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theatre visit - ESTRELA HALL, RUA DA ESTRELA , 10

The performance starts at 9.30. Be at the theatre for 9.15 at the LATEST!

UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,UPDATE,

Just spoken to the play's Director. PLEASE NOTE the following:

Suggested donation value is 7.00 euros, but offer what you can afford. If it is less than the suggested value, then so be it. Please do NOT come because of the price. The more the merrier.

Bring money to class on WEDNESDAY 3RD.


Here is the map.

Tips for giving presentations and criteria for assessment

Take a note of the dates for the coming assignments in the previous post.

Each group will have 20 minutes MAXIMUM. Timing is VITAL. 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion.

Decide on a topic and your roles in the group of 3s as soon as possible; something of interest for your audience.

assignment dates etc

Take note:

- Class assignment 3: December 15th - Narrative - with dictionaries(English/English).

- First group of presentations December 17th (in 3s). See tips and evaluation criteria in next post. You need to have chosen your groups by Wednesday 26th November.


Trip to see Dracula - Thursday December 4th. 9.00 at Lisbon Players theatre - details coming soon.

Ecotourism - research Monday 24th

Don't forget to do some research on ECOTOURISM in Portugal, to bring to class on Monday.

Find a place which sounds interesting and exemplifies what ecotourism is, its objectives and how it functions in Portugal.

Assignment 2 - due Monday 24th November

No lesson 3rd November

Apologies to all but there will be no lesson on Monday 3rd November
Please inform your colleagues.

Please bring How could a mother on Wednesday.

Allyson

Working towards assignment (2) - due 24th November

Scriptwriting: a synopsis of a spoken interaction text (reported speech) followed by the transcript of the interaction. I will give you the specific task on 10th November.

To work towards this we will be looking at:
– natural spoken English – discourse markers (unit 8D), substitution and referencing (unit 1C)
– reported speeach (unit 4B)
– how to write a synopsis

Reading: How could a mother? How to be an Expat, Smooth Aparatus,

and a bit of humour! Katherine Tate and Tony Blair sketch

You may like to record some of your dialogues. Have you got an MP3 recorder? Can you use audacity to record dialogues?