The Great Depression. Dorothea Lange

14 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Reading information and discussing the Great Depression, what it was, where and when it happened, and how it came to be (pages 26-28 of the Student's Workbook): Roosevelt's New Deal, the alphabet agencies.

Photography used to document the Great Depression: Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother (1936), White Angel Breadline (1934), and Waiting for Work (1936).

Introduction

10 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Introduction to course

Introduction

10 Outubro 2019, 10:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Introduction to course

Essay writing techniques

9 Outubro 2019, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Continued work with essay writing techniques.

Jumpha Lahiri and her voluntary exile

9 Outubro 2019, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Students watched an interview with the American writer J.Lahiri, where she described her journey through learning Italian, which eventually took her to live in Italy. We spoke about Lahiri's statement "My blindness is a point of view". We also discussed challenges that interpreters and translators face and why translating can be inspiring as a learning process.
Video link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQkK8ThNsOY