The main goal of a Review is to evaluate and assess a product or a piece of work. When it comes to evaluating a creative work of art or a story it is best to approach the review as an analytical task where the author states their opinion on the work by providing arguments to explain and/or support their views and makes their conclusions count.
A review writing was suggested to students as a collaboration task. Students were assigned partners and were asked to produce a review of a film/book/show/a piece of art/song etc. This task was set to students to give them the opportunity to work collaboratively on a creative task with a partner and to experience the potential challenges yet also benefits of working together.
Collaboration on a Review Writing – Julia Pankevych & Peter Stavis
Julia Pankevych – Studying the Russian language not only opens a lot of doors in the world of employment, but it also gives you an opportunity to transform yourself as an individual: over the past 4 years, I have grown in confidence, become more open-minded and culturally aware, and had the opportunity to travel around and live in Russia, an experience which would never have occurred had I not chosen this degree path. In a world where Russia is constantly painted in the wrong colours by the mainstream media and misunderstood by many in the West, studying Russian has allowed me to understand both sides, to view without prejudice and hatred, but instead with interest and impartiality. Finally, it has also given me an opportunity to explore my creativity, as demonstrated in this film review. I very much look forward to developing the knowledge I have acquired at UCL in my future endeavours.
Peter Stavis – Peter is a final year Language and Culture student studying French and Russian. Peter decided to take this module in order to master his writing skills. He spent a semester in Russia where he taught oral classes to students learning Russian as a foreign language.
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