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Essay writing- conclusions
17 Outubro 2023, 09:30 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
Essay writing- conclusions
METAPHOR IN HEALTHCARE MESSAGING
17 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Gaile Parkin
After eliciting 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.
Written Assignment
16 Outubro 2023, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins
In-class descriptive writing assignment.
Oxford Union Debate - Islam is a Religion of Peace
16 Outubro 2023, 08:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio
Today we watched (and learned from) one of the Oxford Union Debates that was recorded and uploaded onto YouTube.
It is imperative that all students who missed the class watch the first two sections of the debate that we watched in class today, as this serves as a model for the debates that students will be carrying out for their oral exams.
Here are the links for the first two parts of the debate:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWOLzYY_ZtY&list=PLOAFgXcJkZ2x9JJu8QD55-WcC1RaD1PF
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQjZHFnmADQ
Descriptive writing: Revise & Practice
13 Outubro 2023, 14:00 • Ana Rita Martins
Descriptive writing:
- Revising key concepts:
- Practice writing short texts