Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, December 21^st, 2016 will be based on The Kugelmass Episode  by Woody Allen.

Please read the text very carefully and revise the notes on comparison and/or contrast and on cause-effect analysis.

Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development. You should also review our guidelines on introductory and concluding paragraphs.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, November 30^th, 2016 will be based on The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. You should work on the effects of Charlie´s favourite aunt’s sexual abuse on him. Please read the text very carefully and visit our post on Sunday, April 10th, 2016, to review the ppp on cause-effect analysis.

For students who attended the course in 2015 or 2014, the essay topic will be mainly based on Chapter 6 of The Namesake, by Jumpa Lahiri. These students should review our notes on the comparison and contrast mode of development.

Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development. You should also review our guidelines on introductory and concluding paragraphs.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

Last week I uploaded the wrong update of our office hours. This is the right document.

Kind regards,

A. A.



Office Hours Updated November 14th 2016

Dear students,

I'm attaching the results of the make-up exams and your final condition ("estudiantes regulares, no regulares, y libres").

Please, remember to see Felix in his office hours to help you prepare your topic for the final oral exam .

Kind regards,

A. Argerich


Idioma III Condición Estudiantes

Dear students,

Here's the schedule for the colloquia on November 16th.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich


Schedule for Colloquia

List of students who have to give the Language III colloquia on November 16, 2016

Dear students,

This is a message for the students who have to give the colloquia on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016. In case some of you are not sure about your condition, I'm attaching an incomplete list since the situation of two students is still under consideration.

We would like to ask the students on this list to let us know if they have any exams on Wednesday, and at what time they will be available for the colloquia. Please contact us as soon as you know. You may contact us through the TA Emi Daneri.

Please talk to Felix Cramer about your oral presentation (topic, organization of the presentation, sources, among other aspects). You can check his new office hour schedule on my previous post on this blog. You will see that tomorrow he has office hours from 9am to 1 pm and from 2pm to 4pm. 

If you have any doubts regarding the colloquia, please come and talk to us in our office hours. 

We will soon let you know where we will meet on Wednesday or we´ll leave a note at Room 226.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

List of students who have to give the colloquia on November 16th 2016

Dear students,

Here is the last update of our office hours.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich

Office Hours Updated November 14th 2016

Dear students,

We have left most of your mid-term tests in the box at the CELE office. Here I am attaching a document with the results. We have kept a few of your exams to reconsider the results. We will upload Ms Civit´s results tomorrow.

We would also like to tell you that the make-up exam will be an essay and not a questionnaire. The method of development you’ll be asked to use is cause-effect analysis. On Thursday, we will give you the titles of the text or texts on which the exam will be based, and we may discuss some of the main points you may want to analyse. You should revisit our post on Sunday, April 10^th, 2016, to review the ppp on cause-effect analysis.

We need the following students to bring their first mid-term test grades to class on Thursday (and will soon be asking other students for other grades):

Mid-Ter Test 1

Iermoli Krochik, Martina Bianca

Jofre, Sol Ayelén

Jáuregui, Natalia Soledad

Linares, María De Los Angeles

Lombardi, María Victoria

Longhi, Julieta Irina

Lucero, Edith Haydee

See you in class on Thursday.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich

Mid-Term Test II Some Grades

Dear students,

I am writing to inform you that we have rescheduled the Make-up test for Friday, November 11th.  I would also like to tell you that you will get the results of Mid-term Test 2 on Tuesday, November 8^th instead of on Monday, November 7^th.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich

Dear students,

Here is a tentative schedule for the Team Oral Presentations. 

Those groups that have to edit the topic, change or add a text, please come and see me in my office hours on Monday, October 24^th.

Remember that each group must meet with Felix in his office hours at least once while preparing the presentation. You should discuss with him 1) how you will introduce the members of the group, 2) how you will announce the topic (wording), 3) the main ideas you will be dealing with, 4) the evidence you will provide, among other aspects of your presentation. Felix will keep a record of the groups that have seen him.

Natalia Chavez, Bruno Cacmpos and Luis Gutierrez must join either Group 1 or Group 20. Groups 1 and 20 must incorporate at least one of these three students. Once Groups 1 and 20 have four members, one of these three students may join any group with four students.

I hope you have a nice weekend,

Amparo Argerich

Team Oral Presentations 2016 Tentative Schedule

Dear students,

I could finally upload The Namesake Audiobook on Google Drive, so here´s the link. I hope it works.

Enjoy it!

AA



The Namesake Audiobook

Dear students,

Here are the instructions on Assignment #8.

