Irish unification is becoming likelier

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/02/13/irish-unification-is-becoming-likelier

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/02/13/brexit-and-sinn-feins-success-boost-talk-of-irish-unification

Presentations (30 %)

Students will choose one European country and prepare an oral presentation about its culture and civilization. The presentations should last around 20-30 minutes and some of the following fields could be covered: Background, history (5 meaningful events only), geography, languages, sociological overview, education, religion, economy, politics, the Media, cultural conflicts, cultural products (Literature, Cinema, Art), role in Europe. Special emphasis should be placed on cultural conflicts and on each student’s field of expertise (preferably their University Major).You need to choose a country and a date as soon as possible and then you have to attend one of the Wednesday tutorials to let me know about your ideas about the presentation.


How to give a presentation in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXVoT7VMCpM

5 steps to a killer opener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDcc0aCjaA

After delivering your presentation in class, you have to upload it on the internet and send a link as a comment to this post (as in the models).


This is a guide to different slide-sharing services:http://www.masternewmedia.org/where-to-upload-and-share-powerpoint-presentations-guide/

Reading and Writing Assignments (20%)

Students are expected to read the articles provided by the teacher in paper format, present some of them in class (when scheduled) and hand in (via Moodle) 10 article reviews (5-8 from the list in the class materials and 2-5 from the blog: 20 % of the final mark).