III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

What follows is the homework to prepare for our next lesson.

(1) Pudney: on p. 106, finish translating the rest of passage 3 (lines  7-16);

(2) Introduction to Academic English, pp. 6-12: study the information and rules about capitalization, sentence structure, and subject-verb agreement; do practice exercises 1a + 1b on pp. 8-9.

(3) Prepare a written response/commentary about one (or more) of the song presentations given in class over the course of our recent lesson. This task was previously assigned in class last Wednesday, November 30.

I asked you to choose one of the song presentations and write a commentary about it with a view to offering (constructive) feedback to the presenters. Please consider the following questions as you write:

Did you previously know this song?
Out of all the class presentations why have you chosen to write about this one in particular?
What did you learn from the presentation?
What aspects of it did you find most interesting, most compelling?
Do you agree with the overall interpretation (or interpretations) suggested by the presenters?
Was there any part of the song or presentation that you found difficult to understand?
Do you have any suggestions for how the  the presentation could have been even better?


Shortly I will be posting the list of songs presented and links to presentation materials.

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018


Pudney page 106, passage 3 (lines 1-6):

Binta Jua is a female gorilla in the Chicago Zoo. Yesterday a toddler/child who was not even/less than/under three years old fell inside her pen/enclosure cage. She immediately approached/went up to him, picked him up and placed/put/laid him gently in front of the gate, so/such that (the) adult humans could rescue him. They took him to (the) hospital.

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Pudney page 104, passage 1 (complete):

 

Tension is rising in Cyprus, / Tensions are rising in Cyprus, where a 26-year-old Greek Cypriot was killed yesterday on the ‘green line’ which has cut/divided the island, including the capital, in (into) two from east to west since 1974. The two Cypriot communities began to class last Sunday/ have been clashing since last Sunday and over/more than 50 people have been wounded in the fighting up to now.

Yesterday’s riots were reportedly/apparently/ seemingly caused by a Turkish-Cypriot soldier who accused some/a group of Greek Cypriots of destroying one of their flags. It seems that/Apparently about/approximately/around a hundred Greek-Cypriots/of them invaded the buffer/neutral zone (created) around the ‘green line’ and that the first gunshots/rifle-shot s were fired from there.

The Greek Prime Minister declared/stated/said that he would make a formal protest to the U.N. and that he would take all the initiatives necessary to resolve the Cypriot issue once and for all/ to definitively resolve the Cypriot issue. On the other hand/In contrast when the Turkish prime minister spoke to journalists on/upon his arrival at the Singapore Airport/ the aiport in Singapore, he said, "we deeply regret what happened in Cyprus. Unfortunately at the present time/ in the current climate an insult to a national flag is enough to trigger an unprecedented conflict."

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Homework to do before our next lesson on Wednesday, November 29:

- Cutting Edge pg. 34 all;

- Pudney, p. 106 passage number 3: translate paragraph 1 (lines 1-6).

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Thank you to all of the groups who gave their presentations yesterday and last week. I have been very pleased and also impressed with the work you have all done. 

I am sorry that we have had to reschedule and cut short some of the presentations due to time concerns. Yesterday I was disappointed that the last group, presenting the song "Hallelujah," had less time for their presentation than the others, and also that many students left before the presentation was finished - especially because the group had prepared a detailed and informative PDF which many of you did not get to see.

Before leaving, the group members said they would not mind sharing their file with the rest of the class. Accordingly, please find below links to the lyrics, and to the group's presentation:

Lyrics to "Hallelujah" (written by Leonard Cohen; covered by Jeff Buckley and other musicians)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l3m7AiKVfdbGkAi4sy0uRoshiuOGH0ZtPaXkLwgIKNM/edit?usp=sharing

"Hallelujah" presentation

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m081lQflV-ZHKwBTtS3dDQCwUwamfvvrk/view?usp=sharing

P.S. I also want to ask the other groups who have prepared PowerPoint files if I can post links to them too, in order to share with the rest of the class. Please let me know. Thanks!

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Notes about the class presentations

First of all, let me say I have been much impressed with the presentations given so far. As a class, you have chosen a variety of different songs, representing a range of musical genres, and each song has had an interesting – and at times even a powerful – message to communicate. You have all done a wonderful job presenting your songs. I want to thank you for your work and for teaching the rest of the class (and me too) through the songs and the contextual information surrounding them. I am sorry that during our last lesson I had to cut some of the presentations short, and I apologize to the students whose presentations had to be postponed to our next lesson.

IMPORTANT:

On Monday please arrive early so that we can begin punctually at 1:00pm. We will probably need the full two hours to ensure we can complete all six of the scheduled presentations.

To the groups who are presenting on Monday: please practice your presentations ahead of time, and time yourselves. Prioritize: once you have written down everything that you want to say, read through your notes and select the most important points to share with the class. Make sure to say those points first. And say them in the most clear and concise way you can. Each presentation should last approximately 15 minutes total – including the times it takes to play the song. If you reach 18 minutes, we will have to cut short the presentation and move on to the next group. All of this means that each student should speak for about 3 minutes, and possibly even less. Right now you might think that is a short time, but if you practice well, you can say and share a lot of information in 2-3 minutes.

III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Homework to do before our next lesson on Monday, November 27:

- Cutting Edge pg. 31; exercise 4 + exercises 1a & 1b

- Pudney, p. 104 passage number 1: translate paragraphs 2 & 3 (lines 7-21);

- Read the following article/blog post written model Zoe Brock describing her encounter with Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 (not 1997 as she inadvertently wrote).

Scroll down past the updates in italics (corsivo) directly to the original article, posted on October 10.

It begins just above the first pictures, with the words: “I was only 23 when I was ‘Harveyed’. It was 1997.” Afterwards, please read the updates at the top of the post. Lastly, browse the reader comments if you like.   

https://medium.com/bullies-assholes-i-have-known/harvey-weinstein-and-i-at-the-hotel-du-cap-57e5883cde36