This week
we had to do a presentation about the planning of a project work that we’ll
present in the 3rd Term. The theme of that work was related to
culture and society in general in a decade of our choice (60s, 70s, 80s or 90s).
In each decade there was plenty of cultural movements like the Hippies in the 60s,
the Greenpeace (environmental movement) in the 70s, the so called fashion disaster
in the 80s and the technological evolution in the 90s, for example.
In this
week post we have to choose the best presentation of the class. The best
presentation was, no doubts, the presentation of Hugo Santos, Hugo Cardoso and
Nuno Simões. Their sub-theme is a controversial show that came out in the 80s
called “The Jeffersons”. This was a very successful show because the main idea
of it was to do a wake up call to racism and prejudice in society in a comedic
and ironic way. The purpose of choosing this show is to talk about social issues
that existed in the 80s such us unemployment, racism (already mentioned),
discrimination, suicide, etc. Most of the social problems of that time still
exists nowadays.
Their presentation
was well structured, well planned, interesting, with nice information and fresh
ideas about the interaction with the audience, because they will bring an
excerpt from the series and we (the audience) will have to interpret that
script, so I think that it will be a good exercise to improve our English and
it’s an activity that will captivate us to their work. In terms of orality, all
of the three members of the group improved and their language was
clear, concise and objective.
Although
some other groups have done well too, we think that because of these factors this
was the best planning presentation. Now we have to wait for the real deal and
see what it turns out like!
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Cristiana & Margarida
