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Final test; Exam instruction
7 Maio 2020, 14:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte
Final test
Exam instruction
The exam will have two parts:
- Written exam on the 2nd of June from 2:15 to 3:45. You will be given the instruction for the exam at 2:15 by zoom or by email and it must be returned by email or by zoom at 3:45. This file is in Word format and it must be returned adding your name after the name of the file.
- Oral exam on the 4th of June. You are expected to have a camera and a microphone to do the exam. This part of the exam is a debate between 1-1, 2 -2, or 3-3 students (depending on the number of students) about a topic you are given at the beginning of the exam. You have 15 minutes to prepare as a group and up to 8 minutes for each student to speak. The exam will start at 2:00 and it must be scheduled beforehand.
The exam will cover all the topics covered in the programme.
Presentations/ Exam Instructions
7 Maio 2020, 08:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
The following instructions are for students who enroll to sit the exam in June.
TEST STRUCTURE
The test will consist of TWO critical essay questions, of which students choose ONE and write an essay of approximately 400-450 words. The essay will be based on the script and staged version of the play "Every Brilliant Thing" by Duncan Macmillan.
CRITERIA
Students will need to show knowledge of having read and seen both versions of the play. The essay will take the form of a critical essay and particular attention will be given to the degree of criticality, fluency, accuracy and the ability to objectively relate the question to the play
PROCEDURE
Students who enrol for the exam need to contact me by email (daniel.silva@campus.ul.pt) AT LEAST 48 hours prior to the exam The exam is scheduled for 4 June at 2 p.m. Students who inform me in advance by email of their enrolment will receive the test on the above date and time and will have TWO hours to complete the exercise before returning it to me by email. Students who do not have access to the material used in our classes may contact me and I will send the respective texts and links . Anyone who requires further clarification may also contact me by email.
PLAGIARISM
Please note that students who refer to the work of other authors must include references of their sources. Any writing that has been paraphrased and is identified as the work of someone else will be cancelled if it is not duly referenced.
Final Exam Information
6 Maio 2020, 12:00 • David Michael Greer
The C1.1 Final Exam
Remember that any enrolled student can take the final exam, regardless of their final mark at the end of the semester, either to pass or for improvement (‘melhoria’).
I will email the exam paper to you at around 10 am on Friday 5th June. You must send me your answers by midnight (24h00) on the same day (so you have a maximum of 14 hours to do it: should be enough, I hope!). That is the absolute deadline given by FLUL. I will not be permitted to accept any late arrivals or excuses.
You will have to do two pieces of writing based on texts in our anthology, “You’ve got to laugh, haven’t you?” If you don't have a copy, ask me as soon as possible. I can send you a pdf.
The first piece of writing will be an essay, in which you will have to discuss “A Free World Needs Satire” and Comedians from a particular point of view. The point of view will be given on the exam paper.
You should write between 500 and 750 words. It is worth 50%.
The second piece will be some creative writing based on “Cake or Death?” You will have to write an imagined dialogue between Eddie Izzard and an audience member. They are talking about the “Cake or Death?” routine in his show. I will tell you the nature of their conversation on the exam paper.
Again, you should write between 500 and 750 words. It is worth 50%.
If you have any doubts, get in touch with me.
Hope all's well!
Best wishes,
Mick
Evaluation and course closure
6 Maio 2020, 10:00 • Gaile Parkin
Zoom. Oral presentations. continued.
ALTERNATIVE EXAM DETAILS
Format: WRITTEN EXAM (2 HOURS) and ORAL EXAM (30 minutes)
Schedule: Written exam: Wednesday 03 June 10h – 12h (our normal class time)
Oral exam: by individual appointment 04 – 06 June
Requirements for both components: a computer with a working camera and microphone; internet connection; Zoom. For the written component, your computer must be able to read PDF and Word documents and allow you to work on (edit) a Word document (which may be converted to a Google document if necessary). If you intend to work on an iPad – or any other device which does not allow the camera to be on while you are working on a document – then you will need to use the camera on your phone. Your camera and microphone will need to be on the whole way through both components of the exam.
The WRITTEN EXAM will cover the work done during the whole of the semester, including the two prescribed novels: A Good Man in Africa by William Boyd, and The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah.
There is no presentation or topic to prepare for the ORAL EXAM, which will cover material from the whole semester and may require you to elaborate on – or explain – answers that you gave in the written exam.