TISSEMSILT UNIVERSIT
The Department of Languages and literature
The French language institute
English Distant Courses for French Language Students
The Second Semsester
In charge of the course: RAFA
(Licence 1)
University Year 2022-2023
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Make sure you understand at least the meaning of everything you read .
if you cannot understand it , and there is nothing that helps in the notes , put a line
by side of the word or passage and get help from your teacher.
ملاحظة : كل ما هو مكتوب باللون الأحمر (عشرين سؤال تطبيقي في نهاية هذه الوثيقة)، عبارة عن تمرين يتم تنقيطه حيث أن الطالب مطالب بالرد عليه عبرارسال رسالة الى البريد الالكتروني خاص باستاذة المادة الانجليزية. يجب التأكد من استلام الايميل، في حالة عدم الاستلام جوابكم لا معنى له.)
Things you should know before you send a message to your teacher:
- Introduce yourself ( Name Family Name Group Year of Study)
- It is very important to Write your Class Name on the top of your answer:
(M1DIDG1-M1DIDG2-M1LIT -L1G1- L1G2- L1G3)
- Do not send your answer part by part.
- When you have a question , Ask it and don’t turn around the subject
- Learn to be polite and use soft forms in your messages.
- Do not insist by asking about something repeatedly.
- Do not come to private messages at any time, because you think your teacher
is approachable and easy to talk to.
- Avoid using Arabic-French language in your writing.
- Follow the teacher account and the English group for news and updates.
- The sooner you send your answer the disciplined you are online.
- Do not make the same mistakes that you did during the last semester in
written expression.
- Use your own ideas , Do not depend only on the internet
- If you don’t send your answer, you will have a zero as TD mark.
- When you copy your friend’s answer and send it to me, both of you will get a
zero.
- If I don’t write you back when you send your email , this means I did not
receive your answer.
“No matter what anybody tells you, words and
ideas can change the world”.
« Peu importe ce qu’on
pourra vous dire, les mots et les idées peuvent changer le monde ».
Le cercle des poètes disparus
Introduction :
As you were growing up, you learned to behave in
a certain way in certain situations. You learned to feed yourself in a certain
way. You learned to tie your shoes, probably with a bowknot. You learned how to
conduct yourself in school, how to get along with children, how to behave when
being introduced to an adult. We all learned these ways of behaving, and
learned them so thoroughly that other ways of doing these same things seem
strange to us, if not wrong or downright incredible.
As the years went by and the system worked
itself deeper and deeper into the set of habits by which you lived, you learned
to call that system the English Language. We learned from the loving help of
parents, as well as from the ridicule of playmates who gave us no peace until
we talked like everybody else. We studied the language every waking hour.
1- Grammar:
Good writing is not just a matter of correct
grammar and punctuation; it is a matter of effectiveness. Language is the clay
of the art of writing, and it can be molded into some strange and exotic forms.
Keep an open mind, but don’t forget the basic conventions of your language.
Sentence fragments:
A sentence needs a subject and a predicate. The
sentence has to be about someone or something: The subject, and something has
to be said about that subject (The predicate) .
The best matador in spain ( Fragment) Killed by
a bull ( Fragment)
The best matador in spain was killed by a bull (
Complete)
Being an only child ( Fragment)
Being an only child is not easy ( Complete)
Tense:
The six principle tenses are the following:
Present ( I see ) to talk about something that
is going on now (currently)
Past ( I saw) The past tense expresses actions
that have happened in the past
Future( I will see ) used to denote an action
that will happen in the future
Present perfect ( I have seen) to indicate a
link between the present and the past
Past perfect ( I had seen) refers to a time
earlier than before now
Future perfect ( I will have seen) to talk about something that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
Parts of Speech:
What is a Part of Speech?
We can categorize English words into 9 basic
types called "parts of speech" or "word classes". It's
quite important to recognize parts of speech. This helps you to analyze sentences
and understand them. It also helps you to construct good sentences.
Parts of Speech Table
This is a summary of the 9 parts of speech*. You
can find more detail if you click on each part of speech.
