4IRC

=Academic year 2015-16=

Some vocabulary that came out of the class today: To soar: something, like a bird, goes up high in the air quickly utmost: in the colocation: of utmost importance: very pouring: to pour a whisky, or to pour with rain pace: the pace is the speed you do something to discount: not to take into account. 'Melanie is a teacher, so she wouldn't have stolen the chocolate'. to provide: to give someone something they need: 'The secretary need to finish the grades, so the teacher provided her with his grades'. worn by the crews: to wear: you wear clothes staple: basic crop: a plant that you grow on a large scale: There were 50 tons from the apple crop this year dinghy: a small boat to branch out: like a tree: to do different things gear: in your car you have a gear lever which enables you to change from 1st through 5th gear as you drive to cover: to put something over to warm: to make something hot to dry: when you are out in the rain you get wet. When you arrive home you dry your wet clothes ripe: this describes a fruit when it is ready to eat to fleece someone: to steal something from someone to rule out: do not have to take into account widely: a lot of garment: pieces of clothing
 * March 2016**

We are going to have a look at CAE writing. A good place to go to get more information is www.flo-joe.co.uk
 * March 2016**

There are 2 parts to the writing and in each part you should write between 220-260 words. The total time for this paper is 90 mins so you should allow yourself no more than 45 mins on each part. Part1 is an essay where you should show that you can develop and support your idea. Part 2 is a choice from 4 questions: a) a formal or informal letter, b) a report, c) a proposal and c) a review.

During classes you should : -work out how many lines you need to write 240 word -how long this takes you -make sure you answer the quesstion fully and what you write is relevant -work on your spelling and punctuation -keep a record of useful vocabulary and grammatical structures such as linking expressions, formal and informal synonyms. -read a wide range of material in English and make notes.

You can sees corrected answers here: http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/makeover/makeover9.htm

-to write a CV and cover letter -briefly summarise an article on a new development in their field (optional) -recording a 2 min video CV
 * December 2015**
 * Remember for the marks you need to make sure that you have everything in your dropbox. The compulsory departmental requirements are:**
 * Your teacher may have asked you to have other specific work to their classes also, for example I asked my class to do 3 CAE type writings.**

=Academic year 2014-15=


 * 2 October 2014**

You will find the powerpoint presentation concerning CVs on the language drive as well as other information to help you write your CV. =Academic year 2013-14=
 * CVs, video CVs, covering letters and interviews**

15 May 2014
REMINDER TO ALL IRC 12-15 that all work must be in your dropbox by Friday June 6th at 12h.

For ALL students for S8 your dropbox MUST contain:

-an electronic version of your 2nd project report -the slides you will use in your presentation on Tuesday 17th June -4 CAE writings -your wikipedia style article (development in your field)

as well as any other work your base teacher might have asked you to do.

For those students in Simon's class this is to remind you that you should also have read and posted or kept in your dropbox, scientific artlicles you have read during this semestre.

26 March 2014
I will not be in class from 8-10 so you should do the following:

8-10h (flipped classroom) go to room G108 (Simon's group) -Make a group of 3 and find a common idea about a technological development. Plan the writing of a long article on this subject and assign tasks. Research the development and write an article to be placed on the wiki AND in your dropbox. It should resemble an article that one can find in Wikipedia.

From 10h15-12h15 you should go to the rotation which has been planned for you.

Yunus GÜN Google Chromecast - The latest way to share media content

Jérémy LONGIN Futur ways to recharge your smartphone

Bendaoud-Joubert Amaury - Pasquet Guillaume Forester aerial drone

10 February 2014
Here is the program for S8 with dates. Should you have any problems do not wait till the last minute see Simon or your teacher immediately.