Assignment #8 is an essay on the first two or three chapters of The Namesake. The topic is “Contrast Ashima´s and Ashoke´s adaptation to living in America”. You have to write an outline and the essay.

The assignment is due on Friday, October 7^th, in class, no later than 9:40. You may hand it in the previous day in class, if you wish.

As with all of your essays, you should include the outline on the first page. The essay should be preceded by a title, and please remember to capitalize the first and all the content words in the title.

You have to write an introductory paragraph, which will contain the thesis statement at the end. We won´t penalize the mistakes in this paragraph. You may write a concluding paragraph, but you don´t have to. However, you do have to include at least the first sentence of the concluding paragraph, with an appropriate connector.

Please print your essay in an A4 sheet and hand it in in a plastic folio with your name in upper-case letters on the right-hand top of the page. Remember to leave space between lines to allow for our feedback. Please, don´t hand it in in a folder.

You will get your essays back on Monday, October 17^th, and will work on a second version to hand in in office ours. We will make appointments so that we can discuss your first and second versions with each of you in our office hours. Students who don´t take into account our feedback will fail the assignment.

I´m uploading again the last update of our office hours in case you haven´t seen it on the blog.

See you in class on Thursday.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Office Hours Second Semester Updated August 11th 2016

Dear students,
Here is a link to Ms Civit´s oral assignments.
Kind regards,
A. Argerich

Oral Assignment Dates Ms Civit

Dear students,

Here's a folder with links to our schedules for next week´s oral interviews. Please, bear in mind that the appointments are tentative. If you need to change yours, please let us know. Ms. Segura, Ms. Larzabal and Ms. Civit will be able to consider changes next Monday during class. Ms. Civit´s schedule will be uploaded tomorrow.

Kind regards,

A.A.

Oral Assignment Dates

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, September 28^th, 2016 will be based on A Bit of Singing and Dancing by Susan Hill.

Please read the text very carefully and revise the notes on comparison and/or contrast and on cause-effect analysis. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development. You should also review our guidelines on introductory and concluding paragraphs.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

Here are the dates (only my students for the time being) for the oral interviews for Assignment #8, on the reading material we have worked on in class, including The Namesake (Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4). If you have any problem on the date you´ve been assigned, please let me know in class on Thursday.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Oral Assignment Dates in October Ms Argerich

Dear students,

I´m uploading a link to a folder with 12 word documents with questions on the 12 chapters of the Namesake.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich

Questions on The Namesake Chapters 1 to 12

Dear students,

I´m uploading several important documents:

1) The ppp on Introductions and Conclusions we used in class on September 8^th, 2016,

2) The introductory paragraph we worked on today in class (September 15^th), and which you should include in the second version of the contrast essay you´ll hand in on Monday, September 19^th.  

3) The article by Joseph Harker from The Guardian that we will discuss in class tomorrow (Friday, September 16^th, 2016),

4) A link to the movie by Trevor Phillips mentioned in the article by Joseph Harker, and other two links to related videos on you tube.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in class.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

PPP on Introductions and Conclusions September 2016

Introductory Paragraph to Contrast Essay on Mrs Dutta Writes a Letter

Article by Joseph Harker from The Guardian

Links to Movie by Trevor Phillips and other related videos

Dear students,

Here are the study guides of the extensive reading material on which we will base the next assigment on Friday, September 9th.
I´m also uploading the study guides for the stories Eveline and A Glowing Future, the last version of the Tentative Class Schedule, an interview with Isaac Asimov and a document with some interesting links.

Looking forward to your comments on all this.

Kind regards,

A. A.


Study Guides Extensive Readings 2nd Term 2016

Study Guide Eveline

PPP on A Glowing Future

Tentative Class Schedule Updated Sept 1st 2016

Links to Videos Second Term 1

The Future of Humanity Isaac Asimov

Dear students,

I'm uploading the presentation we used today in class, study sheets on some of the texts we´ve worked on in class, and an updated version of the tentative class schedule.

See you tomorrow in class,

Kind Regards,

A. Argerich



PPP The Comparison and Contrast Mode of Development

Sample Essay on PPP August 25 2016

The Veld Questions

The Pedestrian - Questions 2016

Mrs Dutta Writes a Letter Study Guide

Tentative Class Schedule Second Term 2016

Dear students,

Here are the lists of Oral Presentations for the second semester.

