Sumários

oral presentations on Englishness

26 Novembro 2015, 08:00 John Richard Walker

student oral presentations on the following themes of Englishness: religion (attitudes towards religion, history, multicultural society, etc.) 


Poetry

25 Novembro 2015, 12:00 Zuzanna Zarebska

Students' presentation: poetry by Steve Koyczan; performative language. What is literature and why does it matter? Reading and group practice


USA Texts 8 and 9

25 Novembro 2015, 10:00 David Alan Prescott

Analysis and discussion of two texts from the anthology: "Foreigners in their Own Land" and "Gun Laws in the United States"


Dialogue

25 Novembro 2015, 08:00 Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Comments on test; corrections.


Oral presentation.

Vocabulary and reading: Beatles '66
Catch phrases and characters. Tarantino
Working on group dialogues from the personalities of the four Beatles and specific episodes

HW: From the Student's Book, study (highlighting significant points) "Essay writing" pages 1-6 (i.e. not "Opinion Essays").You don't need to do the exercises on p.4/5.
Do ex.1 and 3 of the following section: "LANGUAGE FOCUS - Linking Devices"


Correction of for and against essays + Reading

24 Novembro 2015, 16:00 Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Returned for and against essays to students and corrected common mistakes.

Asked students to prepare arguments to write new for and against essays. There is a choice of 2 topics:
1) The advantages and disadvantages of exercise when dealing with stress
2) The advantages and disadvantages of advertising as used today.

We continued reading and discussing the artice "What does it mean to be British and does it still matter?". Manuall pages 17 - 23