 * 60 hours (Including an intensive in June – getting ready to go abroad)
 * Objective**: level B2-

-reading texts of technical nature each week and to write a wikipeda style article in group of 3 on-line. -report writing skills -Cambridge exam preparation: Food, business, music; sport, travel, the natural world
 * Themes:**

-June intesive week:
 * Intensive:**
 * company culture
 * getting ready to go abroad
 * 2nd project presentation and report


 * Assignments**

-write a report on their company project 2 (700-800 words) – paper version to Simon (midday April 24,j2014) + electronic version in dropbox -give a 5-6 min powerpoint presentation on project 2 (slides in dropbox) -briefly summarise 1 article on a new development in their field -Cambridge exam: formal letter, informal letter, article, report (they must do at least one of each type)

-**Intensive week:**
 * -**powerpoint presentation of prp’s (personal research project)


 * Evaluation:**

-Continuous assessment of 4 skills -Complete the assignments in dropboxes latest date: Friday 6th June. || Wednesday 20th February

Reading Science

 * Read an article and find : **
 * - key words **
 * - a short introduction **
 * - a short list of vocabulary and expressions **
 * - Post the link to the article as well as the key words, intro and vocab and expressions on the page: 4IRC Reading Science **


 * Homework**
 * Make sure that you get the work done on the idiomatic phrases and try to watch and listen to films, series or youtube IN ENGLISH**

Start Academic year 2013-14
=**End of Academic year 2012-13**= =**GASSAMA Moustapha**=

Link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21963100

 * Key words :**
 * ====Egypt====
 * ====Undersea====
 * ====Internet cable====
 * ====Sabotage====
 * ====Arrested====


 * Short introduction :**

The criminals will be interviewed soon.
> > >
 * Vocabulary :**
 * ====**unclear** : Incertain====
 * ====**ship propellers :** hélices de bateaux====
 * ====**were due** : devaient====
 * ====**cutting the undersea cable** : coupant le câble sous-marin====


 * Ferrari Laurent **

@http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/samsung-galaxy-s4-details-leaked-8522265.html

Samsung Smartphone Galaxy s4 eye-tracking
 * Key words:**

The new version of the upscale samsung smartphone will be soon annonced, but it's already seen as a revolution with it's new set of features embedded. It's only a rumour but it seems that this new version will use eye tracking to follow the user eye and allow the user to control his smartphone only with his look for scrolling for example. We will have to wait March 14 for the official announcement of it!
 * Short introduction:**

Unveiled: anounced leaked: an information that should not have been know by the public
 * Vocabulary:**


 * Berthon Thibault**

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Apple, partnership Ferrari Siri
 * Key words**

Since few months, the Ferrari firm speaks with Apple to have an partnership with them. If this internship takes place, the new Ferrari cars will have to Apple equipment like Ipads or Siri voice-command system...
 * Short introduction:**

reveal = révéler Ferrari’s board of directors = conseil d’administration de Ferrari four-wheel-drive four-seater = 4 roues motrices, 4 places seamless integration= integration optimale infotainment system = système d’info divertissement astounding = étonnant propel = propulser
 * Vocabulary:**

__**Lahouze Olivier:**__


 * []**

Leap USB drive camera sensors waggling
 * Key words:**


 * Short introduction:**

Controle your PC, no-touch, without mouse, without keybord... Like the famouse movies with Tom Cruse « Minority Report ». It's not magic, it will be reallity in many time. A new company, founded by a Nasa engineer and a serial entrepreneur, developped a new product : a little gadget called **Leap**. This is a new device (the size of a USB drive) allowing to contrôle your PC by waggling your fingers in the air.

smaller than a pinhead. Kinect on steroids reaction went viral
 * Vocabularies:**

__**Benoît GALATI**__

Mobile processor Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 GamePad SoC = System On A Chip CES = Consumer Electronics Association
 * Key words:**

The new Nvidia Tegra 4 mobile processor was introduced during the last CES (2013). The tegra 4 is 1.5 Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU associated with a 72 cores GPU which make it the most powerful mobile processor ever sold. Moreover it has been presented with a lot of products like a new video GamePad with an integrated screen manufactured by Nvidia which can handle some game with awesome graphics.
 * Short introduction:**

Mobile procesor = processeur mobile GamePad = manette de jeu
 * Vocabularies:**

__**Kevin GAULARD**__ link:http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/samsung-shows-off-paperthin-bendable-mobile-screen-20130111-2cjou.html
 * Key words:**
 * phone
 * samsung
 * flexible screen
 * paper-thin
 * OLED

This week, the CES is taking place at Las Vegas and many international brands are here to present their new concept and products to the world. Samsung unveiled a new concept of flexible screen, tht consist in a paper-thin screen with OLED new technology attached to one end. It is not as flexible as paper but can be bend into a tube.
 * Short introduction:**


 * Vocabulary:**
 * paper-thin: as thin as a piece of paper
 * CES: Consumer Entertainement Show
 * to unveil: to present something that was hidden

Alexandre Cocquempot Link :  http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57563436-76/googles-kurzweil-on-teaching-human-language-to-computers/ Key words : Google, Human Language, Development, Futurist, Teaching, Science, Research Shot introduction : The article talks about the inventor Kurzweil who are looking to make a new process on computer to make they understanding the human language and answer people more easily, understanding them. Vocabulary : mammals = mammifères  fashion = façon  envision = envisager

BERTHON THIBAULT GASSAMA MOUSTAPHA

Link : []

Key Word and expressions

Marketed  : commercialisé Compete  : rivaliser at the lower end of something : bas de gamme momemtum  : élan closely monitor : suivre de près of the share in shipment <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif';">: de la part du marché <span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Constantia','serif';">forecast <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif';">: prévision <span style="color: #c0504d; font-family: 'Constantia','serif';">awareness <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif';"> : conscience

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 21.3333px; text-align: center;">Summary <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif';">In 2013, Firefox will lauch his firsts smartphones in Europe. This smartphones will be developped with the Chinese phone-equipment maker ZTE and will compete with the Android smartphones. The Firefox smartphone will probably be lauch in USA this year. Low end markets are vised by this Smartphone.

__**Laurent**__

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Article: [|http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/01/10/metropcs-intros-new-unlimited-4g-lte-plans-starting-at-60-per-month], January 10, 2013

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Key words: 4G, LTE, unlimited, fast network

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Short introduction: MetroPCS, a famous American mobile phone service provider is providing new unlimited 4G plan for 60$ per month. For that price you have calls, text messages and very fast data. It’s a revolution in the networks field because you can access very fast to your internet content. But it depend where you live, because this network is not yet deploy everywhere.

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Expression:
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">4G curtain
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">4G LTE plans

__**Max - Remi**__ http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/08/hands-on-with-ubuntu-phone-a-refreshing-change-for-mobile-with-a-few-early-quirks/

Key words : Ubuntu, mobile, Canonical, OS, Linux based OS, smartphone, gesture-contrelled, dock

Introduction : Ubuntu OS is the new linux based OS for smartphone, which will be available in february 2013. The system is gesture-controlled (no buttons), similar to the desktop version and very powerful.

Expressions : “My time with the device wasn’t without hiccups” “Managed by swiping down from the top of the screen” “few big earth-quaking changes”

Link : []
 * Benjamin MEYGRET**

Key words : Wii U, over 460 000 in december, all-times sales number 40.8 millions

Short introduction : This article talk about the success of the new Nintendo's console, the Wii U. They have sold more than 460 000 units in december. Nintendo has raked 300 millions by selling the Wii U compared to 270 millions by selling his ancestor, the Wii. Since, the lauching of the Wii U, Nintendo has sold 2.65 millions hardware units, including more than 580 000 copies of his famous game Mario Bros !

Vocabulary : thus far = jusque là overall = global likewise = également to rake = engranger


 * Nicolo Matthieu - Pollet-Villard Benjamin**


 * Link:** http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2013-01/flexible-paper-tablet-computers-work-together-make-computing-more-shuffling-papers

Flexible, screen, tablet, paper thin
 * Key words:**

In CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas, the future tablet technology was presented to the public. This technology developed by <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Queen’s University allows flexibility and thinness for the screen. These tablets don't have the same utilization than the classical tablets, it likes a real piece of paper.
 * Introduction:**

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">"a tablet computer that is <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">both paper-thin and flexible " "Touch two PaperTabs together and you can swap data between them" "<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">You can use several together to make a larger PaperTab display "
 * Expressions:**


 * Sylvain and Sebastien**

//**Title** **:**// An apple store attacked in Paris


 * //link ://** http://www.globalnewsdesk.co.uk/europe/apple-store-paris-robbery-attack/02901/

//**Key words :**// Apple, attack, millions stolen, New Year's Eve, Paris, France

//**Introduction :**// During the new year's evening, an apple store in Paris was attacked. The muggers stole aroung one million euros of goods (Iphone, Ipad...). The policy is investigating...

