1) Presentations by two students:
(a) "!Kung." PowerPoint presentation. A summary, taken from the student's text:
- One of the best-known hunter-gatherer tribes of South Africa
- They live in South Africa and Namibia, near the Kalahari desert
- Known for their traditional way of hunting and gathering and for their
- unique language (click)
(b) Title: "Nikos Karaduros". PowerPoint + text read by the student presenting
the history about the event related to the sixteen-year old student Nikos
Karaduros, who sacrificed his life to save the life of a classmate of his,
while swimming in Pefkakia (Pagasitikos gulf). The presentation was
in two languages: Greek and English. Some of the English texts
were read by the students attending in class.
- Both presentations were very interesting and raised a lot of questions that
were answered.
(c) Showing an episode in the New Zealand parliament, with Maori MPs reacting
against a bill (approximately 3').
(d) A student presented some words (word-formation / word-coining) taken
from the vocabulary used by Blackadder in the homonymous sitcom series -
based on historical facts: "Blackadder" (episode with Samuel Johnson and
the Dictionary he had written).
Some of the actors: Hugh Laurie: King George - Rowan Atkinson: Blackadder.
- A small part of the episode was shown in class.
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I thank all of the students present and who participated!
AMT