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Summer School in Croatia, July 2018

Credibility, Honesty, Ethics, and Politeness in Academic and Journalistic Writing (CHEP 2018)

The summer school in Croatia, in 2018, is a continuation of the successful 2017 summer school in Macedonia, which was characterized by a great learning and friendly environment, at the shore of lake Ohrid. For the 2018 summer school in Croatia (Split), we met our project partners and their students from Ohrid/Bitola, Skopje, Vlora, Nis and Split. Split is the second largest city of Croatia with a wonderful coast along the adriatic sea and an ancient tradition. In a friendly enviroment and through discussions in mixed groups and various activities, the students learned more about journalistic and academic writing, which are very relevant for their everyday life (e.g. learning to recognize biases), present academic commitments (e.g. writing a better final thesis) and future careers. They got to know different cultures and engaged in interactive activities. There were also short presentations by every teacher (see Teacher Presentations) and extra-curricular activities. Every participant will receive a copy of the REAL14 book published by the project team in 2018.

Students willing to participate had to apply be sending a 1-2000-word report in English (as an example of academic or journalistic writing) on "Credibility ..." from their own university or life experience to their university coordinators or to Vincenzo.

Photos from the Summer School in Split, Croatia

Student Comments: " I think I improved my public-speaking skills and my research skills [...] I think it will help me in my future career" "[...] It changed my view on the reality [and] news. I used to 'believe' in everything I found or read on the internet."

"[...] the main purpose of this project..is the cooperation and unification of people from the Balkans, but not only..academic..but also cultural..and that is not easy to achieve...[In that sense,] the project completely fulfilled its mission. I made friends from countries that are not politically close to each-other, and felt very warm and accepted [...]"...

"[I reccomed other students to attend the next SS because] it's a great experience and you definitely get reshaped as a person."

Teacher Presentations

Andrej Blagojevic - Ethics in Journalism
Armela Panajoti - Ethics and Honesty: Plagiarism
Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojchevska - Fake News
Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojchevska - Truth and Significance in Academic Writing
Bledar Toska - Credibility in Academic Writing II
Danica Skara - The Language of Politics: The Metaphorisation of European Politics
Ivana Mitic - Evidence in Journalistic Writing: Citizen Journalism
Jessica Dheskali - Credibility in Academic Writing I
Jessica Dheskali and Ivana M. - Compiling and Analysing Journalistic and Academic Texts
Josef Schmied - Developing CHEP in Academic and Journalistic Writing and Constructing Truth
Jovanka Lazarevska-Stancevska - Hate Speech: The Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute Solution
Vincenzo Dheskali - Politeness in Student Academic Texts from the Balkans

Student Presentations

National Groups: Vlora-CHEP, Bitola-CHEP in the political events in Macedoni a, Skopje (Iskra, Milena)-(Im)Politeness, Skopje (Ivana, Tijana P)-Plagiarism, Nis-CHEP, Split (Sara)-CHEP, Split (Teresa)-CHEP: A Croatian Perspective

Mixed Groups: G1-Movement in the Eye G2-Two Sides of a Story, G3- Split, Multiple Truths, G4-Tourism in Split Analyzed