//**Expressions :**// New Year's Eve : La soirée du nouvel an Muggers : agresseurs Goods : Marchandises, articles Robbers : Voleurs Fled : Fuir UNSA : Police union Veiled : voilé Looters : Les pillards

=Academic year 2011-12= June 22nd 2012 I have uploaded the photos of the picnic here: []

The videos you can find here: []

January 13th, 2012

Just to let those in Simon's group know that they should either give Simon a paper version, send Simon an electronic version or post here (of) the article they are going to present and debate on Friday January 27th. We shall also be conducting mock job interviews so you need to come with a job you want to be interviewed for.

MARKING

As you have noted we do not 'correct' your mistakes we underline them and give you some idea of what is wrong. To improve you writing skills you should look at the codes and try to see where you have gone wrong. If you can't see the correct answer yourself (this is quite rare) ask a friend or ask one of the English teachers. To help you with the codes here is a list of codes often used by teachers.


 * Marking Codes**

/\ Word or words missing: I/\write this - I am writing this

? Don’t understand: hand by physical but psychic too is important (?)

C Capitalization error: monday and friday (C)

Gd Good use of English the more the better (Gd)

O Organisation lapse

P Punctuation

PE Poorly expressed/unclear

S Spelling

VF Verb form

WF Wrong form

WO Word order

WT Wrong tense

WW Wrong word

9 December We looked at report writing this morning and in particular about how to write your "Mission à l'étranger" report (September 2012). These links from UOW Aberystwyth and Newcastle University are interesting and helpful.

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CVs and covering letters
If I have seen your CV and covering letter, please let me know. If I have not seen either of these, please get them to me by email before Christmas 2011!

Writing Before Christmas please send me your piece of writing on the following subjects (both of them. They should be 120-180 words in length.

Your English penfriend is doing a project on the subject of televsion and has asked youfor information about the different TV channels and the most popular programmes in your country. Write a report.

You belong to an English students' club hich has a meeting room and a small library of books, videos and cds. The club has recently received a small grant. You have been asked to write a short report on the club's facilities and to sugges the best way in which to spend the money.

=Academic year 2010-2011=

You will find some information to help you with your project report and presentation.
 * April 22**





Please have a look at the exercises below and do some of them before the next class!!!!!!!!!!

April 8
Just to remind you that those of you who have not given me their oral summary of their scientific article should let me have it very soon!

This morning we saw the beginning of a film, you could perhaps record a 4 min conversation with a friend about what we saw and let me have it. This is what you have to do in the speaking section of the FCE.

Here also are the extra exercises to do. If you need any more you can always fine them at []

Answers are on the way.

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**April 1st to April 7th Sustainable Development Week (in France)**
===Perhaps you would rather read, why not <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|go here] to start?=== === Sustainable cities  === ===  === ===   A list of links: === ===  ===

November 19th
Today in class we listened to BBC 6 minutes about media blackout, this is the link to listen to it again. Remember I would like to have an article about the podcast before Friday 26, except for Vincent who has till Monday 29.

The mark from this writing will be added to your FCE score. The next time we meet there will be an FCE test.


 * October 8th**

During class today you were asked to write a CV to send to Infineon. This is the job ad.



<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> End of Academic year 2009-2010 End of Academic year 2009-2010
=June 15= Below you will find the room timetable for the Intensive week course.

<span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #1f497d; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;"> Intensive week: Simon's group: ROOM **302** =May 28= These are the answers to the use of english exercise we did this morning. =May 27= There have been emails going back and forth concerning the Project 2 presentations tomorrow, Friday May 28. For my students, that is Simon's students, you will be expected to do a presentation of your Project 2. The date was given to you way back in February 12th. As for the written report I would have let you give it to me on the 21st June but apparently the IRC dept has given you till the 7th June. As I am away till the 20th it makes no difference to me.

I think that **some of you** really need to think about English and the fact that if you do not have your FCE your engineers' diploma will not be validated. It is only by coming to class on time, doing the work that is asked of you and participating in class that this will happen.

See you tomorrow!!

Here is the grid for the following classes. If you have request for the intensive or ideas add them to the grid below.

