4.3 Actividad Patricio, the architect from Chile, is working in Valencia. He has a busy schedule. 1 Read the following e-mail message with his diary, as sent to his secretary. Put the different places listed into the order he is vis 3.5 Actividad Isabel, the Spanish theatre director of the group Expresiones, decides to take some time off to see the sights of Santiago. Listen to the audio clip below to hear what the guide says about three different places 3.2 Actividad In this activity you are going to review some of the vocabulary that you have learned about tourist sights, as well as learn some new words. Classify the vocabulary in the box under the following two categories. 1.2 Habitudes et projets What do people normally do on 14 July? And this year, will they all enjoy the celebrations or will some of them have good reasons for not getting involved? 1 Regardez la séquence 1.1 Les avis sont partagés What exactly does the average French person celebrate on Bastille Day? As you will see, opinions can differ widely.
Note that numbering continues from Unit 1 which looked Introduction This is the second unit taken from Ouverture, a language course that concentrates on French as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into French society and culture through authentic printed, audio and video materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in French. This u 3 Standardisation As you have read in Activity 6, the period in which modern English arose was characterised by fundamental changes in the structure of society. The key linguistic process associated with these changes is standardisation: English was transformed from a vernacular language into one with a standardised variety that could be id 1 Word classes Look at an extract from An A to Z of English by clicking on the video clip below. In this extract poet Michael Rosen acts out a confusing lesson on grammar. How many of the questions would you have got right? (Just gi 1.6.4 Blogs The founder ofTechnorati claims that the number of ‘blogs’ doubles every five months and that the creation rate is approaching two per second. One estimate I read in July 2010 put the number at 400 million ‘blogs’. Because these online diaries offer instant publishing opportunities, you potentially have access to a wealth of knowledge from commentators and experts (if they blog) in a wi 1,6.1 Introduction The process of keeping up-to-date in your chosen subject area is useful for your studies and afterwards, for your own personal satisfaction, or perhaps in your career as part of your continuing professional development. There are a great many tools available that make it quite easy to keep yourself up to date. You can set them up so that the information comes to you, rather than you having to go out on the web looking for it. Over the next few pages, you will be experimenting with some 1.5.7 Referencing We mentioned above that we need to reference sources to ensure we abide by copyright legislation. But there is another reason we need to give accurate references to items we use – so we can share it. Consider this scenario. A friend says they’ve just read an interesting article where Joshua Schachter, founder of Delicious has spoken about why it isn’t a faceted search system, and you should read it. How would you go about finding it? Would you start looking in a news database, a s 1.5.6 Copyright – what you need to know An original piece of work, whether it is text, music, pictures, sound recordings, web pages, etc., is protected by copyright law and may often have an accompanying symbol (©) and/or legal statement. In the UK it is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which regulates this. In most circumstances, works protected by copyright can be used in whole or in part only with the permission of the owner. In some cases this permission results in a fee. However, the UK legislation incl 1.5.4 The 5 Ds If you don’t use a system at all, then you could suffer from the effects of information overload: losing important information wasting time on trying to find things ending up with piles of physical and virtual stuff everywhere One technique you might like to apply to your files (be they paper or electronic) is the 5Ds. Try applying these and see if you can reduce your information overload.
1.3.1 Introduction You can find a lot of information about Modern Languages on the internet. To find this information you might choose to use: search engines and subject gateways; books and electronic books; databases; journals; encyclopedias. 1.2.3 Basic principles Whatever resource you choose to use to find information on the internet, many of the same principles apply. Each source that you use will probably look quite different from the one you tried before, but you'll notice that there are always features that are similar – a box to type your search terms in, for instance, or a clickable help button. Different resources refer to the same functions using different terminology, but the principles behind them are exactly the same. The trick is to chec 1.1.5 Organising information How confident are you that you know when it is appropriate to cite references (refer to the work of other people) in your written work? 5 – Very confident 4 – Confident 3 – Fairly confident 2 – Not very confident 1 – Not confident at all How confident do you feel about producing bibliographies (lists of references) in an appropriate format to accompany you 1.1.4 Evaluating information How well does the following statement describe your approach to evaluating the information that you use?
When I come across a new piece of information (e.g. a website, newspaper article) I consider the quality of the information, and based on that I decide whether or not to use it.
5 – This is an excellent match; this is exactly what I do 1.1.3 Searching for information on Modern Languages How well does the following statement match what you do when you begin a new search for information?
Before I begin a new search for information (maybe for an assignment, or to help you choose your next holiday destination), I spend some time thinking about what I already know, what the gaps in my knowledge are, and the best types of information to meet my needs.
Learning outcomes In this unit you will look at: why companies may decide to move; what they have to consider; what they may look for in the new location. 2.12 Faites le bilan: Sessions 6 – 10 Now that you have finished the last five sessions of this unit, you should be able to:
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Activité 5 LE QUATORZE JUILLET 11:17–15:30
Activité 1 LES AVIS SONT PARTAGÉS 11:17–13:42
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