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Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: Crash blossoms. Writing headlines. Shared knowledge in headlines.
9 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Syntactic ambiguity in headlines continued: analysing examples of crash blossoms. Writing headlines. Shared knowledge in headlines: discussing examples of headlines that are related to specific cultural references.
Headlines. "Crash blossoms".
7 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Headlines: deducing the language features of headlines (syntax, commonly used short words, and other headlinese rules). Reading and discussion of TEXT 6 - "Crash blossoms". Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of garden-path sentences or crash blossoms. HOMEWORK: If you were absent from class do the exercise on pages 19-20.
Photos that strike a chord in you continued. Focus on vocabulary. "Head you win".
2 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Photos that strike a chord in you continued.
Vocabulary expansion exercise based on words/expressions from Reading Matters TEXTs 1-4.
Taking a look at headlines from British national papers front pages.
Reading and analysis of the article "Heads you win" by Ian Mayes (The Guardian).
Deducing the language features of headlinese. HOMEWORK: pages 16-17.
Photos that strike a chord in you. Discussion of READING MATTERS TEXTS 2, 3, and 4.
30 Setembro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The impact of words and photos in the printed press.
25 Setembro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The impact of words and photos in the printed press:
1. Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 1);
2. Watching a TED talk: "Photos that changed the world".
3. Preparing to discuss three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images: (a) "Are newspapers correct to use such shocking images on their front pages?" (TEXT 2); (b) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 3); (c) "Facebook back tracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 4).