Open City

18 Outubro 2017, 10:00 • Zuzanna Zarebska

Open City by Teju Cole. Students discuss the definition of a city stroller, Flaneur and the post-modern roving I. Students presentation.

Preparing for Monday's first round of debates

18 Outubro 2017, 08:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

Preparing for Monday's first round of debates.

TP1

Motion B : "This House believes in freedom of the press"

TP 4

Motion A: "This House believes in the media's role as the fourth estate in today's world"

* Students who missed today'sd class, please check your email to know who your team members are or check your emails.

Ch5-6

16 Outubro 2017, 16:00 • Bernardo Manzoni Palmeirim

Debating guidelines

16 Outubro 2017, 14:00 • EDUARDA MELO CABRITA

First debate motions: TP1 students voted for motion A while TP 4 students voted for motion B (page 84 Student's Workbook).

Teams for the first debate were formed.and all team members came up with arguments for and against the motion.

Next class, on October 18, students shall be divided into Proposition  and Opposition teams.

The first debate shall be held on October 23 ad 25 (if need be). 

Reading and discussing 'The power of photojournalism' (pages 25-26). (TP 1)

Discussing Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother' (TP1)

Listening Comprehension Exercise: Christmas during the Great Depression. Living Stories' (pages 21-22) TP 4

Introduction to writing descriptive texts + discussion of defining elements of Portuguese culture

16 Outubro 2017, 12:00 • Cecília Maria Beecher Martins

Class led discussion on the defining elements of Portuguese culture - this was a speaking exercises carried out to encouage the development of a discourse on cultural perspectives of a community (both in terms of vocabulary and creation of critical thinking).