Homework for January 24

Today in class we continued working on our process presentation. The new presentation skill in this unit is inviting audience questions. This morning we looked at various ways  of inviting audience questions. We also looked once again at the structure of the presentation (Nicole's Outline on p. 49) and noticed a new element in the presentation that we have not encountered before : recommendation for further research.

For the next class on January 24, you need to do the following:

1. To help you prepare a presentation, please do Brainstorming (brainstorming map) on p. 54. The brainstorming map will help generate ideas and put them on paper. If necessary, please do research about your topic - use books, magazines, the Internet, or other sources. It is better to use sources in English rather than in Japanese as sources in English will help you with necessary vocabulary.

2. After you have generated ideas, it is now time to organize your ideas. Please, use p.55 to help you write an outline of your presentation.

3. After writing the outline, write a draft (script) of the presentation. When writing the script of the presentation, make sure to use appropriate transitions used in describing a process and other language expressions that we have learned in this unit, such as expressions used to preview a presentation, inviting audience questions, and giving recommendations for further research. Refer to Unit 4 Language Summary for a list of useful language expressions.

4. E-mail your outline and the script to me before Tuesday 9am. E-mail the two documents as attachments in one file. When composing your e-mail, write your name in the Subject field.

NOTE: If you were absent from the class on January 18, you need to have your presentation topic approved by me before you can start working on your outline and script of the presentation. You can either send your topic to me via e-mail or see me in the office.

Late submission of the assignment will not be accepted! 

See you in class next Wednesday! :)