Sumários

Discussion of Reading Matters Texts 10 and 11 continued.

9 Março 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

The popular press discussed: the different groups report to the class on one out of three questions related to David Puttnam's TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" , "The popular press. Life in the global gutter" (The Economist)  (TEXT 10) and "Monitoring the popular press: An historical perspective" (History and Policy) (TEXT 11).

Vocabulary exercise. Discussing the popular press (TEXTS 10 & 11, TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" )

4 Março 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Vocabulary-expansion exercise based on Texts 5-10. 

The popular press discussed: answering one out of three questions related to David Puttnam's TEDx talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" , "The popular press. Life in the global gutter" (The Economist)  (TEXT 10) and "Monitoring the popular press: an historical perspective" (History and Policy) (TEXT 11) (to be continued Monday 9th March).

Straight news stories and features. Direct and delayed leads. Popular vs quality press: Comparing and contrasting the same news story

2 Março 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

1. Journalistic genres: Straight news stories and features. Direct and delayed leads; nut graphs. HOMEWORK: Read TEXT 7: "How journalists write" (The Guardian).

2. Popular vs quality press: (a) in class activity: comparing and contrasting the language features and overall style of two news stories reporting the same event - TEXT 8 "Pride of Britain Awards 2011 ...", Daily Mirror; TEXT 9 - "Pensioner prevented jewellery raid ...", The Guardian; making judgements about the kind of audience the articles were written for; (b) at home: write a comparative essay based on your notes/discussion of the way the two news stories report the same event – assignment due on 9 March. (Further instructions sent by email).

 

Shared knowledge in headlines. TED talk "Does the media have a duty of care?"

19 Fevereiro 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Shared knowledge in headlines: discussing examples of headlines that are related to specific cultural references. 

TED talk "Does the media have a duty of care?" (David Puttnam). 
HOMEWORK: Read TEXT 11 "Monitoring the popular press: An historical perspective" (History and Policy). This text will be discussed on 2nd March.

"Crash blossoms". The language features of headlines continued.

17 Fevereiro 2020, 14:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading and discussion of TEXT 6 - "Crash blossoms". 

Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of garden-path sentences or crash blossoms.