Intensive week Monday, June 21st - Friday June 25th 2010

 * May 28 || **2nd project presentations and reports (see below for reports** || request for this class || ideas for this class ||
 * Either June 7 or 21 || Deadline for 2nd project reports

Remember to get an electronic version to me at my usual email address. ||  ||   || June 21 AM 8h30-12 || **Presentations** for those who did not do their presentations Friday May 28. Fabien Jonathan Christophe Marc Elisa Gérome ||  ||   || PM 13h30-16h30 ||  ||   ||   || June 22 AM 8h30-12h ||  ||   ||   || PM 13h30-16h30 Bridget ||  ||   ||   || June 23 AM 8h30-12 ||  ||   ||   || PM 13h30-16h30 ||  ||   ||   || June 24 AM 8h30-12 ||  ||   ||   || June 24 PM 13h30-16h30 Bridget ||  ||   ||   || June 25 AM 8h30-12 || -**Country Presentations** ||  ||   || PM 13h30-16 ||  ||   ||   || =26 March= Today we were looking at teams and team members in the CCA activity. Here is your writing assignment. Please time yourself and take no more that 25 mins to write. In the 25 mins make a plan and submit the plan with your essay. It is important that you know what information you are going to put into each paragraph. This piece of writing should be given to me at the next class on **April 9 2010**
 * Monday
 * June 21
 * Tuesday
 * June 22
 * Wednesday
 * June 23
 * Thursday
 * Thursday
 * Friday
 * June 25

= = =January 8= Happy New Year Hope you enjoyed and learned something from the class today, if only about bosses! Anyway, here is the exercise that I would like you to do for the next class which is on February 12th. =December 4= I will not be in class today so you could be working on your first project presentation.See below/**Report**
 * You have been asked to write a report for you Head of Department on the roles of the members of your class take during team activities. Write a report based on the** [|**Meredith Belbin**] **model. (150-200 words)**

The report should be 600 - 800 words in length (not including tables, etc)

1 Collect all the relevant information you need.

2 Plan and structure what you are going to write. -Select the most important points which must e communicated clearly for the reader. This is a it like packing to go on holiday. You begin by considering what you would like to take, and then you cut this down to what you have room for. It is a measure of your ability to analyse effectively if you can decide what information needs to be prioritised. Remember that information which you do not consider essential, but you think might be usedful for the reder can be put ito appendices. -Which parts of your report need to have illustrations to help clarify what you want to say? Select where you need illustrations and decide which type of illustration should be used. Remember, an illustration should support the written ideas, not replacethem.

3 Organise the information into apropriate sections. These will probably be as follwos: -A title -An introduction -The body of the report (results of your 1st project, what you got out of it, problems you may have encountered and what you learned from them, successes you had, the impact of your project on your company). -A conclusion

4 Prepare the illustrations -Make sure your illustrations communicate the ideas visually. To do this select the most appropriate type of illustration for the information you wish to communicate. For example, a pie chart is a good way to show proportions, line graphs communicate changes effectively and tables communicate nothing at all if they contain too much information -Figures must all have a title -All figures must be numbered (Figure 1, etc) but remember that tables are numbered separately from all other figures (so you might have a 'Table 1' as well as a 'Figure 1')

5 Create a title page This means doing the following: -your name -your supervisor's name (the person from the company who supervised your work) -your tutor's name (the person fromo CPE who is responsibl for your project) -the title of your project

6 Layout -Select size 12 or 14 font for the text and double space lines. -Leave 2.5 cm margins. This makes the report look better and also gives the reader who corrects it somewhere to make notes. -Please remember that you cannot change lines inside a paragraph in English. This is important, as your work looks disorganised if you make this mistake. -Write on only one side of the paper

7 Write a contents page with the different sections and page numbers. This goes on a page by itself. Do not have too many subsections - it is silly to have only four lines in each subsection, for example.

8 Put the introduction on a fresh page You do not need to change pages between the introduction and the main part of the report.

9 Number and title all illustrations Remember that tables and other illustrations are numbered separately. Tables are numbered table 1, table 2 etc and all other figures are numbered figure 1, figure 2 etc in British English and schem 1, schema 2 in American English.

10 Create any appendices you consider usedful. These must be purely in English, like everthing else.

11 Proofreading When you have finished, first check your report yourself for mistakes, then have someone check your report for you. This is not cheating, it's just common sense.

Presentation

The presentation is 10 mins long with 5 mins of questions from members of the group.

