Discussion of READING MATTERS TEXTS 2 to 4 continued.

10 Fevereiro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images continued: (a) "Photo Editors' Notebook: What makes the image of Omran Daqneesh extraordinary?" (TEXT 3); (b) "Facebook back tracks to allow iconic Vietnam War photo of child napalm victims" (TEXT 4) - students' oral reports and comments on their assigned text. Checking the answers to the vocabulary-expansion exercise based on words and expressions from READING MATTERS TEXTS 1 to 4. 

Discussion of READING MATTERS TEXTS 2, 3, and 4 continued: students' oral reports.

9 Fevereiro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Discussion of three newspaper articles related to Front Page shocking images continued: group oral reports on task related to

(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), (to be continued tomorrow). TEXT 4 will be addressed tomorrow as well.

HOMEWORK: Do the vocabulary-expansion exercise related to words and expressions from TEXTS 1 to 4. (this exercise was sent by email)

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TEDx talk "Photos that changed the world". READING MATTERS TEXTS 2-4.

4 Fevereiro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

1) Watching the TEDx talk "Photos that changed the world" by Jonathan Klein.

2) Preparing the 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) - an email was sent to all students with instructions for this assignment.

HOMEWORK: Choose an image that sparks something in you and be prepared to explain why this is so.

Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued. The Front Page: the impact of words in the printed press.

3 Fevereiro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued: reporting on the analysis of the front page of a British tabloid and a quality paper. Summing up the main features of both types of newspapers front pages.

The impact of words in the printed press: Reading and discussion of the HuffPost article "Refugee crisis media coverage highlights importance of words and how they are used" (READING MATTERS TEXT 1). 

Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued.

2 Fevereiro 2021, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Deducing the language features of the front page of British tabloids and quality papers continued: group reporting on the analysis of the front page of a British tabloid and a quality paper.