Sumários
Classes suspended (Covid-19). Zoom meeting: oral presentations.
20 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Individual feedback on Assignment 3 sent by email.
Individual oral presentations continued: The week in review - your pick of stories: Ashely Claudino, Catarina Costa, Joana Gonçalves, João Pinto, José Batista. André Lopes, Carmo Albuquerque, and Pedro Jorge sent a video with their individual oral presentation because their internet didn't work properly and the sound was not audible.
Classes suspended (Covid-19). Editorials. Individual oral presentations (The week in review).
15 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Zoom meeting: clarifying doubts about the structure of a newspaper editorial; examples of two editorials were sent by email - TEXT 11: "Race and marijuana arrests" (New York Times) and TEXT 12: "Prison works ..." (The Independent); creating your own editorial: a step-by-step approach.
Zoom meetings from 15 April to 6 May and proposed activities
Zoom meetings taking place during class hours will be used mainly for the following:
· oral presentations
· questions about the remaining materials under study
· clearing doubts about assignments and the test
Zoom meetings will take place on the following days:
15 April: Oral presentations start
Assignment due on 20th April: Short evidence-based editorial
20-22-27 April: Oral presentations continued
Assignment due on 4th May: Personal column
Instructions and materials for this assignment will be sent by email prior to our Zoom meeting on 27 April so that doubts can be cleared in case of have them. Remember this assignment does not have to be done by whoever has already submitted four assignments.
29 April and 4 May: Oral presentations finish
6 May: Writing test (40%) - done at home during class hours (2 pm to 4pm)
The second writing test will have two parts:
Question 1 – a short evidence-based editorial
Question 2 – a formal essay on journalism issues as addressed by READING MATTERS TEXTS studied in class
Further instructions will be sent by email.
After the semester comes to an end, I will email everyone their final grade in due time.
Classes suspended (Covid-19). New assesment rules. Zoom meeting.
6 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Zoom meeting: New assessment rules explained and sent by email.
ASSESSMENT AND GRADING SYSTEM: new rules (April 2020)
Given the special circumstances we are currently facing, the assessment and grading system had to be slightly changed. Weighting is now as follows:
· Writing test - 40% - Date: 6th May
(The test will consist in a short evidence-based editorial and an academic essay addressing journalism issues related to READING MATTERS TEXTS 21-32)
· Speaking test - 20%: individual press review (further instructions sent by email)
· Written assignments - 40% - You have to do at least 4 out of the 5 following assignments:
o Comparative essay (already done)
o Report about TEXTS 21-22-23 (already done)
o Report about TEXTS 24-32 (already done)
o Short evidence-based editorial (to be done; strongly recommended as it will provide practice for the test)
o Personal column (to be done) (this assignment is optional for those of you who have done 4 assignments)
Since assessment is conducted on a regular basis, any task that is not submitted when due and/or any form of plagiarism will be given a zero. Any student who fails to do one of the above-mentioned tests/tasks will be given a zero.
Working students may, if they so wish, opt for continuous assessment (in which case they will have to comply with all the assessment criteria set for regular students) OR sit the Época de Avaliação Final Alternativa examination. The examination will focus on the contents of the syllabus adopted for the course English for the Media (C2).
As I’m sure you all know now, the Época de Avaliação Final Alternativa examination will also have to be done at home during class hours since FLUL will remain closed. The date has not been set yet but it will be in the week 1 to 5 June.
So now that FLUL has decided on a course of action and set up the assessment rules for this semester, could working students please let me know whether they are opting for continuous assessment or whether they are just sitting the Época de Avaliação Final Alternativa examination?
This option is also available to Portuguese ERASMUS students who had to return to Portugal without having the chance to complete their courses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Classes suspended (Covid-19). Individual feedback on Assignment 1.
1 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Individual feedback on Assignment 1 sent by email.
Classes suspended (Covid-19). Feedback on comparative essays. Academic writing.
30 Março 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Individual feedback on comparative essays sent by email.