2012-10-31

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Study Skills

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Deadline: Tuesday, November 13, 2012; 12:00 GMT

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Another big Picture Call, with nearly two weeks to assemble more eclectic images for yet another school text book for the Middle Eastern market.

As usual for this part of the world, please ensure that in your photographs there are

no women and men together

no women looking at the camera

no bare arms, legs or chests

We are aware these strictures offend some of our members, and we're sorry about that. We hope that through education these attitudes may soften in time.

F500

STUDY SKILLS Hispanic male student working with a partner in pair work in class

F501

UNIT OPENER A large gathering of family, including several generations, at a reunion, e.g. sharing a meal, preferably not portrait style but more random; OR Family of animals, such as ducks following mother or family of bears

F502

Family photo of Japanese family: father (Yoshi), mother (Junko), young son (Haru), and young daughter (Fumi) Parents behind, kids in front.

F503

Family of father, mother, one son and two daughters, girls are school-age but son is not, 4 years old or less

F504

Family of father, mother, two daughters, one 16 and one around 8

F505

Family of father, mother, two sons (one university age-18-20, one high school age-14-16) and one daughter (middle school-10-12)

F506

Two teens looking at family photos on a single smart phone. If screen image visible, show boy standing in front of house.

F507

STUDY SKILLS A language group working together happily in class

F508

UNIT OPENER Large collection of things a young person might collect, e.g baseball cards, mugs, keyrings, frogs, etc — no figures that might offend the Middle East

F509

A closed compact umbrella

F510

change to a key (typical house door key)

F511

A flash drive

F512

An English dictionary

F513

A unisex hairbrush

F514

A general interest magazine

F515

A funny looking but cute soft toy cat, not black

F516

Student hand holding cell phone that shows reminder “Meet with Dr. Jones at 3:00” [photoshop reminder onto screen]

F517

A hand highlighting some text in a notebook (green or yellow)]

F518

Student patiently waiting at bus stop, relaxed, plenty of time

F519

An opal necklace, focus on opal

F520

A stuffed animal - echidna

F521

A beret, no person

F522

A maneki neko, sillo, not in Japan but a gift. I have no idea what this could mean.

F523

STUDY SKILLS Black female student writing in a vocabulary notebook, or notebook / entry itself

F524

UNIT OPENER Scene of a large crowd at a sale event at a store; signs show that it’s a sale. Could be slightly more abstract to ensure processing time is longer / more scope for interaction and negotiation

F525

A customer and a salesclerk in a clothing dept of a department store – background not important

F526

A cool looking T-shirt w/ interesting graphic, no people

F527

A bottle of perfume

F528

A large Persian rug

F529

A hand pointing to a necktie some distance away, maybe hanging on the back of a chair

F530

A hand holding a pair of dangling earrings

F531

A hand pointing to some sneakers in distance

F532

A hand holding a tennis racket

F533

A handbag (US=purse)

F534

A microwave

F535

A pair of shoes – the lace-up type that look quite unisex

F536

Cool high top canvas sneakers

F537

Cool watch

F538

Cool patterned shirt

F539

Cool cell phone

F540

Cool sunglasses

F541

STUDY SKILLS group of students in seminar – 6-10 students approx, preferably focus should be on one of the students, can be talking or listening

F542

UNIT OPENER Overhead shot of a supermarket or street fair /market with focus on food (not people). At least some of the food should be identifiable, so focus more on fresh fruit and veg, dairy, fish, bread etc and less on canned or jarred foods

F543

(or collage) The following items seen in a shopping basket or on belt at checkout. Each food item is clearly identifiable but has no words on items: a bag of dried beans (see through plastic), a bunch of bananas, carton of milk (show happy cow on packaging)

F544

cup of Japanese green tea

F545

black Russian caviar

F546

thin Omani-style bread

F547

Close-up shot of creamy vanilla ice cream

F548

Close-up shot of well-known chewy sweets, e.g. Starburst, opened up but sitting on wrapper, OR beef jerky

F549

Close-up shot of thin crispy cracker being broken

F550

Close-up shot of oily French fries in cone; show grease

F551

street food: jerk chicken ideally on grill

F552

street food: the Gatsby sandwich from South Africa full of chips

F553

street food: a German pretzel with salt on it

F554

street food: Brazilian cheese bread balls

F555

street food: halo-halo from the Philippines with fruit, shave ice, condensed milk, sweet beans

F556

street food: Canada style poutine French fries with cheese and brown sauce or gravy on top

F557

A very bony cooked fish

F558

Very fatty cooked meat, not bacon

F559

Very crusty baguette being opened

F560

Very buttery popcorn, show butter being added

F561

(If room) a schlubby male lounging on a couch watching TV, holding remote control, junk food nearby, OR a humorous illustration to depict a couch potato

F562

Plate of nachos, as made from home, showing chips, cheese, meat, beans, salsa – no sour cream or guacamole