2- Translation:
To see voir , to look regarder , look after :
s’occuper , look down mépriser , look as if , on dirait que , to gaze at
contempler , to observe surveiller , to watch veiller , English speaking Anglophone
a speech un discours to express oneself s’exprimer speechless muet to yell hurler
to shout crier likeable agréable, sympathique absent minded distrait slow
minded lent d’esprit to mind faire attention to grasp saisir pleinement to see
the point voir ce don’t il s’agit to stick to the point rester dans le sujet to
misunderstand mal comprendre to realize se render compte de to notice remarquer
to look for chercher to investigate possibilities etudier les possibilités to
know savoir , connaitre , to learn apprendre to assume admettre to suppose
supposer a supposition une hypothèse to believe croire to conclude conclure to
come to a conclusion en arriver à une conclusion a point une question un point
the point at issue l’objet du débat the basic points l’essentiel the discussion
centres on la discussion tourne autour de excellent très bien ,excellent fair
assez bien tolerable passable indifferent médiocre poor insuffisant worthless
nul.To improve s’ameliorer dedicated qui se consacre à son travail .
3- Comprehension:
No friends for me
I am lonely. I am always by myself. I meet
people every day. I smile at them. I say hello. I am nice to them. I want to
have a friend. But I have no friends. What is wrong with me? I am polite. I am friendly.
I am nice. I am kind. Why don’t people like me? All I want is one friend.
Everyone has one friend. I always see people with their friends. They laugh
with each other. They have fun with each other. They do things with each other.
What about me? I am by myself. I watch TV by myself. I go to the movies by
myself. I go to restaurants by myself. I go to the park by myself. I told my
mother that I am lonely. She said it is my fault. “Why?” I asked. She said,
“Because you never ask anyone to be with you.” My mom is right. I never ask
people to be with me. I am afraid they will say no.
Today’s Mail
The mailman put the mail in the mailbox. Dad
went outside. He said hello to the mailman. The mailman said hello. Dad opened
the mailbox and took out a magazine and two letters. One letter was from his
sister. The other letter was from his brother. The magazine was for his wife.
It was a garden magazine. His wife liked to work in the garden. She grew
flowers and vegetables in the garden. Dad
went back into the house. He opened both
letters. His sister invited him to a birthday party. His brother invited him to
a wedding. Dad enjoyed reading the letters. He enjoyed getting the invitations.
He picked up the phone. He left a message for his sister. He would come to the
birthday party. He also called his brother. He said he would come to the
wedding.
Life Is Good
I am happy. I have many friends. I have a large
family. I have four brothers and four sisters. I am in the
middle. Four brothers are older than me. Four sisters are younger than me. I go
to school. I am in the sixth grade. I like my
teachers. My teachers like me. I have friends in every class. My favorite class is history. I like to read about history. History
is a story about our past. Soon we will all be history.
Then kids in school will read about us. I hope they like our stories. My best
friend is Bobby. Bobby and I do many things
together. We swim together. We play basketball together. We ride our bikes together. I have many other friends. We all go to
the mall on weekends. We go to movies. We go to restaurants. We
tell jokes. We laugh. We have fun. Life is great.
Tell the Truth
She was angry. She was angry at her husband. He
lied to her. He lied many times. She was tired of his lies.
She said enough was enough. She took off her ring. She dropped it into the
toilet. She flushed the toilet. She got into her car. She got on
the freeway. She drove the car fast. She was crying. She was very
sad. She drove the car faster. She passed many cars. The speed limit was 60 mph. She was going 80 mph. A cop saw her. The cop chased
her. The cop turned on his red light. He turned on his
siren. She heard the cop car. She saw the flashing light. She drove faster. Now
she was going 90 mph. The cop drove faster. It started to
rain. She didn’t slow down. She lost control. The
car rolled over. It rolled over and over. She died before it came to a stop.
