Hometask for Saturday, 13th

October 13 th is Speech Practice.

Tasks to do:

1) The topic 'Freedom of the Press' (see the next entry). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.

2) Rendering: week 5 (in your blogs). Deadline: Monday, October 8th.

3) Rendering: week 6 ( a commentary to the entry and a rendering in your blog). Deadline: Friday, October 12th.

4) Laboratory work 1.
Part 1 Tasks I and II, Part 3 Task VII

Watch the video and leave a commentary (in this blog).

BBC The Secret War On Terror Part 1(1/4)

BBC The Secret War On Terror Part 1(2/4)

5) Vocabulary "War and Terror"

6) Vocabulary Work (exercises). They will be sent via e-mail.

The class on Saturday is the one which finishes Mass Media and start War and Terror.

Hometask for Wednesday, October 10th

October 10th is Home Reading.

The story to read is R. Dahl Genesis and Catastrophe, pp. 220-226

Tasks to do:

1) Online impression in the commentary to this entry.

2) Questions to do in writing: 3, 4, 6 -7(either it depends whose caracter sketch you are to give in your interpretation), 8, 9

3) Interpretation.

NEW: Holiday Blogs

We are starting our holiday project as early as that!

The project has three parts, you are to take part in all THREE.

Part 1

You are to make 10 entries in the blogs (3 - This day in the UK, 3 - This day in the USA, 3- This day in Russia), you are free to choose the dates that suit you most and use whatever you like (links, pictures etc). Entry 10 will be assigned to you by Tutor.
Don't forget to sing yur entry (Contributed by ...)

Remember: your entry is to be published once in SIX days or more often.
Don't forget to make your choice for October in our Schedule.

Part 2

Your are to be avid readers, which means that you are to leave 3 commentaries (one per blog) per week. What can your commentary be like?

1. some interesting fact or facts to do with the facts mentioned;
2. some traditions to do with the occasion;
3. some information to do with the celebration 2012;
4. your own traditions to do with the occasion (only for This day in Russia).

Part 3

You are to render 4 articles (3 English, 1 Russian) to do with holidays and their celebration, which will be published (I hope) in due time in different online papers. You know the rules. 

The renderings are not to be long (6-7 sentences will do), links are to be provided.

They are to be posted in commentaries in our blogs.

Media Project: Final Stage

Our media project is entering its final stage with your PP presentations ready and presented.

Follow the instructions below to make them even better!

Stage 1.
Divide your written report into parts (each is to illustrate a slide), then record it using Audacity or any other tool.

Audacity is free and legal. You download it, install and run.

Here is a tutorial. It is one of many,  use any :-)!

Record your presentation, part by part as  mp3 or wav files!

Stage 2.
Save your presentation as "Рисунок в формате jpeg", then "Все слайды" .

they are to be used as pictures in your film!

Stage 3.

Download Movie Maker if you don't have one installed.
Need help, see the site or a tutorial.

Stage 4.
Make a film using your voice recordings and slides (jpegs).

Deadline: Wednesday, October 10th (for everyone) and Saturday, October 13th (that's for your group leader!!!)

Any problems, contact me via e-mail!

Rendering: week 5

Render one of the articles in your blog!

They all come from The Telegraph,  a broadsheet conservative-leaning newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally.

The Forgotten War

Afganistan, Obama's Forgotten War

Archbishop Tutu: Try Blair for war crimes

Syria: over 5,000 deaths forecast for September

Only a no-fly zone brokered with Russia can bring peace to Syria

Your second movie to watch

Here is your film for October.

Rendition (2007)

The reviews are to be posted in your blogs!

Homework for Saturday, September 30th

Saturday is Speech Pratice.

Hometask:
1. Laboratory work 4.
Tasks I, II (questions 2, 4, 7), III, VI (questions 2-8 ) in writing
Task V - omit.
2. Do the tasks in writing in the handout.
3. Media Project. Newspaper Profile.

The media project is a PowerPoint presentation of the newspaper you choose.
Things to include:

1) Key facts
2) Brief history
3) Key figures
4) Overview of the paper's sections  (i.e. what articles it runs in a typical edition). You are to select an August or September online paper and briefly present its content under sections.

P.S.:
4. Ongoing online tasks