I’ve my first TMA results back for L120 (an Open University French course).
In TMA1, which was a written exercise, I got 90%. I’m pretty happy with that. In TMA2 I got 78%, losing marks with pronunciation and fluency and with the quality of language.
Overall, I’m quite satisfied with that.
J’ai fini mes devoirs pour l’open université. Il faut nécessaire écrire environs 200 mots en français sur mes vacances, et j’ai préparé une présentation orale avec une cassette. La présentation était sur le sujet de la 14 juillet. C’était difficile pour moi, mais la difficulté est la raison pour essayer!
When Monica and I were in India (I really must complete my posts for that trip) we kept reading in various newspapers, such as ‘The Times of India’ about ‘Eve Teasing’.
We could understand from context what the word meant, but it perplexed us.
A little research provided us with an answer.
Essentially it refers to harrassment of [...]
Last night there was scheduled another French class at Surrey Uni. I was tired that evening, and so blew it off.
I know that if I had gone I would have been asleep. I wonder what they covered?
The Guardian has a nice article upon accents in films, and lists the top 10 worst accents.
Surprisingly to me, Dick Van Dyke comes in at Number 3 (I have met Americans who honestly could not see what was wrong with the accent). Perhaps I shouldn’t be too surprised as I haven’t seen Keanu Reeves [...]
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