ENGLISH FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 2013-2014: 2013

Tuesday 12 March 2013

That's all for now...

To my students: it has truly been a pleasure working with you people. Hopefully I've inspired you sufficiently to keep the spark of interest for the English language awake in your lives... If only you've learnt from me as much as I've learnt from you, then I consider the mission was accomplished. Congratulations to you all!

Monday 11 March 2013

PROJECT #11: My way home, by Vanilson Mpovelo (a selection of photos)

Futurist

Horn

Home

Sunday 10 March 2013

PROJECT #10: Urban factory, by Rui Fernandes (a selection of photos)

Entry

Old windows

Vertical tubes

Saturday 9 March 2013

PROJECT #9: One day in Bairro Alto, by Rafaela Viana (a selection of photos)

Untitled

Converging lines

Movement

Friday 8 March 2013

PROJECT #8: Differently to see, by Rui Regateiro (a selection of photos)

Burning

Déjà-vu

Explosion

Thursday 7 March 2013

PROJECT #7: Portuguese medieval fairs, by Sandra Sá Cortes (a selection of photos)

Injured soldier

Tournament

Knights

Wednesday 6 March 2013

PROJECT #6: One day in Belém, by Gonçalo Valdez (a selection of photos)

The column

The visitor

The Monastery

Tuesday 5 March 2013

PROJECT #5: The Southern Line, by Daniel Guerreiro (a selection of photos)

Repeating the same way everyday

Hands of steel

The present crossing the past

Monday 4 March 2013

PROJECT #4: Views from Padrão dos Descobrimentos, by Miguel Silva (a selection of photos)

Lisbon exit

Shadows

No limit

Sunday 3 March 2013

PROJECT #3: Cascais' seawall, by Inês Mendes (a selection of photos)

Stairway to Heaven

Indestructible

The cliff

Saturday 2 March 2013

PROJECT #2: Urbanism, by Tiago França (a selection of photos)

Haunted pool

Destruction

Moving walkways

Friday 1 March 2013

PROJECT #1: A day in the park, by Helder Santana (a selection of photos)

Point of view

Framing

Point of interest

Wednesday 27 February 2013

Improve Your Writing

The hyperlink below takes you to a page within Bristol University's website where you can try a practical approach to improve your understanding of English grammar and punctuation.

This may be very relevant for you in case you need to make a regular use of written English in your professional - or even social - life.

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/index.htm

Thursday 3 January 2013

Christian Denslow's The Blind Photographer (2011)

Winner of Best South African Short Film, by Christian Denslow on Vimeo.

Deadline approaching!

Dear students,

First, I wish you all a great 2013 - after all we survived the end of the world... However, after celebration comes hard work - this is just a quick reminder of the deadline for your project assignment: 10th January.

Keep up the good work!

Lesson Plan

LESSON No. 01 [2012-11-08]
Introduction: teacher, students, module contents and assessment criteria.
Formative assessment: Placement Test.

LESSON No. 02 [2012-11-15]
Placement Test results - CEFR levels.
'Do you like to take photographs?' - answering a questionnaire and discussing. 'Fun with Photography' - comprehension.
'Street Photography Do's and Don'ts' - watching and discussing a video.

LESSON No. 03 [2012-11-22]
'Photography Terms' - reading comprehension and translation of a paragraph. Generalization: 'Taking Pictures'.
The parts of a digital camera - blind labelling and matching names and definitions with a diagram.
'Impossible Photography' - watching and discussing a TED Talks video.

LESSON No. 04 [2012-11-29]
Warm-up activity: 'Two truths and a lie'.
Comprehension and generalization: Camera care.
'David Griffin: How Photography Connects Us' - watching and discussing a TED Talks video.

LESSON No. 05 [2012-12-06]
Warm-up activity: 'Yes,... and...'.
Comprehension: Photographing Animals. Generalization: Using a Darkroom.
Telling a story: ordering jumbled pictures and writing captions.

LESSON No. 06 [2012-12-13]
Warm-up activity : Wordball and other word association games.
Vocabulary study: software, applications and tools used for graphics and design.Reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises.
Audiovisual skills: watching a Christmas-related film with English subtitles.

LESSON No. 07 [2013-01-03]
The lesson did not take place due to the absence of a quorum.

LESSON No. 08 [2013-01-10]
Warm-up - 'Alphabet scene' - preparing and roleplaying a dialogue using the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
Vocabulary study and exercises: image editing and graphic design semantic fields.
Watching the South African short film 'The Blind Photographer'. Writing a short essay on the film - expressing ideas and feelings about the role of the photographer in society.

LESSON No. 09 [2013-01-17]
Warm-up activity: 'Name five'.
Reading and discussing last lesson's essays on 'The Blind Photographer'.
English for emails: practice. Telling apart more and less formal messages. Writing an enquiry and giving a reply.
English for presentations: practice. Body language; identifying the subject of different presentations; writing sentences to state the purpose of a presentation.

LESSON No. 10 [2013-01-24]
Project Work: oral presentation and discussion of the individual portfolios:
Project #1: 'A day in the park'
Project #2: 'Urbanism'
Project #3: 'Cascais Seawall'
Project #4: 'Views from Padrão dos Descobrimentos'

LESSON No. 11 [2013-01-31]
Project Work: oral presentation and discussion of the individual portfolios:
Project #5: 'The southern line'
Project #6: 'One day in Belém'
Project #7: 'Portuguese medieval fairs'
Project #8: 'Differently to see'

LESSON No. 12 [2013-02-07]
Project Work: oral presentation and discussion of the individual portfolios:
Project #9: 'One day in Bairro Alto'
Project #10: 'Urban factory'
Project #11: 'My way home'

LESSON No. 13 [2013-02-14]
Summing up and revising the modular contents to prepare the students for the written test.

LESSON No. 14 [2013-02-21]
Summative assessment: Written test.

LESSON No. 15 [2013-02-28]
Correction of the written test.
Evaluation of the portfolios.
Self-assessment.