Sumários

Video screening: TED Talk "Why privacy matters"

28 Fevereiro 2018, 10:00 Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion about mass surveillance and the violation of citizen rights (pp. 21-22).


Homework:
Read the chapter "The Culture of Fear" (pp. 25-34).


Intros. Email etiquette.

27 Fevereiro 2018, 16:00 David Michael Greer

Intros. Email etiquette.


Intros. Email etiquette.

27 Fevereiro 2018, 12:00 David Michael Greer

Intros. Email etiquette.


Lesson 3

26 Fevereiro 2018, 14:00 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- "How to give a killer presentation" - reading, listening, speaking

- Vocabulary: communication verbs + plans into actions

- Grammar: regret and criticism structures

- Homework: exs. 1-3

Vocabulary from the lesson:

- to be wired to do sth
- painstaking
- to sway from side to side

Communication verbs:
- to make comments (under your breath)
- to address the audience/a  conference
- to move on to your next point/to a different topic
- to go into (far) too much detail/ the finer points
- to present results/information
- to demonstrate your understanding/a new approach
- to illustrate your points/the concept with examples
- to make throwaway remarks

Plans into actions:
- to throw yourself into
- to feel right out of your depth
- to make a good job of sth
- a recipe for disaster
- to go like clockwork
- to make your mark
- to be lost for words
- to get a grip on yourself


Writing a summary

26 Fevereiro 2018, 12:00 Cláudia Rute Canelas Pereira Duarte

Writing a summary from listening