Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, December 20^th, 2017 will be based on The Namesake. The essay will be about Ashima, more specifically about her attitude towards certain cultural aspects in the USA, like friendship, marriage, divorce, among others. You may want to read again the chapters that deal with Ashima and her views on the American culture. Some of them are chapters 1, 2, 3 and 12. You will be allowed to have a copy of the text with you.

The mode of development we´ll ask you to use is contrast. Please read the text carefully. Don´t forget to review our notes on comparison and contrast, 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.

Please remember that on Monday, December 18^th, and Tuesday, December 19^th we WILL NOT answer any questions related to the essay topic in office hours, nor will we check possible outlines.

If you have already enrolled, and decide not to take the exam, please send us an email through the platform. 
Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, November 29th, 2017 will be based on chapters 8, 9,10, 11, and 12 of The Namesake. The essay will be about Moshumi. You will be allowed to have a clean copy of the text with you.

The mode of development we´ll ask you to use is cause or effect analysis. Please read the text carefully. Don´t forget to review our notes on cause-effect analysis, 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.

Please remember that on Tuesday, November 28th we WILL NOT answer any questions related to the essay topic in office hours, nor will we check possible outlines.

If you have already enrolled, and decide not to take the exam, please send us a message through the platform. 

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, September 27^th, 2017 will be based on The Veld by Ray Bradbury.

The mode of development we´ll ask you to use is cause or effect analysis. Please read the text carefully. Don´t forget to review our notes on cause-effect analysis, 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.

Please remember that on Monday, September 25^th, and Tuesday, September 26^th we WILL NOT answer any questions related to the essay topic in office hours, nor will we check possible outlines.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 will be based on Interpreter of Maladies  by Jumpa Lahiri.

The mode of development we´ll ask you to use is cause or effect analysis. Please read the text carefully and take into account that we may ask you to focus on different aspects of the text.

Don´t forget to review our notes on cause-effect analysis, 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.

Please remember that on Monday, July 31st, and Tuesday, July 1st we WILL NOT answer questions related to the essay topic in office hours; nor will we check possible outlines.


Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, July 5th, 2017 will be based on The Namesake  by Jumpa Lahiri.

Please read again chapter 6, since most (not necessarily all of it) of the support for the topic we will give you is in this chapter. The essay topic will be on the Radcliffs’ and the Gangulis’ lifestyle.

Don´t forget to review your notes on comparison and/or contrast, 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.

Please remember that on Monday, July 3^rd, and Tuesday, July 4^th we will not answer questions related to the essay topic in office hours; we will not check your outlines or possible outlines for possible theses statements.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, May 17^th, 2017 will be based on The Namesake  by Jumpa Lahiri.

Please read chapters 6 and 7. The essay topic will be on Gogol. When reading these chapters, please focus on his attitude towards his family, his family´s way of living, and his family cultural background before and after his father passed away.

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

Please remember that this week (before May 17) we will not answer questions related to the essay topic in office hours; we will not check your outlines or possible outlines for possible theses statements.

Kind regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear 2017 students,

Here is a link to a folder with important documents. Please have a look at them before tomorrow's assignment. We will upload them on the Virtual Platform, but I'm not sure if we´ll be able to do so today.

Kind regards,

A. A.


Important Documents Uploaded April 27th 2017

Dear students,

Here´s the full version of the tentative class schedule for the first semester, 2017.

Kind regards,

Prof. Argerich


Tentative Class Schedule 2017

Dear 2017 students,

You are kindly invited to enrol* in the “Idioma Ingles III” virtual class.

Because you have enrolled in other virtual classes, you probably know that your user name is your DNI number (just the numbers).

The password for this class is “Language 3_2017”.

If you have any doubts, you may find information on how to access the Moodle platform and how to enrol on the school web page:

Link: www.virtual.ffyl.uncu.edu.ar

http://ffyl.uncuyo.edu.ar/virtualidad

You are also invited to take the Moodle online course for students. The password for this course is Moodle_2017.

Please upload a picture of you on your profile when you enrol.

Looking forward to working closely together in this new environment.

Prof. Argerich

Dear 2017 students,

Here’s a link to the pdf version of the ppp on cause-effect analysis on which we worked today, and copy of the essay Why People Save Books.

