End-of-Term Test

15 Dezembro 2022, 11:30 • Edgardo António Medeiros Silva

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End-of-term test covering the material taught in the second half of the term.

Revision work

13 Dezembro 2022, 11:30 • Edgardo António Medeiros Silva

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Identifying and correcting ungrammatical sentences. Worksheet on pairs of words often confused.

(Aula lecionada online devido às condições climatéricas.)

Reading Comprehension Assignment (continued)

6 Dezembro 2022, 11:30 • Edgardo António Medeiros Silva

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Reading comprehension questions and key vocabulary of the article “Is the World Really Better than Ever?” by Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian, Aug. 1, 2017).

Viewing of the YouTube video presenting Steven Pinker’s book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress (2017). Posting a social media comment on it.

Reading Comprehension Assignment

29 Novembro 2022, 11:30 • Edgardo António Medeiros Silva

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Analysis and discussion of the article “Is the World Really Better than Ever?” by Oliver Burkeman (The Guardian, Aug. 1, 2017).

Key ideas.

Culture

24 Novembro 2022, 11:30 • Edgardo António Medeiros Silva

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What is culture?

In-class research assignment: defining cancel culture, woke culture and cancel culture.

New Language Leader, unit 11.1 (act. 1-5).