Sumários

Jasmin and other Flowers that make me cry

27 Fevereiro 2020, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Students read the short story by Suzanne Joinson "Jasmin and other Flowers that make me cry".

We discuss the concept of descriptive writing that: appeals to the senses, focuses on the dominant impression, create a special mood, uses vivid and not vague language. It does not resort to too many adjectives or adverbs but uses metaphors and similes yet avoiding cliched expressions.

We also discuss the effect that the narrative has being written in the present rather than past tenses.

Debate

27 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Debate 2 ( second opportunity to practise for the final debate)

Speed discussions

20 Fevereiro 2020, 14:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Speed discussions;

Use of language of opinion.

Jumpha Lahiri Intervied

20 Fevereiro 2020, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Students watch Lahiri speak about learning a new language and her experience of voluntary exile. "My blindness is a point of view.""All writing is a leap of a cliff"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bru9oipYg18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITshhsEq-tc

Speed discussions

20 Fevereiro 2020, 10:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva

Speed discussions;

Use of language of opinion.