I´m also attaching part of the class schedule so that you may see what we will be doing during the coming weeks.

I also wanted to tell you that in about two hours I´ll be posting instructions on how to enrol in the Language III virtual class. This is only for students who enrolled in Language 3 in 2017. 

Kind regards,

Prof. Argerich

Cause-Effect Analysis Part 1

Why People Save Books Sample Cause Analysis Essay

Tentative Class Schedule From April 3 to May 19

Dear 2017 students,

Here is a folder with three files on Essay Writing.

Today, in our introductory class (Friday, March 31st), we worked on the PPP "Introduction to Essay Writing from Refining Composition Skills". This is a PDF version of it. You will see that it´s in black and white, so you won´t be able to see the colors with wich signal the different parts of the essay paragraphs.

I have also uploaded a ppp with a few pictures of the park, and a copy of the essay. On Friday, April 7th, we will work on outlining and on the structure of developmental paragraphs.

Looking forward to working with you on the virtual platform.

Kind regards,

Prof. Argerich


Introduction to Essay Writing Friday March 31st 2017 FOLDER

Dear 2017 students,

I´m attaching a folder with updated lists for all the Language III groups. Please, make sure you join the group you´ve been assigned to.

Looking forward to seeing you on Friday,

Prof. A Argerich


Groups 1 2 3 and Groups A and B updated March 29th 2017

Dear 2016 Language III students,

I’m writing to you to ask you to disenroll from the Virtual Platform (Aula Virtual Idioma III). The reason why I´m asking this is that we would like to start systematically using the platform with the year 2017 new students. Last year, we mostly used the blog, and we will continue doing so with those of you who still have to sit for the final exam.

In case you don´t receive this message, or can´t take the time to do what I´m asking for, don´t worry; on the weekend we will disenroll all of you.

If you have any doubts or concernes, please see me in my office hours or right after class:

My office hours:

Mondays            9:30 – 2:30

Wednesdays     13:40 – 16:40

My class hours:

Tuesdays            10:00 – 11:40     Room 14

Wednesdays     12:00 – 13:40     Room B11

Fridays                 08:00 – 9:40        Room B11

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Prof. Amparo Argerich

Dear students,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend.

I'm uploading the lists for Monday classes. We hope we don´t have to add any more students. If more students appear, we may have to make new lists.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in class.

Prof. Argerich


Group 1 Prof. Civit Room B3

Group 2 Prof. Larzábal Room B9

Group 3 Prof. Segura B11

Dear students (year 2017),

I am attaching the lists of the two groups (Group A and Group B) for classes on Wednesday and Friday.

I will be uploading the lists for the Monday groups (Groups 1, 2 and 3) on the weekend.

Kind regards,

A Argerich

Language III Groups A and B for Wednesday and Friday classes

Dear students,

Welcome to Language III. We are looking forward to working with you. We hope we´ll soon be using the virtual platform to upload documents and share information.

Here is the pdf of the ppp we used today.

Best wishes,

Prof. Argerich


Language III First Class 2017 Instrucctions for the first term

Dear students,  

The essay topic of the Language III final exam on Wednesday, March 15^th, 2017 will be based on the short stories The Legacy, by Virginia Woolf, and The Colonel´s Lady, by Somerset Maugham. You will be asked to COMPARE two characters, either Angela and Evie, or Gilbert and George.

After reading the short stories, you should try to make a list of possible points of comparison for both pairs of characters, but you´ll be asked to write on just one the pairs.

You should read our notes on the comparison and contrast mode of development posted on this blog on August 25^th, 2016. On the PPP we uploaded, there is an example of an outline following the conventions we agreed on in class (slide 19). Please note that on slides 15 and 17 the topic sentences are expressed by means of noun phrases, and this is not what you should do.

Also, on slides 21 and 23, there are lists of connectors used in the comparison mode of development. Make sure you see how they are used in context.

You should also revise our instructions for Introductions and Conclusions, which were posted on September 15^th, 2016.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

                            

Warm regards,

Prof. A. Argerich

Dear students,  

The essay topic for the final Language III exam on Wednesday, February  15^th, 2017 will be based on Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The essay topic will be about Montag.  

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