F563

UNIT OPENER People on a roller coaster in a loop, seen from below

F564

Person running/jogging

F565

Person cooking

F566

Person walking for relaxation

F567

Person chatting online

F568

Person doing calligraphy as hobby

F569

Person building a model airplane as hobby

F570

Hands (gender to remain unknown) building a simple robot (as a hobby)]

F571

A geocache in a plastic bag or small box, seen under tree root or other hiding place

F572

A collection of English bilingual dictionaries in varied languages

F573

“food carving” showing a fruit or vegetable carved into something creative

F574

person ice-skating

F575

person playing badminton

F576

two young adults (same gender) talking to each other, looking interested in conversation

F577

collection of pretty seashells

F578

UNIT OPENER: Close-up of a Google-style city map, perhaps Manhattan OR Ariel shot looking down on Manhattan or other large city

F579

a bookstore (exterior shot)

F580

a post office (needs to be recognizable, can have post office sign, or not )

F581

a bus stop with bus there

F582

The Sydney Fish market; show variety of fish on display

F583

The interior and stage of the State Theater in Sydney

F584

Kangaroos or koalas at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo; make clear they are in a zoo

F585

Pretty plants and grounds at Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens

F586

People looking at sharks or rays or other fish at Sydney Aquarium

F587

Sydney Tower (show before they added the ugly sign “Westfield” to top of it)

F588

Rides at Luna Park in Sydney

F589

Olympic Park stadium in Sydney

F590

Guess!

F591

Sydney’s Bondi Beach

F592

exterior of Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building

F593

a sign post with lots of small signs pointing in different directions

F594

a passer-by giving directions to a lost tourist on the street

F595

A video arcade

F596

UNIT OPENER Wall of TVs in a shop all showing different shows

F597

scene of contestants in a quiz or game show

F598

scene from a cartoon or a period drama

F599

a young man (or two) watching television, either clearly absorbed or clearly amused by what he’s watching

F600

two or more people, preferably adults and children mixed, laughing - we don't need to see why, but they are having fun at what they are doing

F601

a suitcase being weighed on a machine at an airport

F602

scene from a nature programme – e.g. somebody holding some kind of creature

F603

scene from a chat show

F604

a couple or family watching the TV

F605

one or two people relaxing either reading books or magazines (or one of each)]

F606

Three male roommates in front of TV, looking at screen or remote, trying to decide what to watch, ideally show listings on screen or don’t show screen

F607

STUDY SKILLS A female Asian student looking overwhelmed with too much to do in her studies, and the opposite — looking clearly in control of all her study tasks

F608

UNIT OPENER Wall planner for a month or year with post-it notes all over, dates circled, notes, highlighted areas etc to show planning ahead

F609

Woman working in an office, giving a presentation or in team meeting

F610

Male friend cooking dinner for another male friend at home

F611

2 sisters in a modern art museum or a coastal beach drive

F612

A Korean man with his parents and grandmother (more are OK) having a Korean meal in a restaurant (no dogs)

F613

Person sweeping or vacuuming floor at home

F614

Person putting groceries into cupboard

F615

(a) two young adults (friends of same gender) on either end of a telephone conversation

F616

(b) two young adults (friends of same gender) on either end of a telephone conversation

F617

a young adult studying, with book, papers and/or laptop, but obviously distracted and daydreaming about something else

F618

two or more people buying a ticket at a ticket office – could be for a cinema (‘Movie Theater’ if visible) or a baseball game

F619

Concept pyramid

F620

UNIT OPENER close up of column of water about to hit person’s (child’s?) face during Songkram festival OR close up of people covered in powdered paints in Indian festival

F621

Photo of an American football college or pro game as seen on TV

F622

Image that shows/states “Thanks” at the end of a presentation

F623

Photo of dried coloured Indian corn

F624

Painting of Native Americans and Pilgrims at first Thanksgiving

F625

Photo of a Thanksgiving spread, showing roast turkey, corn, pumpkin pie and cranberries

F626

Photo of a calendar showing month of November with the fourth Thursday circled

F627

a family celebrating Thanksgiving in a traditional way – not too ostentatious

F628

Photo of Thais cleaning home for Songkran or singing and dancing on street during Songkran

F629

Photo of Thais clearly not during Songkran, e.g. swimming at beach

F630

Photo of Thais throwing water on others during Songkran (not water guns)

F631

A decorated car with “Just married” sign on it

F632

If possible, photo of an April Fool's trick – nothing extreme, e.g. an office full of balloons, or someone with a paper fish stuck on their back, as in France/Italy

F633

Person planting a tree or decorating a paper bag to reuse it

F634

STUDY SKILLS Calm male student taking an exam

And please make sure you include the reference code for each image in your keywords e.g. F555, with no gaps between letters and numbers.

Please consider donating some small sum to the Dear Leader's efforts to grow a moustache to help cancer charities in Movember: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3577837    I am sure he will thank you nicely. And it's a very worthwhile cause.

Kind regards,

Jacqui Norman

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