If you have any problem with the assigned dates, please contact your teacher as soon as possible. Remember that you must see Felix Cramer before giving your OP.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in class,

Kind regards,

A. Argerich


Oral Presentations Dates GROUP A Ms Hassan and Ms Salmaso

Oral Presentations Dates GROUP B Ms Argerich

Oral Presentations Dates GROUP 1 Ms Larzabal

Oral Presentations Dates GROUP 2 Ms Segura

Oral Presentations Dates GROUP 3 Ms Civit

Dear students,

Here´s the list of sutdents who have to give oral presentations in August.

Next week I will work on the dates for the rest of the semestre.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich



Oral Presentations in August

Dear students,

Welcome to the second semester. Here is most of what I promised I would upload on the blog.

I still have to work on the dates of the oral presentations, and will be sharing the lists with you later today.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich


1) COURSE SYLLABUS

Syllabus Year 2016

2) TODAY´S PPP WITH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SECOND TERM

PPP August 11th General Instructions for Second Term

3) TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE FOR THE SECOND TERM

Tentative Class Schedule Second Term 2016

4) OFFICE HOURS UPDATED TODAY

Office Hours Updated August 11th 2016


5) FELIX CRAMER'S OFFICE HOURS

Felix Cramer's Office Hours

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, August 3^rd, 2016 will be based on Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter by Jumpa Lahiri. Some possible topics are:

-      Contrast Mrs. Dutta´s and Shyamoli´s attitudes to the American culture.

-      Contrast Mrs. Dutta´s and Shyamoli´s views on the American culture.

-      Analyse possible reasons for Mrs. Dutta´s unhappiness living with her son’s family in America.

-      Analyse possible reasons for Shyamoli´s uneasiness living with her mother in law in America.

Please read the text very carefully and revise the notes on comparison and/or contrast and on cause-effect analysis. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development. You should also review our guidelines on introductory and concluding paragraphs.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students, 

I hope you have rested during the winter holidays. I'm writing to tell you that Ms. Civit won't be available for office hours on Wednesday, July 27th.

Also, as from August 1st her office hours will be the following:

Tuesdays                   16:30 – 17:30
Wednesdays             14:30 – 16:30

Thursdays                 16:30 – 16:30

Another announcement is that on Wednesday, I won´t be available for office hours from 10:00 to 11:00 because I have a meeting with the vice-dean. I may be able to stay until 14:00, though.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, June 29^th, 2016 will be based on The Namesake by Jumpa Lahiri. You should focus mostly on Chapter 6. Some possible topics are:

a) Contrast Maxine’s and Gogol´s attitudes towards their parents

b) Contrat Maxine and Gogol

c) Contrast the Radcliffs' and the Gagulis' lifestyles

Please read the text very carefully and revise our notes on comparison and/or contrast. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors for the different modes of development. You should also review our guidelines on introductory and concluding paragraphs.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

Here is the last update of our office hours. There will probably be a new update when we start classes in the second semester, on Wednesday, August 10^th.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Office Hours Updated June 16th, 2016

Dear students,

For the Mid Term Test II Part II tomorrow, please, also read the first of Part 2 of the novel where Montag is reading to Mildred until the moment he leaves for Faber´s house.

See you tomorrow,

A. Argerich

Dear students,

We would like to let you know that tomorrow, for the essay, we will work on Part II of Fahrenheit 451. Please re-read it carefully because you won´t have the copy of the novel with you. Focus on the scene where Montag gets back home after visiting Faber. We will give you the thesis statement and one of the topic sentences, the first one. Also, we will develop the first developmental pararaph. Your job will be to write the second topic sentence, supporting ideas for it, and to develop the second developmental paragraph. You will have to write the concluding sentence to the whole essay as well. You may use your dictionaries, but not your cellphones.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Dear students,

Just a quick note to confirm the new dates for the Mid Term Test Parts I and II. We had to agree on these new dates because of the holiday on Friday, June 17^th. Last Wednesday we started considering the changes, and we confirmed them today in our class:  

Mid Term Test Part I 

Monday, June 13^th

Questionnaire on Fahrenheit 451

Mid Term Test Part II

Wednesday, June 15^th

Essay on Fahrenheit 451

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Dear students,

I´m writing to let you know the schedule for the interviews for Assignment #4 in office hours, starting on Monday, May 31st.

Should you have any concerns about the dates assigned to you, please let us know tomorrow in class or after class. I’ll be at the CELE office until 10:30.

I also wanted to tell you that we have decided to ask for a second version of the essay on the short story Tactical Exercise (Assignment #3). The second version of Assignment #3 is due Wednesday, June 1^st during class hours (12:00 – 13:40). 