= = =Academic year 2009/2010 (look above this heading)=

So this is the space for IRC4 Here are the answers to the written exercise on "Continent divides on the Box" Answers to question 3 1. Adertising agency 2. Ipsos 3. Consumers 4. From their own countries 5. 10 6. situations 7. their emotions or humour 8. pan European 9. 5 10. best liked 11. British 12. A dog called Pippin 13. A playboy 14. A blushing boy 15. Cross borders 16. Variety 17. British 18. Seriousness 19. Spanish and Italians 20. Scrips 21. Actors 22. Soundtrack 23. Professionals 24. Harmonisation of national regulations 25. Bans
 * 3rd April**

=Semester 8= These are the dates for classes: Class 1: February 6 Class 2: February 13 Class 3: March 6 Class 4: March 20 Class 5: April 3 Class 6: April 24 - FCE mock exam Class 7: June 5 - Powerpoint presentations: Project 2. You must give in your project 2 report today. (no extensions) Class 8: June 19 (2 hours) - Presentation of your ad campaign outline and your ad video!! Intensive week: June 22 to June 26 - Getting ready for going abroad.

Class rotations:
 * Group || Mairi's to || Simon's to || Tracey's to ||
 * Class 1 || SM || MB || TB ||
 * Class 2 || SM || MB || TB ||
 * Class 3 || TB || MB || SM ||
 * Class 4 || SM || TB || MB ||
 * Class 5 || TB || MB || SM ||

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 * End of Semester 7**
 * 12 December, 2008**
 * Guide to Project 1 report and presentation**

The **presentation** will be am **5th December**.

Hand in your **report**: **Friday, 12th December**. Due to the extra work you seem to have at the moment and the problems printing, I will give an extention for this work. Your report must be handed in as **hard copy on Friday 9th January 2009**. However, I want an **electronic copy no later than Friday 19 December**.


 * Report**

The report should be 600 - 800 words in length (not including tables, etc)

1 Collect all the relevant information you need.

2 Plan and structure what you are going to write. -Select the most important points which must e communicated clearly for the reader. This is a it like packing to go on holiday. You begin by considering what you would like to take, and then you cut this down to what you have room for. It is a measure of your ability to analyse effectively if you can decide what information needs to be prioritised. Remember that information which you do not consider essential, but you think might be usedful for the reder can be put ito appendices. -Which parts of your report need to have illustrations to help clarify what you want to say? Select where you need illustrations and decide which type of illustration should be used. Remember, an illustration should support the written ideas, not replacethem.

3 Organise the information into apropriate sections. These will probably be as follwos: -A title -An introduction -The body of the report (results of your 1st project, what you got out of it, problems you may have encountered and what you learned from them, successes you had, the impact of your project on your company). -A conclusion

4 Prepare the illustrations -Make sure your illustrations communicate the ideas visually. To do this select the most appropriate type of illustration for the information you wish to communicate. For example, a pie chart is a good way to show proportions, line graphs communicate changes effectively and tables communicate nothing at all if they contain too much information -Figures must all have a title -All figures must be numbered (Figure 1, etc) but remember that tables are numbered separately from all other figures (so you might have a 'Table 1' as well as a 'Figure 1')

5 Create a title page This means doing the following: -your name -your supervisor's name (the person from the company who supervised your work) -your tutor's name (the person fromo CPE who is responsibl for your project) -the title of your project

6 Layout -Select size 12 or 14 font for the text and double space lines. -Leave 2.5 cm margins. This makes the report look better and also gives the reader who corrects it somewhere to make notes. -Please remember that you cannot change lines inside a paragraph in English. This is important, as your work looks disorganised if you make this mistake. -Write on only one side of the paper

7 Write a contents page with the different sections and page numbers. This goes on a page by itself. Do not have too many subsections - it is silly to have only four lines in each subsection, for example.

8 Put the introduction on a fresh page You do not need to change pages between the introduction and the main part of the report.

9 Number and title all illustrations Remember that tables and other illustrations are numbered separately. Tables are numbered table 1, table 2 etc and all other figures are numbered figure 1, figure 2 etc in British English and schem 1, schema 2 in American English.

10 Create any appendices you consider usedful. These must be purely in English, like everthing else.

11 Proofreading When you have finished, first check your report yourself for mistakes, then have someone check your report for you. This is not cheating, it's just common sense.

Presentation

The presentation is 10 mins long with 5 mins of questions from members of the group. Here is the correction for the exercise you did this morning.
 * 14 November 2008**
 * The war **//(a) had been going on//** for only a few months when on Christmas Eve 1914 an extraordinary event **//(b) took place//**. At midnight, lights **//(c) were seen//** and carols **//(d) were heard//** from the German trenches. Soon the British **//(e) joined in//** with English carols and in the end both sides //**(f)were singing**// together.

