SIO1 2022/23 – ACOBAS.net

Monday, March 6th

a short-story, The Gun by Philip K. Dick

read online
read on your phone/tablet/e-reader
listen to the audiobook (file here or below)

Charles-Darwin-The-Origin-Of-Species Download

Thursday, March 2nd

vocabulaire BTS tertiaire

Business Magazine // British Council Learning English => Choose ONE topic, read carefully and do the TASKS

Monday, February 27th

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Thursday, February 23rd

“Flexible working” an activity in the Business section of British Council / Learning English

Monday, February 20th

video featured in: https://www.stylefactoryproductions.com/blog/chromebook-review

video featured in: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-10-tech-trends-2023-everyone-must-ready-bernard-marr

Monday, January 30th

2 articles from Wired.com

2023-01-01WIREDUK article selection Download

2023-01-01WIREDUK Download

Thursday, January 26th

A matching exercise based on a glossary of computer-related terms.

Monday, January 23rd

wired.com-Welcome-to-the-Era-of-Internet-Blackouts Download

Thursday, January 12th

Finish exercise 4 about Reported Speech with correction

Watch this video about a champion of GeoGuessr

Monday, January 9th

with my best wishes for 2023

Reported Speech

Thursday, January 5th

“Flexible working” an activity in the Business section of British Council / Learning English

then you may choose and do as many as you can from the Business Magazine section

Thursday, December 15th

Almost a dictation, about airpods, the first commercial when they got released/launched.

The voice is that of Jony Ive, long-time Apple designer and one of the most celebrated designer today.

Monday, December 12th

“ON” and The Passive

Thursday, December 8th

Irregular Verbs, a different perspective!

Monday, December 5th

H&M, fast fashion and the environment, an example of a theme which could figure at the written exam.

+ test (written comprehension and short expression)

Thursday, December 1st

English for emails: skip some of the first items or tasks if you find them too easy and/or too repetitive but do as many units as you can!

GR1: Maxime C / Maxime A / Dylan

GR2:

Thursday, November 24th

Browse WIRED.com and read a couple of articles you find interesting.

GR1: Thomas / Enzo /

GR2: Brahim / Sacha / Quentin

Thursday, November 17th

Oral presentations GR1: Yolas / Mohamed / Samuel

GR2: Matteo / Clara / Mohamed-Ali

Monday, November 14th

appleinsider.com-Apple-is-just-getting-started-with-Apple-Silicon Download

Oral presentations GR1 :

Thursday, November 17th: Yolas / Mohamed / Andy / Samuel

Thursday, November 24th: Thomas / Enzo / Morgann / Maxime C / Maxime A / Dylan

Oral presentations GR2 :

Thursday, November 17th: Joachim / Matteo / Clara

Thursday, November 24th: Brahim / Sacha / Quentin

Thursday, December 1st: Loan / Maxence / Clément

Thursday, November 10th

The modals, online exercises:

The modals (the simple chart needs to be completed with elements from the exercises and the complete chart below)

Monday, November 7th

The modals (simple chart to be completed with elements from the complete chart below).

The modals (complete chart)

1. Certainly, Tina knows that smoking is forbidden

Tina MUST KNOW that smoking is forbidden.

2. Certainly, Tina knew that smoking was forbidden.

Tina MUST HAVE KNOWN that smoking was forbidden.

3. It is possible that Tina didn’t know that smoking was forbidden.

Tina MAY HAVE KNOWN that smoking was forbidden.

4. The Masked Avengers were probably the best group at

the concert.

The Masked Avengers MUST HAVE BEEN the best group at

the concert.

5. Brian forgot his own address. That’s incredible.

Brian CAN’T HAVE FORGOTTEN his own address.

6. Perhaps she is right after all.

She MAY BE right after all.

