Sumários
Discuss of novels and oral presentations + CAE Word Formation exercises
15 Abril 2020, 16:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins
Discuss of novels and oral presentations + CAE Word Formation exercises
Mock Essay
15 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim
"Red Dress" by Alice Munro and "Through the tunnel" by Doris Lessing
15 Abril 2020, 10:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA
Watching an interview with Nobel-prize winner Alice Munro: "Alice Munro in her own words: 2013 Nobel Prize" (https://youtu.be/EgKC_SDhOKk)
Discussing the interview against "Red dress" the short story authored by Munro.
Discussing the short story. Reading comprehension questions (pages 67-68).
Comparing and contrasting the main character in "Red Dress" and "the English boy" in "Through the tunnel " by Lessing.
NB: Homework a) re-read "Through the tunnel" by Lessing and "The first sense" by Nadine Gordimer ; b) watch the first 22 minutes of "Doris Lessing, the reluctant heroine" (https://youtu.be/QLYbX3R9gls)
Reading assignment
7 Abril 2020, 14:00 • Daniel Gregg Lopes da Silva
Students were given an extended reading assignment.
My Hear is where my Home was
7 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska
Students reflect on the short story by Chimamanda Adichie "My Heart is where my home was". We discuss the topics of cultural appropriation, home and homeland, identity as different in different places, a world without stereotypes and cliches. The class was given via Zoom platform. The presentations as scheduled are being sent through We transfer.
Recommended source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdATsNuDdc
Evaluation for the course:
Essay on the “Imaginary Homelands” ( here goes the prompt from 2 weeks ago: