I won't be able to attend our classes today because of family issues. I apologize for the short notice. Feel free to e-mail any pieces you may have written for class A.

Julia

FINAL EXAM - September 22nd,

  PASSED

  5. BRICCOLA, Ma. Magdalena ...... 5
  6. CERMELO,  Ana Laura .............. 6
  7. CESARIN, Romina ..................... 4
  8. D'ANNA,  Camila ........................ 4
  9. DE BUSTOS, Julieta ................... 5
10. DURROSSIER, Ma Paula ........... 5
12. HERRERA,  Guadalupe................6      
13. LEIVA, Mariela del Carmen ......... 4
17. PALLERO,  Facundo ...................10
21. SOSA. Cristian ............................. 4
22. URIBE SOLIS, Ma. Manuela ........ 8


  FAILED

 1. ALBERTI, María del Pilar 
  2. ALVAREZ, Romina
  3. BECHELLI, María Virginia 
  4. BENITEZ, Yamila
11. GOMEZ,  Micaela 
14. MASSA, Ana María                 
15. MELLUSO,  María Constanza 
16. MORALES, Florencia 
18. PATO, Ma Emilia
19. RUIZ, LUCIANA
20. SIERRA, Milagros 
23. VEGA, Clarisa

Because of the inconveniences that the strike on Thursday might impose on some students, the third mock essay has been moved to Friday 29th.

10-12 room B 217 (already quite crowded)

12-14 room C 02 (plenty of room)

Upcoming dates of interest

Mock Essay #3	14th August	28th August
Midterm Essay Makeup	16th September	19th September (NOT 23rd September)

Reading List for mid-term test

Discourse Genres

•             Swales, “The concept of Genre” (Chapter 3)

•             Swales, “Genres, Schemata and Acquisition” (Chapter 5)

•             Bhatia “Perspectives on Written Discourse” (Chapter 1)

•             Bhatia “Generic Integrity” (Chapter 5)

Discourse and the News

•             Hartley, Understanding News, “Selection and construction” (Chapter 5)

•             van Dijk, “The structure of news” (Chapter 2)

•             Bell, “The Discourse Structure of News Stories” (Chapter 3)

Discourse, ideology and power

•             van Dijk, “Opinions and Ideologies in the Press” (Chapter 2)

•             Fairclough, Language and Power “Discourse, common sense and ideology” (Chapter 4)

•             Bolivar, “The structure of Newspaper editorials” (Chapter 18)

Midterm Part 1:Essay

Dear All,
I will be handing out midterm essays and giving feedback on them at the start of my workshop next Friday 22nd at 12:00 noon. (Room 215) Thank you.
Prof Ana Moldero

3rd Mock Essay / Midterm Essay Makeup

Dear All,
We would like to let you know that we have decided to move forward the dates of both the 3rd Mock Essay and, consequently. the Midterm Essay Makeup, as follows:

	Current date	To move forward to
Mock Essay #3	14th August	28th August
Midterm Essay Makeup	16th September	23rd September

In this way, we expect to allow more time for practice before evaluation, considering the cutbacks in workshop practice due to recent cancellations and coming holidays.

With best wishes,

Ana Moldero

Writing workshop - Wednesday 13th August

Dear all,

This is to let you know I won´t be able to make our seession tomorrow as I am on medical leave, but you´re welcome to send me your essays by email if you wish.

I hope to see you all next week.

Warm regards, and have a nice week.

Dolores

FInal Exam Monday, August 4th

Essay Marks

PASSED

1.       Valbuena, Agustin              6

2.       Pardo, Javier                     9

3.       Iademarco, Gabriela          6

4.       Schechtel, Daniel               8

5.       Sillero, David                    4

6.       Massa, Ana Maria              4

7.       Tempone, Rocio                 7

8.       Acerbo, Natalio                  6

9.       Torres, Cecilia                    6 

10.   Filipetti, Lucas                     4 

11.   Tesure, Diego                       5

12.   Horrisberger, Mariana         6

13.   Roismain, Victoria               5

14.   Garcia. MariaPaula              8

15.   Ruiz, Luciana                        6

16.   Lampugano, Ma Florencia    5

17.   Dumondin Natalia                 5

18.   Durrossier, Ma Paula            4

FAILED

19.   Mateos, Maria                       2

20.   Ciotti, Gabriela                     2

21.   Serrano, Valeria Soledad      2

22.   Bravo, Ailin                          2

23.   Benitez, Yamila                     2

Final Exam Monday, July 14th

Essay marks

Final

Bechelli, Ma Virginia    2

Bértoli, Ma Soledad      4

Pettigrosso, Marina      2

Rojas, Ursula                5

Final Dividido

Lopez Benitez, Lucía     5

Mid-term exam: Essay writing

The exam  will be held on July 10th at 12 (Room B105) and at 2pm (Room B201).

Students are requested to attend ONE of the exam sessions, preferably the one at 2pm.

The 12pm session will be almost full considering the number of students who regularly attend classes at that time.

2nd Mock Essay

Essay Papers

I will be handing out essay papers on Friday 4th

• at 11:50 am before my worshop (Room B-215) and 
• at 3:45 pm at the end of Friday's lecture. 

