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Syntactic ambiguity in headlines. "Crash blossoms". Shared knowledge in headlines.

10 Outubro 2018, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading and discussion of the New York Times article "Crash blossoms". Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of crash blossoms. Shared knowledge in headlines.


Headlines.

8 Outubro 2018, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Vocabulary expansion exercise based on Texts 1-4. Feedback on Reading Group task sheets. The concept of plagiarism.

Headlines: deducing the language features of headlines (syntax, commonly used short words, and other headlinese rules. 
Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: garden-path sentences or crash blossoms. HOMEWORK: Read TEXT 6 - "Crash blossoms". Do the exercise on pages 21-22.

Discussion of TEXT 4 continued. Photos that changed the world. "Head you win".

3 Outubro 2018, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of "Facebook backtracks to allow iconic image of Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 4) continued. TED talk: "Photos that changed the world". 

Headlines: reading and analysis of the article "Heads you win" by Ian Mayes (The Guardian). HOMEWORK: pages 18-19 (Deducing the language features of headlines). Further instructions sent by email.

Reading Group Discussion of three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images.

1 Outubro 2018, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Reading Group Discussion of 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).

The front page of Wednesday's British papers. "Refugee crisis media coverage ...".

26 Setembro 2018, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

The front page of Wednesday's British national papers: checking the main splash and lead story. Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 1). HOMEWORK: Instructions to be sent by email.