Corn for People and Animals
The farmer drives a tractor. The tractor digs up
the ground. He plants yellow corn in the ground. He plants
the yellow corn in the spring. The corn grows in the summer. The rain helps the
corn grow. If there is no rain, the corn dies. If
there is a lot of rain, there is a lot of corn. He harvests the yellow corn in late summer. He sells the corn at his vegetable
stand. He sells one ear for 25 cents. He sells four
ears for $1. He sells all his corn in just one month. The neighbors love his
corn. The corn is fresh. It is bright yellow.
It is tasty. It is delicious. The birds love his corn, too. They don’t pay for
it. They eat it while it is in the field. They
don’t cook it. They eat it raw. The farmer doesn’t get angry. Birds have to eat, too. So do cows. The farmer has one cow. He
gives his cow fresh corn every summer. The cow loves
the corn. It eats a lot of yellow corn in the summer. Sometimes it makes yellow
milk.
Rain and Hail
Dark clouds were in the sky. The sun went down.
The weather got cold. The wind started to blow. Leaves
blew off the trees. Paper flew through the air. People buttoned their jackets.
The rain started to fall. At first, it was quiet.
Then it got louder. It was a storm. The rain was very loud. The man couldn’t hear his TV. He turned up the volume. Now he
could hear his TV. He looked outside his door. He
looked at the rain. It was pouring off his roof. It was a flood. Then he saw
lightning. Then he heard thunder. It was a
very cold night. The rain changed to hail. The hail was very noisy. He turned
up the TV volume again. Now he could hear his TV again. He
watched TV for a while. Then he looked outside again.
All the cars were white. The street was white. The ground was white. The hail
covered everything. The hail looked just like snow. He wanted to
make a big snowman. But you can’t make a snowman out of hail.
You can only make a snowman out of snow.
Brown and Blue Eyes
She had big brown eyes. Her sister had big blue
eyes. Her brother had big green eyes. Her mother had
a gray eye and a green eye. Her father had black eyes. “Why are our eyes
different?” she asked her mom. “Who knows?” said her mom.
“Life is strange. It is full of mystery. This is a mystery to all of us.” She asked her teacher. She asked the doctor. She
asked the nurse. She asked the mailman. Nobody knew why her
family had different color eyes. Finally, she asked the librarian. A librarian reads a lot. A librarian works in the library. A
librarian is surrounded by books. Books have information. Lots of
information. The librarian looked in all her books. She called other
librarians. They looked in all their books.
Still, nobody knew the answer. “I’m sorry, little girl,” the librarian said. “Maybe someone will invent a computer someday. Then I will give
you an answer. But for now, your big brown eyes and
your sister’s big blue eyes are a big mystery.”
QUESTIONS :
1- Text ( No friends for me )
1- What is the writer looking for ?
2- How many friends does he want ?
3- Why is he jealous of other people ?
4- Do you have a best friend ? a childhood
friend ? a close friend ? what do you like the most
about him /her ? what unite you the most ? why is it hard for men and women to be friends ?
5- What is the good part in being alone ?
2- Text ( Today’s mail )
6-Why there are not much mail men these days in
Algeria ?
7-What are the dad’s habits in this text ?
8-When was the last time you wrote a letter and
sent it by post office ? what was it
about ?
3- Text ( Life is good )
9-Why is the author happy?
10-Name one teacher who marked your childhood
and tell Why did you like him/her ?
11-Did you like studying history?
12-What do you like to do when you go out from
university?
13-Is life great from your perspective? Why?
4-Text (Tell the truth)
14-Is life in Algeria same as the life that we
see in Hollywood movies? If yes why, if no why not?
15-What happened exactly to the girl in this
text?
16-Why are we attracted to people who tell lies,
and find those who tell the truth boring?
5-Text (Corn for people and animal)
17-Why is it necessary in our culture to give
food for free in some cases?
6-Text (Rain and hail)
18-What happens when snow falls?
19-Imagine you are stuck in a middle of snow
storm, write a story about it .
7-Text ( Brown blue eyes )
20-Look for five famous Arabic quotations or
proverbs containing the word “eye” and translate them to
English.