You should work on your first version and edit the essay taking into account the feedback provided by the teacher who corrected your paper, and also all our comments made in class during this week. Together with the feedback on your essay and our comments in class, you should review the material on essay writing uploaded on the blog during this semester. When you hand in your assignment, you should include the first version as well; if you don´t, we will not correct the assignment.

Please take into account that you won´t be able to see us in office hours to help you with your second version of Assignment #3. We consider that the feedback we´ve given you should be enough. Also, you may ask general questions during our class tomorrow.

This is all for now. See you tomorrow in class.

Kind regards,

Amparo Argerich

Ms. Civit's Students

Ms. Argerich's Students

Ms. Hassan's Students

Ms. Larzábal's Students

Ms. Salmaso's Students

Ms. Segura's Students

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, May 18^th, 2016 will be based on Interpreter of Maladies by Jumpa Lahiri.

Please read the text very carefully and revise the notes on essay writing, especially those on cause-effect analysis and on introductory and concluding paragraphs. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development.

Warm regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

I´m attaching the outline we worked on today and last Wednesday for you to write Assignment #3, an essay on Tactical Exercise.

The assignment is due Monday, May 16. You may hand it in in class or leave at the CELE office no later than 12:00.

I´m also attaching the ppp that we used today in class.

Please, remember to write a concluding sententce to each of the developmental paragraphs, and a concluding sentence to the whole essay in a separate paragraph.

Also, you should write a title to the essay. Please read our guidelines on writing titles and our comments on problems in Assignment #2 on the ppp we used on May 11 (also on this blog as “Feedback on Assignment #2”).

Kind regards,

A. Argerich

Outline for Essay on Tactical Exercise

Writing Workshop on Tactical Exercise ppp

Dear students,

We finally decided to continue working on the essay outline on Friday, May 13^th. Please, read again and work on the story Tactical Exercise to be able to participate more actively in the construction of the outline to a cause analysis essay on the text. Assignment #3, which will consist in writing the two (or eventually three) developmental paragraphs, will be due Monday, May 16^th. You should hand in the assignment during class or right after the class, no later than 9:40.

Group A students please read again and work on the story The Legacy. I would like to round off the discussion we started on May 6^th.

I'm attaching the ppp with general comments and some feedback on Assignment #2. 

Best wishes,

A. Argerich

Feedback on Assignment #2

Dear students,

Here's the list of connectors you worked on in class on Monday, May 9th.

See you tomorrow,

A. A.


Useful connectors for writing

Dear students,

Here´s the Class Schedule for the months of May and June 2016, and the list of questions on Tactical Exercise, which I told you I would share with you.

See you tomorrow in class,

A. Argerich




Tentative Class Schedule for May and June 2016

Tactical Exercise Questions

Dear students,

Today we received the sad news that Prof. Estela Salva, from the Literature Department, has passed away. Our sincere condolences to her family.  

Because all academic activities have been cancelled, here is how we have rescheduled your oral presentations:

Ms. Hassan´s students, Liempi, Linares and Linde, will give their ops on Monday, May 2^nd at 14:30 during Ms. Hassan’s office hours. These students should bring at least two other classmates as audience for their ops. Ms. Salmaso will talk about this with you in class on Friday.  

The students who had to give their oral presentations with me, Cónsoli, Davolio and De La Fontaine, will do so on Friday, April 29^th. If they can´t attend classes on Friday, they’ll give their ops on Wednesday, May 4^th. 

Regarding the essays you had to hand in today, Assignment #2, you will hand them in in our class on Friday, April 29^th. You may send your assignments with other students in case you can´t attend classes this Friday, but please remember that we won´t receive assignments by email.

Regarding Assignment #1, they will be all available on Friday, either at 9:40 in our classrooms after our class, or in the box in room 226 as from 10 am.

Warm regards,

Amparo Argerich

Dear students,

I am attaching the outline to the essay on Story of an Hour we worked on this past week. This outline should be the one you hand in next Wednesday (April 27^th) as part of your Assignment 2, which is a home assignment.

I am also attaching the first developmental paragraph of the essay; we all worked on it in class as well, on Wednesday, April 20^th and on Friday, April 22^nd.

What you should do is write the second developmental paragraph using the topic sentence we all agreed on together, which you must copy from the outline. It should be exactly like the sentence in the outline. Please, remember to write a concluding sentence to the paragraph.

You should also write a concluding sentence to the whole essay, which should be introduced by a connector (In conclution, To conclude, Summing up, etc.) and which should be in a separate paragraph. Remember that in the second semester you will be writing introductory and concluding paragraphs, but not during this semester.

