate enterprise that produces goods (des biens) or services.
 
Purpose (but )
 
to make profit = to be profitable (rentable )
to be successful to ensure (assurer) its continuity
 
How can the company be successful ?
 
It applies the marketing mix : The  P
- Price : sell at the right price
- Place : sell at the right place
- Product : sell at the the right product
- Promotion : with the right promotion
- Packaging : with the appropriate packaging.
 
What is a good product ?
 
- is innovative
- answers a need répondre à un besoin
- applies quality imperatives
- is ecological / environmentally-friendly .

Thank you Sabrina for your notes.

Homework for Thursday, January 14th : Read the article : All the rage since Reagan  and complete the Looking for words section.

Learn and File the vocabulary : FIRMS
 

Today was not a good day.

Sabrina, Irma, Ines and Héléna were absent.

First I spent too long dealing with the people who were absent last thursday, because of the snow. Many of them did not have any excuses for their absence.
Then, as I checked your homework, I saw that only one person had done it.
So, we did not correct the exercise. Those who did not do it will have to hand it to me next Thursday.

We then worked on Wh words; FILE #2: How et ses composés. Youssef has sent me his notes. Thanks Youssef

S'INFORMER SUR... EXEMPLES

l'âge : How old are you ?
la fréquence :How often do you pratice basketball ?
le prix : How much is it ?
la durée : How long does the film last ?
la distance : How far is Paris from New York ?
la vitesse : How fast is his car ?
le poids :  How heavy is an axe ?

HOMEWORK FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 19tjh:LEARN ALL THE WH WORDS FOUND ON BOTH FILES;
APPRENDRE TOUS LES MOTS INTERROGATIFS DES FICHES 1 ET 2

You are back and I am happy to be with you. This is an opportunity to wish you again a HAPPY NEW YEAR and to succeed in your lives and in your BTS.

I told you that I was going to be absent tomorrow and next wednesday.

Today, you presented orally the firms in which you did your internships. That was only the beginning and  you are to present your whole internships for next time.

Then we worked on an article.
You had to pick up
1. words or expressions related to the recession.
2. words or expressions related to increase
3. words or expressions related to the environment.

Dionnette will send me her notes.


Your homework for Tuesday, January 19th:
Present orally your second internships.
Make an oral account of the text

After a short quiz about the previous lesson, we corrected the other quiz and the Af exercises you had to do for today.

Correction des phrases du quiz 

Richard a postulé pour un nouvel emploi.

ð Richard applied for a new job.

ð Richard has applied for a new job. 

Richard est directeur en informatique pour une entreprise pharmaceutique.

ð Richard is an IT manager for a pharmaceutical firm. 

Il semble avoir un équilibre presque parfait entre sa vie professionnelle & sa vie privée.

ð He seems to have a near perfect work life balance.

ð He seems to have a near perfect balance between his professional life & private life. 

Son bureau est à une demi-heure en voiture de chez lui.

ð His office is half an hour’s drive from his home. 

Avec son nouveau travail, son temps de trajet sera doublé.

ð With his new job, his commuting time will be doubled. 

Correction des exercices P.18 

Exercice 2.

To advance   ð Advancement  ð Avancement

To commute   ð a commuter  ð voyageur qui se rend de chez lui à son bureau et vice versa

To contract   ð Contraction   ð Contraction

To destroy   ð Destruction  ð Destruction

To entertain   ð Entertainment  ð Divertissement

To fail    ð Failure   ð Echec

To lead   ð Leader   ð Meneur

To manage   ð Management  ð Gestion

To produce   ð Production   ð Production

To satisfy   ð satisfaction   ð Satisfaction

To succeed   ð Success  ð Succès

To weigh   ð Weight   ð Poids

Exercice 3.

Helpfulness  ð Attitude d’aide

Weightlessness ð L’apesanteur

Out of hopelessness ð Par désespoir

Usefulness  ð Utilité

Safety    ð Sécurité

Joblessness  ð Chômage

Wastefulness  ð gaspillage

Exercice 4.

Employees

ð a Bonus = une prime

Unemployed

Employer

ð To hire ≠ to fire / Embaucher ≠ Renvoyer

Employment agency

ð a job center (US)

ð a job centre (Britain)  

Vocabulaire 

Laptop computers = Ordinateurs portables

To get used to +V+ING = S’habituer à

Carelessness = Manque de soin, d’attention

To afford = avoir les moyens de

To apply for = Postuler pour

To commute = faire un trajet de chez soi à son travail

Un équilibre entre vie professionnelle & vie privée = a work life balance

Grammar :

2 auxiliaires en Français : être ou avoir selon le verbe

ð Il est parti

ð Il à postulé

En anglais un seul auxiliaire : avoir ; pour le Present perfect

EX : Il est parti : He has left

Il a postulé : He has applied

     ð Le Passé composé(temps français) peut être traduit par le ð Prétérit ou le  ðPresent perfect en anglais

Le preterit quand l’action es passé, datée, révolue

Le present perfect quand l’action a une conséquence dans le présent, un bilan, etc.

Ex : Il est parti hier : He left yesteday

       He est parti, je suis seule maintenant : He has left I am alone now

Homework for Thursday, January 7th 2010:

Learn and file the lesson

Faire le compte rendu en Français du texte livre page 12 en 150 à200 mots à me render sur feuille

Thank you Myra for your notes.

I wish you all a Happy New Year