Sumários
USING METAPHOR TO INFLUENCE/MANIPULATE
2 Dezembro 2025, 15:30 • Gaile Parkin
Small group work brainstorming solutions to a social
problem. (Same exact problem framed by 2 different opening metaphors.)
Whole group feedback clearly showing the influence of the
opening metaphor.
Presentation on the use of metaphor in influencing and
manipulating.
Small group work exploring the influence of metaphors in a
bigoted text.
Lesson 23
2 Dezembro 2025, 09:30 • Sheila Brannigan
We listened to and engaged with speaking presentations
METAPHORS IN HEALTHCARE MESSAGING
28 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Gaile Parkin
Elicitation of the most common metaphors used in talking
about disease and healthcare. Brainstorming in pairs to collate vocabulary of
the domains of “war” and “battle”.
Viewing of “Cell Wars”, an animated film explaining how the
immune system reacts when flu enters the body, followed by an examination of
the war vocabulary used in the film.
Presentation on patient reactions to war metaphor in talking
about cancer, and on war metaphor used in an Observer editorial on covid.
4th hour/tutorial work: Grammar practice
Homework: Prepare for evaluation.
Oxford Union-style Debate: Cancel culture does more harm than good.
27 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Lesson 22
27 Novembro 2025, 09:30 • Sheila Brannigan
We discussed our upcoming speaking presentations :)