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.
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