At first they **//(g) met//** in o-man's land, and within a short space of time many friendships **//(h) were formed/had been formed//**. Not only did they **//(i) help//** to bury each other's dead, but often German and British **//(j) were buried//** together in the same grave. Tools **//(k) were borrowed//** and defences **//(l) were strengthened//**. If they **//(m) had felt//** frightened or suspicious of each other, such a truce //**(n) would/could never have happened.**//

It **//(o) is now known//** that the truce **//(p) continued//** much longer than historians previously **//(q) thought//**, probably as long as six weeks. Incredibly, some of the friendships **//(r) lasted/were to last//** a lifetime. Harold Startin **//(s) has been visited/was visited//** many times by his German friend, Otto, from Stuttgart. They **//(t) have kept/kept//** in touch regularly over the years.

Now everybody **//(u) believes//** that, almost certainly, no future war **//(v) will be fought//** in the same way. ||

Julien, you said that you had changed your email address but didn't let me have the new one so if you could send me an email to my usual address and I'll send you an invitation to this space. OK?
 * 12 November 2008**

Notes on the written report.
 * 11 November 2008**
 * **HOW TO WRITE YOUR PROJECT REPORT: basic guidelines IRC 4**

As you know, you have both a written report and an oral presentation to do in English for your project 1. Your English report should be bound and be visually attractive.

How long should the report be? The report should be 700-800 words long. This number of words includes the title page and a contents page, but not the appendices (if you want to add any).

What should the report contain? Your report should clearly explain the context of the project, why it was carried out, what you did and the results of the work. Divide it up as follows: 1. Title (on the title page) 2. Contents page: just list all the different parts of your report here. Don’t, whatever you do, include ‘contents page’ in the contents page. 3. Introduction: context (where you were, why the work was important, specific objectives) 4. Body: what you did and how you did it, including a clear description of the equipment you used and your role in the project 5. Conclusion: the results of your work and whether you achieved your objectives 6. Appendices are where you put additional information which is not essential, but which could interest the readers – in the report you write ‘See appendix 5’ for further information’. This is a very useful way to avoid swamping the reader with too much detail in the main report.

How should the report be laid out? The report must look professional, so leave appropriate margins around the page and double space the lines. Use a professional looking font (Times New Roman, for example) and use a size which is easy to read (12) without looking as if it is for primary school. On the title page, put your name in the top right-hand corner - this is to make it easier to file and find again. Do not begin a new page for each subsection of the report. Leave a line space between paragraphs.

How should you illustrate the report? Where it will help to communicate the information effectively, use illustrations. All illustrations must be numbered. Tables are always called ‘table 1’, ‘table 2’ and so on, and are counted separately, whereas graphs, pie charts and photos, etc. are called either figures (British English) or schemes (American English). All illustrations must have titles. For example, the first illustration might be ‘Figure 1. Architecture of a 3-tier application, the second ‘Figure 2. Structure of the Weblogic server application’, and the third ‘Table 1. Distribution of application users throughout France by region’.

Here are a few added, or repeated, pieces of advice.

THE DO’S

Planning the content 1. Avoid “dumbing down” (= making it too simple). You are writing a professional report. Although reports are in fact read by English teachers, they are in theory supposed to be read by people with knowledge in your field who are not necessarily native English speakers. It is essential to use a formal style. In addition, we also need a clear context and a simple explanation of the work done. Ask someone to read it through before handing in to remove all small errors. This is a normal part of proof-reading when submitting any formal report. 2. Plan your report with care. It needs to be well-structured or you will not pass. 3. The conclusion is the conclusion of the project: what worked or did not and future work. (In conclusion/ To conclude)

Writing 1. Explain acronyms the first time they are used and on a separate page if there are many. 2. Write in English directly. It is far easier than translating and the result is much easier to understand. 3. Use paragraphs. Make sure that the entire content of the paragraph fits in logically with the first sentence of the paragraph. Remember that in English the first sentence of a paragraph in factual writing is often called the topic sentence because it tells the reader what the paragraph is about. This is different from French, where paragraphs often begin with a link to the last sentence. Paragraphs do not need to be indented when using a computer, but you should leave a line space between them. 4. Take time to do it properly. 5. Use formal language, no contracted forms (“it is” not “it’s”) 6. Use the past tense for what was done and the present simple for things which are general truths.