Please, remember to leave space between your lines to allow for corrections.

When  you hand in this assignment, remember that the outline, because it is the plan to the essay, should precede the essay.

See you very soon!

Amparo Argerich

Outline for Story of an Hour

Essay on Story of an Hour to complete for Assignment #2

Dear students,

I'm uploading two pdf documents; first, the ppp on Cause-Effect Analysis (Essay  Writing) we worked on on April 8th., and second, another ppp on punctuation guidelines and major mistakes in grammar. Please work the sedond ppp and have the guidelines in mind when answering our questions in Assignment #1 on April 15th.

Kind regards,

A. Argerich


Essay Writing Cause-Effect Analysis

Guide to Punctuation and Major Errors in Grammar

Dear students,

I´m uploading again the lists of dates for oral presentations. I corrected the mistakes in the dates and added the students that had not been included.

Also, here´s the complete ppp on Introduction to Essay Writing.

Finally, I´m sharing with you part of the class schedule for the semester. Please, remember it´s tentative.

See you very soon,

A. Argerich


Oral Presentations Group 1 Ms. Civit

Oral Presentations Group 2 Ms. Larzabal

Oral Presentations Group 3 Ms. Segura

Oral Presentations Group A Ms. Argerich

Oral Presentations Group B Ms. Hassan

Oral Presentations Group B Ms. Salmaso

Introduction to Essay Writing

Tentative Class Schedule APRIL

Dear students, 

Here are the lists with dates for the oral presentations, starting Monday, April 11th. If you have any problem with the date assigned to you, please contact your teacher soon so that she can reschedule your presentation.

I´m also uploading the ppp Ms. Hassan used for her class on Oral Presentations on March 30th, and part of the ppp on Introduction to Essay Writing.

For our class tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6th, we will work with groups A and B together in Room B11.

Amparo Argerich

(Please read my last post - I removed the lists of oral presentations dates from this post and updated the ppp on Introduction to Essay Writing.)

Guidelines on Oral Presentations

Dear students,

I´m uploading the lists with three groups (1, 2 and 3) for tomorrow´s class.

Enjoy the class and have a great week,

A. Argerich



Language III Groups 1 2 3 March 21 2016

Dear students,

We are auploading a new version of the document with our office hours and pdf files of some of the reading materials we have. We guess some of you may find it convenient to download the from the blog. Please, remember that you need printed copies of these for our classes.

Warm regards,

Amparo Argerich

Office Hours Updated March 17th 2016

The Truth about Life as a Househusband

Story of an Hour

Stay-at-home parent is not a luxury

Dear students,

It was a pleasure meeting you this morning.
Here´s the Power Point Presentation we promised we would upload. We are also uploading the list of materials for the whole year.
We are looking forward to working with you this new academic year.

Kind regards,

Prof. Amparo Argerich

Language III Course Guidelines March 14th 2016
Language III Reading Material

Dear students,

This is our latest update of our office hours for the first semester of 2016.

Warm regards,

Amparo Argerich


Office Hours Updated March 14th 2016

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, March 9^th, 2016 will be based on two short stories: Waiting and Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter. You should focus on Mr. Thompson in Waiting and on Mrs. Dutta in the other short story. Read the texts very carefully, especially Mrs. Dutta Writes a Letter, which is longer and more complex.

Please, revise the notes on comparison and/or contrast and on cause-effect analysis. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development.

Because of the number of students enrolled to sit for the exam, we may have all the oral exams on Thursday, March 10^th.

Warm regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

Here´s a message from Ms. Civit. Her office hours tomorrow (Thursday, March 3rd) will be from 3 to 7 pm and not in the morning.

Best wishes,

A. Argerich

Dear Students,

Here´s a message from Ms. Civit and Ms. Larzábal.

Only for this week, Ms. Civit will offer office hours on Thursday, February 25^th from 3 to 7 pm.

Ms. Larzábal’s new office hours are Thursdays from 2 to 4 pm.

Best regards,

A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, February  17^th, 2016 will be based on The Namesake by Jumpa Lahiri. You should focus on Chapters 1, 2 and 3. The essay will be based on Ashima and Ashoke. Pay special attention to their lives in America, their views, their feelings, concerns, how they felt at the hospital when Gogol was about to be born and after he was born, how they felt when moving houses (Chapter 3), etc.

Please read the text very carefully and revise the notes on comparison and/or contrast and on cause-effect analysis. Don´t forget to review the outline layout and the connectors you should use for the different modes of development.

Warm regards,

Prof. A. Argerich