Lesson 14 Topic: Working with print and internet sources Time: 80 min Objectives

Lesson 14
Topic: Working with print and internet sources
Time: 80 min
Objectives:

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  to introduce the notion of presentation
  
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  to assist students to differentiate positive and negative features of presentation
  
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  to present students useful adverbial linking phrases used in presentations
  
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  to let students practice their presentation making skill
  

Materials: hanouts
Time: 80 min
Warm up activity
Time: 10 min
Give the following question:
How comfortable are you with public speaking?
Ask participants to rate their level of comfort with public speaking on a continuum of 1 -10.
After students rate their level ask students to write the problems and difficulties they face while making presentations on a piece of paper. Then put a wastebasket in the middle of the room and tell students to crumble up their papers and throw it into the wastebasket. Applaud students for doing it.
Activity 1
Time: 10 min
Ask students the following question:
What is presentation?
Possible answer: 'A short talk by one person to a group of people introducing and describing a particular subject (for example: a new product, company figures or a proposed advertising campaign).
Ask the students to work with a partner and think of three things that make a good presentation and three things that make a bad presentation. Listen to their ideas and make a list of good and bad points on the white board.
Activity 2
Time: 15 min
Give students Handout 1and ask them to decide which of the presentation features they regard as positive, which as negative and which as neither positive or negative. Ask them to do this exercise in pairs or small groups. Listen to their ideas. Note that there are no categorical answers as these statements are all a matter
of opinion. See the Answer key for some comments and suggestions, however.