Illustrating 1. Use easy to read/understand diagrams which you should number ‘figure 1’, ‘figure 2’ or for tables, ‘table 1’, table 2 etc. 2. Write everything, including the axes of graphs, in English. 3. Use a decimal point, not a comma in numbers, e.g. 6.5 not 6,5.

Layout 1. Use a title page which must have your name in the top right corner. Also, the title of your report, your company’s name, the name of your supervisor in the company and your tutor at CPE must all be on this page. 2. The next page is the contents page (Contents, not the summary!). 3. Number the pages. 4. Unless you really want to make the reader angry, do not change lines inside paragraphs.

Reviewing 1. Click on “Language” and select the variety of English you want. This will remove most typing errors, as well as spelling mistakes. 2. You know what errors you usually make in English, so check your report for them. 3. Have a friend check it for glaring errors. This is not cheating but common sense!

THE DON’TS 1. Do not: wait until the night before the deadline at three in the morning to begin. 2. Do not: take your French report, translate the headings and put a two-sentence summary of what you said in French under each heading. This technique results in a mark of around 5. 3. Do not: use an automatic translator. The results of automatic translation would be funny if it were not for the resulting marks (between 3 and 5). Our all-time favourite silly translations include ‘beach time’ and ‘tablecloths of petrol’. 4. Do not: write in French but use English words – direct translations are a complete disaster. In fact, any translation is a mistake. 5. Do not: write a sort of diary. We do not want a logbook. 6. Do not: say how you felt about things. 7. Do not: confuse the past simple and present perfect. 8. Do not: use the present tense for the past. 9. Do not: use the continuous for permanent things. 10. Do not: write lots of lists. You need to construct a written report in sentences. 11. Do not: use informal words or expressions. 12. Do not: use contractions like ‘it’s’. 13. Do not: talk about a mission. You are not on a mission. Missions are from God or from your country if you are employed as a spy or a commando. (007 goes on missions, you don’t). 14. Do not: begin a sentence in formal English with ‘and’, but’, ‘because’ or ‘so’. 15. Do not: use the word ‘indeed’ unless you really understand how to use it correctly. I have never met a student who did. 16. Do not: use three little dots at the end of a list.

Danger words Permit or allow or enable (someone to do something/ something to be done) Plan for a presentation, and Contents for a report (not: summary, agenda, outline or anything else!)

Concurrent (competitor) Implies Mission Training Photo = photography Interesting/interested Important person or event but large number or quantity Service Stage (internship, final year project) Discuss Had to (did) Execute = kill Besides this, besides that (better is ‘I also’, ‘in addition’…) Notice (see) Integrate (worked in, became an integral part of (a team) Solicit Satisfying (satisfactory) Reject(ions) (release (waste)) I was responsible for/ in charge of to depend on Troubles (problems, difficulties) Achievement As (such as, for example, for instance) Who/which Programming To synthesise, a synthesis, several syntheses

Informalities to avoid Come up with (found, thought of) Run out of (no more) Get rid of (remove A lot of or lots of (many things, problems, experiments, reagents much money, advice, help) Avoid using ‘you’ as an impersonal pronoun. Use a passive instead. Get ‘Like’ for comparison Rough idea ||

I will not be in class this morning, so Bridget is going to come in to do the class.
 * 17 October 2008**

Today you will be looking at interviews, the dos and donts, interview questions and the like. I have left some papers on the desk. I should like you to look at them. You will also need to prepare a short job description for your job as it would be sen in the vacancies section of a newspaper. If you are not sure have a look at the job pages I showed you last week.

Classes semester 1

September 19 8h00 October 3 10h15 October 10 10h15 October 17 10h15 November 7 8h00 November 12 13h30 November 14 10h15 November 28 8h00 December 5 8h00 (all day) December 12 8h00 December 19 8h00 January 9 8h00 January 16 8h00

Semester 2

February 6 8h00 (4 hours) February 13 8h00 (4 hours) March 6 8h00 (4 hours) March 20 8h00 (4 hours) April 3 8h00 (4 hours) April 24 8h00 (4 hours) June 5 8h00 (4 hours) June 19 8h00 (4 hours) June 22-June 26 (Intensive week)