Sumários

HOW TO DO AN ORAL PRESENTATION

30 Março 2023, 09:30 • Gaile Parkin

Small group discussion on good and bad presentations experienced, and what makes them so. Feedback.

Presentation on the expectations and specifications for the oral presentation videos on stand-up comedians as part of the course evaluation.

Video suggesting 4 killer steps to starting a presentation.

Example of a very good presentation video by a previous student on the course. Discussion about what makes it good.

Grammar: quick review of negative inversions and cleft sentences (2 structures students have found difficult).

Homework: 1) Prepare for Essay 2 evaluation next week; 2) Prepare for the grammar test; 3) choose your stand-up comedian and sign up on the oral presentation schedule.

student presentations 3

29 Março 2023, 17:00 • John Richard Walker

student presentations on The Chinese Statue, by Jeffrey Archer

analysis of ideas, feedback on the quality of the delivery

Feedback from tests

29 Março 2023, 15:30 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP9 got feedback from their midterm tests (oral and written).


We then went on to read The (Other) You by Margaret Atwood.  The story is very long, so students should read the remainder of the story over the Easter Holidays.  They should also endeavour to read The Night by Ray Bradbury.  These have been uploaded on to the shared Google drive.

Debate

29 Março 2023, 11:00 • Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Debate

FAWLTY TOWERS 2

28 Março 2023, 12:30 • Gaile Parkin

Discussion of how character drives plot.

Note-taking during a short video about the “hidden formula” of sitcom episodes. Feedback to check notes.

Pairwork: matching the Fawlty Towers episode “Basil the Rat” to the stages of the formula. Feedback.

Grammar: Open cloze exercise on an article about John Cleese’s planned reboot of Fawlty Towers.