Sumários

Cowboys and Angels

25 Setembro 2017, 14:00 • Tânia Joesephine Gregg Lopes da Silva

As part of the syllabus for this semester, students watched the first film, Cowboys and Angels, released in 2003, set in Limerick and directed by David Gleeson.

Notes on Evaluation

25 Setembro 2017, 12:00 • David Michael Greer

Introduction to coursebook.

Intros and Evaluation info given in greater detail

Developing fluency through a range of speaking activities related to the theme of terrorism

25 Setembro 2017, 10:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Individual and class discussions about the causes and effects of terrorism.

Screening of the Documentary Naked Citizens.

NB: Students wil have to choose a research project by 27 September.

Lesson 2

21 Setembro 2017, 16:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

Education and success - reading, listening, speaking, vocabulary & grammar (the continuous aspect)


Vocabulary from the lesson: 

Success:
- to achieve your goals
- to stand a chance
- to be an overnight success
- to make it (to the top)
- a high-flier
- a whiz-kid
- a dark horse
- an all-rounder
- to have a bright furture ahead of you
- to be doing well
- to pay off (My hard work is starting to pay off)
- to turn out well (in the end)
- to have a (an enormous) sense of achievement
- an all-round success
- to be thriving 
- to further your career
 
Failure: 
- a flop 
- to make a mess out ot
- to draw a blank with (a question)
- to come to nothing/to come to naught
- a lost cause
- a shambles

What Is Human Migration?

21 Setembro 2017, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

1. Text 1 - “What is Human Migration?”

2. A Brief History of Migration – Charting Culture: Listening comprehension: What is migration? What is the history of human migration? How is migration perceived nowadays?

3. Identification of key information. Discussion.


Brief History of Migration – Charting Culture - http://www.geographypods.com/migration-6hrs.html

How Humans Migrated - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJdT6QcSbQ0 

International Migration  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZmqIwqur4 - t=76.137687 

What Is Human Migration - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/introduction-human-migration/

Reality check: Migration to  the UK (BBC) - http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-40015269

100 Immigrant Stories - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2015/mar/24/immigrants-in-their-own-words-100-stories