Subsequently, papers can be collected:

• at Monday's lecture /worshop, from 8:00-12:00 (Room B-111), 
• on Tuesday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at Prof. Pich´s tutorials,  
• on Tuesday 2:00 to 4:00 pm, at Prof Aicega's workshop.

You can see me about fedback or doubts at any of my classes.
Thank you.

 Prof. Ana Moldero

To All Students

Dear All

I heard from Prof. Pich earlier this week that a number of students in her class had expressed certain concerns about their writing assignments. I wish these complaints had been voiced directly to me so that I could give a proper reply in person. Unfortunately, I am forced to deal with them by this means, since in my lectures and workshops I see only about one third of the students on the roll.

The complaints reported are as follows:

1. that students do not have enough practice.
2. that one week between receipt of a failed paper and the next assignment is not enough time to permit any noticeable improvement on performance.
3. that students have no access to samples of successful essays.

I am afraid I must take issue with those who claim so.

1. In the first place, you should know that since 2010 in particular, and especially this year, there has been a major joint effort by the School, the Department and us English Language 4 tutors to ensure that all students have enough opportunities for writing essays and practising the language without having to resort to external coaching. Today, in addition to the practice available through tutorials, students are offered writing options through eight (8) weekly hours of practice in writing workshops. This means that those willing to have enough practice in essay writing could have written about twenty (20) essays so far, at a rate of two essays a week on average, and could continue to do so if only their commitment allowed it. Regrettably, though, as far as the workshop in my charge goes, only about one fourth of the students enrolled in 2014 attend, and only a tiny few of them write regularly. As a matter of fact, the mock essays are aimed at forcing additional writing practice now within time and topic constraints and in preparation for the midterm test. They are meant to be diagnostic tools rather than evaluative instances, and whether they are passed or failed has no bearing on coursework result at all.

2. As determined by regulation, essays and other papers should be handed out up to one week before the date of the next assessment, and we will endeavour to continue to meet this rule accordingly. On the other hand, we are perfectly aware that practising for one week cannot bring about any dramatic changes in performance, and it would be naive, to say the least, for any student -let alone one who has had their paper failed- to wait for their marks before settling down to study, practise and write. Precisely it is because writing is a process, and because students need various kinds of feedback, and because we have noticed that a large number of them this year are still struggling with both oral and written English or are in bad need of upgrading their expression that we must insist that you take every option available to help your chances. Writing regularly is the best way to pull your linguistic resources and set them to work to create meaning. It’s also the best way to come face to face with your linguistic strengths and weaknesses.

3. As for samples of passed essays, these could be helpful, if there weren’t so many different kinds of passes that it renders the pass confusing. Attendants to my workshops were given performance descriptors so as to let them know what to aim at when writing and what to expect when it comes to language assessment. These, in turn, have been uploaded for everyone to profit from. And then again, each essay marked is returned to its owner, so it seems fairly easy to be able to share students' compositions among the group.

While I can understand that evaluations tend to be a sensitive issue with students and are therefore a source of conflict more often than not, I feel I need to draw your attention to one or two things at this point: Language 4 is no subject to be sitting through and just juggling a few deadlines. If you are to acquire a professional’s discourse management you must remember that upgrading your performance levels and enhancing your linguistic competence are complex matters that require exposure, focus and commitment.

Finally, the fact that attendance to lectures and to workshops is not compulsory doesn’t make these classes redundant any more than it does make everyone fit to go without them. Students can skip classes in the understanding that they can thoroughly cope with their contents, skills and standards effectively on their own and by no means should they expect to see those contents, skills or standards trimmed down to suit their needs.

With best wishes,

Prof. Ana Moldero

FINAL EXAM - Monday, June 2, 2014 - ESSAY

PASSED
Bechelli, Virginia
Comán, Paula
Franco, Mónica
Hernández, Bernarda
Migliorini, Mara
Ramírez, Erika
Retamar, María Eugenia
Santivañez, Rocío


FAILED
Alvarez, Romina
Bértoli, Soledad
Bravo, Ailín
Cesarin, Romina
Peruzzi, Gisela
Ruiz, Luciana
Torres, Cecilia
Solazzi, Clara

You'll be able to collect your essays on Monday from 8 to 10 (look for the room assigned for the examination board) or Tuesday from 11.30 to 12.30 at Sala de Profesores.

Here you'll find some of the readings we've worked with in class.

Julia

Final Exam Monday, April, 28th

Essay Marks

Passed
Aicardo, Carla              4
Guagnini, Valeria          6
Guardarucci, Sofía        7
Jespersen, Yesica        4
Vila, Andrea                 4

Failed
Filippetti, Lucas           
Petraglia, Marianela
Valbuena, Agustín

ART 14° - 2013

MARKS FOR 2nd MAKEUP (March 31st / April 3rd)

	ESSAY	APPLIED THEORY
1.Blanco, Carlos	-----	6 six
2. Hiebl Sarah	-----	4 four
3.Islas, Yanina	-----	6 six
4.Lopez Beneitez, Lucía	2 two	-----
5.Minghetti Carolina	2 two	-----
6. Parrilla, M Belén	-----	6 six
7. San Martin Erica	-----	4 four
8. Torres Carla	2 two	-----
9. Sillero David	-----	6 six
10. Vitale, Lujan	5 five	-----