Sunday, August 30, 2009

Wiki quizz

1. What is the Learning Express Library? Its a self learning task.

2. Where is Mr. B's office? His office is located in the local C-150.

3. What percentage of the course is reading and listening worth? The reading part worth 30% of the final mark, and listening worth 30% as well.

4. How can I communicate with Mr. B through this Wiki? We can communicate with him in discussions.

5. What are Mr. B's office hours? His office hours are: Monday 12:00 to 4:00 and Thursday 3:00 to 4:00 .

6. What is the 48 hour rule? The 48 hour rule is valuable only if you have missed and exam. You will get the right to retake an exam only if you contact your teacher the next day . You have 48 hour to get in touch with him starting the day after you have miss the exam.

7. What is the first assignment? The first assignment consist on posting 3 posts in blogger.com. The first post must be the student profile, the second one is answering the wiki quiz, and the third one is answering the questions of the book on blogger.com.

8. What is ELLLO? English Listening Lesson Library Online ,its a web site where you listen and read conversations of diversified subjects.

9. How can I use the discussion forum? You can create a new topic conversation, it is called a 'thread'. A thread can consist of many 'posts' by multiple users.

10. Do you have to go to the Grande Bibiliotheque to register? No, there is an other way to register, you can also register online on the library web site

11. How many ways can I contact Mr. B.? Name one. We can stay in touch with him by e-mail .

12. How many pages appear when you type "grammar" in the "Search this site" box? One full page with 10 articles.

13. What is the name of the class textbook? Do you need to buy it?L.E.A.P, Learning English for Academic Purposes , and yes we do need to buy it.

14. How many items are there in the "Writing Correction Code"?

15. Write two questions you have about the course.

  • How many orals presentations will we get?
  • Is there an ENCADREMENT program for students with issues?

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Student profile

We students , all have different skills, goals, interests and more...However, we do have this one thing in common, which is the desire to go further. In the following text , I talk about a particular student , Alexandre Choinière. I will introduce you to his world, you will learn about his goals, interests, achievements , networks and skills.



At first, Alexander has for longtime objective or goal, finishing is musical studies in the Conservatoire .The Conservatoire is a specialized musical school for people like himself, attending to make music their future career.Alexander is also a very ambitious young man, he which to have a PHD in musical composition. Getting a PHD in music can seriously advantage in his future career. He knows that hit wont be easy, he will need to work harder and longer to get this diplomat.


Meanwhile, Alexander's short time objective is to finish an electro-jazz composition for his little brother. This composition will figure on his brother's graduation DVD as the main musical soundtrack. Alexander has to finish this project on time because his brother is definitely counting on him. In second, Alexander has many interests but music always comes out to be his primordial passion. He also enjoy sports like Football, he thinks that it is very important to stay in good shape . Well that's about it for his interests, Alexander loves music and that's his main interest.



Further more, Alexander has achieved a lot in the musical area, he has participated to many musical contest. He has won many contests with Big band in high school, and also received many prices. Alexander has also already composed a total musical composition and he's very proud of it.


Above all, Alexander loves his family , friends and personal contacts , and he's looking forward to manage music and his social life. Moreover, Alexander is a talented young man, he is a very good composer for his age and he's also a fast learner. He has always been talented in music and with practice and hardworking he hopes to be rewarded . Alexander believes in him self even though music is a very restricted area, he his still hoping to become something.



To sum up, Alexander as like most of us one goal that he wish to achieve . He has many interests and objectives but music seems to be his one and only true passion.