Academic register

24 Setembro 2018, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Working with why is academic writing so academic? Elements of academic register and style: PP; real-life cases.

Unit 1: Justice Video Podcast: Justice

21 Setembro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Presenting assessment rules again to the newcomers

2) Introducing the topic of Unit 1: Justice

a) group work activity: each group had to answer questions about crime and punishment: What do you think are reasonable penalties for people who commit environmental crimes*?/ What do you think of the death penalty?/ How much does the media cover crime in Portugal? Do you think that they should spend less time or more time on it?/ Why do you think that there have been so many school shootings at high schools in the United States? source: quizlet: https://quizlet.com/152838589/conversation-starters-03-flash-cards/

3) Listening exercises: Video podcast “Justice” Pearson Education Limited, 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qnkMEWuf8A

New words: jaywalking, refugee, asylum seekers, infringement, dismantle, overhaul

B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019 (Isabel Ferro Mealha, TP2-TP3 and Zsófia Gombár TP4) Video podcast section: page1-3.

4) Writing exercise: Students had to write a short paragraph on what legal and social issues concerned them the most.

5) Pair-work activity: The short story and its features, B1.2 Workbook 2018-2019, page 13, exercise 1

Homework: B1.2 Workbook, page 13: exercise 2

Read “Eye Witness” by Ed McBain in B1.2 Workbook, page 16-18.

Video podcast "Justice".

19 Setembro 2018, 16:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Video podcast "Justice": (a) watching and answering questions about the video podcast; (b) in-class assignment - writing a paragraph about your own experiences and concerns on one of the following questions: 1. Have you ever had reason to contact the police? What was the outcome? 2. What legal or social issues concern you the most? Why? 3. If you could introduce a law in your country or community, what would it be?

Video podcast "Justice".

19 Setembro 2018, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Video podcast "Justice": (a) watching and answering questions about the video podcast; (b) in-class assignment - writing a paragraph about your own experiences and concerns on one of the following questions: 1. Have you ever had reason to contact the police? What was the outcome? 2. What legal or social issues concern you the most? Why? 3. If you could introduce a law in your country or community, what would it be?

Presenting the Program and Assessment Rules

19 Setembro 2018, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

1) Presenting the programme and assessment rules

2) Icebreakers: getting to know each other:

a) each student had to answer a “crazy question” and presenting themselves in a few words (questions were written on separate slips of paper, and were chosen at random.)

b) pair work activity: students had to write their names and five words about themselves, the others had to guess the connection and vice versa, students kept changing partners during the exercise.

c) group work activity: picture charades: blank stare, brainstorm, hairy chest, background, French window, beauty spot (source: Kathy Gude and Michael Duckworth: Proficiency Masterclass. Student’s Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. p. 111.)