7. It is probable that the fire started in the kitchen.

The fire MUST HAVE STARTED in the kitchen.Il se peut qu’il soit trop tard. => It MAY BE too late.Elle peut courir longtemps sans se fatiguer. => She CAN run for a long time without getting tired.Il a pu oublier. => He MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN.Elle n’a pas pu oublier ! => She CAN’T HAVE FORGOTTEN.Il peut préférer rester chez lui après tout. => He MAY PREFER to stay home after all.Ils n’ont pas pu faire une telle erreur ! => They CAN’T HAVE MADE such a mistake! Elle a dû recevoir ma lettre. => She MUST HAVE RECEIVED my letter.Il faut qu’il parte avant la fin de la réunion. => He MUST // HAS TO // GO before the end of the meeting.Ce n’est pas la peine que tu restes. => You don’t need to stay.Il ne faut pas conduire si vite. =>You SHOULDN’T drive so fast.

Thursday, October 20th

Oral presentations

Monday, October 17th (afternoon)

The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms. In this BBC documentary, mathematics professor Marcus Du Sautoy reveals the hidden world of algorithms and how these 2,000-year-old problem solvers work.

Monday, October 17th (morning)

Re-write the story using Morag’s point of view, and write it in the first person (350 words +/-10%)

put yourself in her shoes an visualize the landscape (see photos below) and the scene (the Vikings coming ashore)
collect vocabulary and information in the short-story which you are going to recycle in your own version.
use this form to copy and paste your short-story and send it by Friday, November 11th.

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.

Thursday, October 13th

The oral presentation will take place as a one to one session with the teacher and will start after the autumn holidays.

something you like
something you know about
something which can be talked about in English

=> search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
=> compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
=> prepare your presentation using the collected material
=> you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip on your phone (but no slides, there are no slides during the exam)
=> you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.

Monday, October 10th

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.

Thursday, October 6th

The oral presentation will take place as a one to one session with the teacher and will start after the autumn holidays.

something you like
something you know about
something which can be talked about in English

=> search the web IN ENGLISH for information and vocabulary,
Google is mainly going to give you results in French, try another search engine called Duckduckgo which can be easily switched to another language and location => https://duckduckgo.com/settings
=> compile a long list of elements (nouns, adjectives, VERBS, phrases, sentences etc. Store this list ONLINE.
=> prepare your presentation using the collected material
=> you may bring some pictures or a very short video clip on your phone (but no slides, there are no slides during the exam)
=> you need about 300 words to talk for a few minutes.

Monday, October 3rd

Reading Tartan, a short-story by George Mackay Brown.

Visualizing the scene by drawing elements. The scene takes place in the north of Scotland, near Durness and it looks like this when the weather is good!

Tuesday, September 29th

you need to work with 2 windows side-by-side (one for the sound, the other for the exercise, or you may listen to the sound file on your smartphone)

The Bear and The Dragon by Tom Clancy – American accent + extract from a spy novel – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.

and/or

Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling – British accent – extract from the first chapter of the first volume – you may download the mp3 file or listen to it directly below.

Monday, September 26th

Build sentences using the proper tense

1. holidays / on / be / Durrells / the

2. on / be / Corfu / they

3. they /a / large / live / villa/ in

4. receive / they / a / letter

5. a / it / long / be / letter

6. great / be / from / Aunt / Hermione / it

7. and / she / come /want / to / with / stay / them

8. not / she / in / good / be / health

9. advise / a / doctors/ her / climate / warm

1.The Durrells were on holidays. 2.They were on Corfu. 3.They were living in a large villa. 4.They received a letter. 5.It was a long letter. 6.It was from great Aunt Hermione. 7.She wanted to come and stay with them. 8.She was not in good health. 9.Her doctors (had) advised a warm climate.

Make one long sentence out of all these short ones, using :

Possible solution: While the Durrells were on holidays on Corfu, living in a large villa, they received a letter from great Aunt Hermione who wanted to come and stay with them because her doctors had advised a warm climate as she was not in good health.

Vocab from video 3 from Sept. 22nd