10 points in class

1.

TEST 1:
PRESENTATIONS
10 POINTS IN CLASS

2. Aim

AIM
• PREPARE PRESENTATIONS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
FOCUS:
• STAGING: NOTES AND OUTLINE
• DESIGN OF SLIDES
• FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: SIGNALING
• INTERACTIVE TASKS

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.
• CLASSES 3-4. PRESENTATIONS. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS SESSION. INTERACTIVE TASKS FOR
THE AUDIENCE.

4.

PRESENTATIONS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS:
• AIMS
• OUTLINE
• SLIDES WITH LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SLIDE
• MANAGING FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES

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

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

6.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

7. Recommended topics

RECOMMENDED TOPICS
1. Pictograms and Ideograms
13. Company structure
2. Academic culture in American (British) and Russian universities:
14. Role of science and scientists in the society
compare
15. Human impact on environment in Russia
3. Referencing systems in academic writing
16. The role of government in the economy
4. Academic essay
17. Risks and benefits of genetically modified plants
5. Social Consequences of Natural Disasters
18. Company structure
6. Funding healthcare
19. Social responsibility of business
7. Evaluating voting systems
20. Ethical and unethical business
8. Biological mechanisms generating diversity
21. Urban development in the 21st century
9. Human evolution
22. Implications of longer lifespan
10. Dispersals of early humans: migration, adaptation and culture
23. Benefits and drawbacks of professional sport
11. Jobs of the future
12. Upward mobility: job market for my specialization

8. Assessment

ASSESSMENT
Notes and outline: online component
3 points
Presentation: Content, design and oral skills
Lecture: content, way of presenting, interactive
component a plus.
5 points
Interactive component
2 points