Second DEFLE day
Don't worry - I won't do a blow-by-blow account for ever!
Pat had more of the same, except for a grammar test. You can imagine her reaction at the words "test" and "grammar".
As for me, it was civilisation at 8h30. Yes, I know that's a contradiction in terms.
Then phonetique , where we were told how we lost one mark for each error we made in our exams, and we all smelt failure in the air.
Then communication , where we had to introduce ourselves and then start discussing the objectivity of the media. For next week we have to trace a theme through two different newspapers and present our findings relating to the attitude and positioning of the papers concerned.
Then this afternoon stylistique . One wag (guess the nationality) suggested this meant fashion, but really we worked through the first stanza of a Verlaine poem, working out where he broke the rules of grammar and why.
Today was OK for us both. I think that my only total horror story will be compte rendu.
Pat had more of the same, except for a grammar test. You can imagine her reaction at the words "test" and "grammar".
As for me, it was civilisation at 8h30. Yes, I know that's a contradiction in terms.
Then phonetique , where we were told how we lost one mark for each error we made in our exams, and we all smelt failure in the air.
Then communication , where we had to introduce ourselves and then start discussing the objectivity of the media. For next week we have to trace a theme through two different newspapers and present our findings relating to the attitude and positioning of the papers concerned.
Then this afternoon stylistique . One wag (guess the nationality) suggested this meant fashion, but really we worked through the first stanza of a Verlaine poem, working out where he broke the rules of grammar and why.
Today was OK for us both. I think that my only total horror story will be compte rendu.
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