English for Academic Purposes for Creative Disciplines

During the crit the students listened to the teacher carefully and took notes What is a soft crit?  A soft crit is a discussion during which the creator shares their project, and then others ask about the purpose of the project. The audience inquire about the process of creation, which helps the creators re-organize their design concepts, and promotes the further development as a result. What’s the difference between the crit and the traditional presentation?   The crit, to a great degree, is distinguished from the a traditional presentation by showing all your personal thinking (even it is unfinished). The audience is expected to offer relevant suggestions depending on their own experiences or feedback through a friendly and open conversation. Thus, you can get abundant and diverse ideas instead of being taught by your tutor directly. It is definitively unlimited! Before the crit  The repetition and iteration will go on with refining ideas by “ primary ” and “ seco

A student is making the prototype based on Erin’s Heat Pressed Textile What is Prototyping?  I think it means a way to test our ideas, and the first version of an art or design object. But Kaitlyn said, ‘there are several different types of prototyping, and what we are going to learn is the first level ‘MVP’, which means the ‘minimum viable prototype’. It is the simplest we can do to test an idea. Prototyping game Firstly, the tutors gave us an example. It is an interesting game, similar to ‘Draw Something and Guess’. They worked in a group of three, and a sticky note with some words describing a special idea or product was stuck on Anna’s forehead. Then John and Kaitlyn tried to illustrate this idea by some materials, like masking tape and their cell-phone. They wanted Anna to guess the words “leg smart phone holder” which were written on the post-it notes, then test whether their prototype was achievable. The responses from them and Anna were the results of test.     

The view of the Reid building and a Guide to Glasgow, a gift from Martha On Monday,  24 June, we had a visit from Martha and Maja, two Student Ambassadors, who are currently studying at GSA. They got invited to share their own experience of Glasgow and to introduce us to the daily life of Glasgow and the campus of GSA. Martha presents her guide booklet Life in the Glasgow  Martha made a booklet of the Glasgow life and gave a presentation about this; she told us about the galleries, cafes, restaurants, music venues, cinemas, parks, shops and transportation to help us enjoy the city. After her presentation, we asked her several questions. For example, one student asked her about the music hall in Glasgow. Martha also talked about the food in Glasgow. She told us she liked to go to the School Canteen where they serve cheap but delicious food. The student asks Martha a question which she answers with real passion The campus of GSA  The next step was a short tour of