Sumários
orals and last class
14 Maio 2021, 17:00 • Thomas Joe Grigg
orals and last class. Grades distributed.
Tutorial
14 Maio 2021, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
One-on-one meeting about the written Test and other assessment activities.
The Wild Rover
13 Maio 2021, 08:00 • David Michael Greer
Final class. Pronunciation. Fawlty Towers. Final doubts. The Wild Rover.
Info on the Final Exam:
The TP 7 (8.00 am class) exam will be in person on Wednesday 26th May between 8.00 and 9.30 am in Cave D
You will have to do two pieces of writing based on texts in our course book, Unsilencing. If you don't have a copy, ask me as soon as possible. I can send you a pdf of the 3 texts you’ll need to study. In the exam, you can use Unsilencing and a good English-English dictionary.
The first piece will be an essay, in which you will have to discuss Sakinah Hofler’s TED Talk and Shane Koyczan’s “My Darling Sara” in terms of a particular theme. I will give you the theme on the exam paper.
There will be no minimum or maximum number of words. It is worth 50%.
The second piece will be some creative writing. You will have to write a 1st person monologue based on “Fat” by Raymond Carver. In the story, the narrator (the waitress in the diner) talks about the events of the evening from her own perspective, of course. In the exam, you will have to tell the reader about these same events, again in a 1st person monologue, but from the perspective of one of the other characters. You will, therefore, have to use your imagination and be creative based on the information Raymond Carver gives us about ‘your’ character. I will tell you which character you must pretend to be on the exam paper.
Again, there will be no minimum or maximum number of words. It is worth 50%.
As you see, each piece of writing is worth 50%. So it’s essential that you organise yourself in the exam and give them an equal amount of time (45 minutes each). In my experience, students doing the final exam usually write a good text and a mediocre/bad one, because they haven’t managed their time properly. Don’t let that happen to you.
If you have any doubts, get in touch with me.
orals and last class
12 Maio 2021, 17:00 • Thomas Joe Grigg
orals and last class. Grades distributed.
Presentations of students' research projects
12 Maio 2021, 11:00 • Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta
Peer critique and discussion of questions raised in students' presentations.