Aim
Project Algorithm
Note taking at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw
Recommended topics
Assessment
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Project 1: presentations or video lectures. 10 points in class + 5 points online

1.

PROJECT 1:
PRESENTATIONS OR VIDEO
LECTURES
10 POINTS IN CLASS + 5 POINTS ONLINE

2. Aim

AIM
• PREPARE PRESENTATIONS OR VIDEO LECTURES FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
FOCUS:
• STAGING
• QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION

3. Project Algorithm

PROJECT ALGORITHM
• CLASS 1. SELECTION OF TOPICS FROM THE LIST. FORMATION OF PAIRS OF PRESENTERS AND
‘COMMENTATORS’.
• CLASS 2. TAKING NOTES FROM SOURCES USED AND PRESENTING OUTLINES. PEER FEEDBACK AND TEACHER’S
FEEDBACK.
UPLOADING OUTLINES ON CANVAS.
UPLOADING PRESENTATIONS ON CANVAS
• CLASS 3. PRESENTATIONS OR LECTURES. QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION. APPOINTED STUDENTS
ASK PREPARED IN ADVANCE QUESTIONS AND GIVE COMMENTS. ASSESSMENT FROM OTHER
APPOINTED STUDENTS.

4.

PRESENTATIONS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS:
• AIMS
• OUTLINE
• SLIDES WITH LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SLIDE
• REFERENCE TO VISUALS
• CONCLUSION
• DEALING WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

5.

LECTURES MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS:
• LECTURE AIMS
• LECTURE OUTLINE
• DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS, REPETITION AND PARAPHRASING
• TRANSITION BETWEEN PARTS AND MARKING TOPIC CHANGE
• SLIDES AND /OR OTHER VISUALS. SLIDES MUST HAVE LINKS TO SOURCES.
• QUESTION- ANSWERS SESSION

6. Note taking at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw

NOTE TAKING
AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=XSYNGHLNZYW

7.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

8. Recommended topics

RECOMMENDED TOPICS
1. Human evolution
12. The” Glass ceiling” in employment practices.
2. Dispersals of early humans: migration, adaptation and
13. What GDP measures and what it does not.
culture
14. The main concepts of macroeconomics
3. Jobs in the future
15. Spinning things
4. Upward mobility: job market for my specialization
16. City life in the 21st century
5. Human impact on environment in Russia.
17. Benefits and drawbacks of professional sport
6. Nature or nurture: heredity or upbringing
18. Changes in gender roles in Russia
7. Gender differences in behavior.
19. Implications of longer lifespan
8. Changes in gender roles in Russia.
20. Medical reforms: Obamacare
9. Role distribution in group work – how it works.
21. Approaches to health care in Russia
10. How to recognize and avoid plagiarism
22. Contagious diseases: causes, geography, impact and
11. Critical thinking
treatment

9. Assessment

ASSESSMENT
Notes and outline
3 points
Presentation: Content, design and oral skills
Lecture: content, way of presenting, interactive
component a plus.
4 points
Question-answer session
3 points
Online component: detailed outlines; correspondence
with partners and reviewers
5 points
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