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 Today we started a new sequence by listening to an audio document. Here's what we understood : It takes place sometime in the late 1970 ( à la fin des années 70 ). There are interviewees that say they were in College (Sierra College). In there, there was a computer room in a dorm with old terminals. They were going nuts ( going crazy ) over a free computer game. One interviewee said someone told him : "you have to try it, it's great." This game is called Adventure . VOCAB College                                              université going nuts                                         going crazy a period                                ...

 Today we had a short oral comprehension test, and we also wrote a lesson about yesterday's session. In two weeks' time, we'll do something completely different.

 Oral Comprehension Training  Advice : 1. Try and write everything and anything you understand (including sound and music) 2. How many people talk ? 3. Who are they, what do they think ? 4. What's the CORE idea ? 5. Try and grasp details (such as numbers, dates, names, references, etc.) 6. What's implied, what's implicit ? All in all, be organized !