PROJECT A: PREPARE A PRESENTATION
GIVING AN ORAL PRESENTATION: my school
STAGE 1: GATHERING DATA
Work in pairs or groups of three.
Explore the topic: Get information about the topic.
You should include:
q Some information about Villarejo de Salvanés.
q The school: description of the building: include all the facilities (library, canteen...)
q Your life at school: how long you have been here, tell us about your experience here, good and bad points of this speciric school...
q Your academic life at school: what subjects you do this year, which ones are easier, which are more difficult, your favourite subjects...
q What would you like to do next year? Future plans.
STAGE 2: ORGANISING INFORMATION. WRITING
Organise it: You can use note cards, spidergrams, flowcharts, etc.
Write it down: Use your writing knowledge: paragraph organization, linking ideas, etc. Always keep in mind how long your presentation should last (2 minutes each person).
Improve it: Once your writing is complete, check for mistakes, see if you can also also improve style, common expressions ...
STAGE 3: FINDING GOOD VISUALS
You can use posters, photos, etc stuck on the blackboard.
You can use a slide show, but remember: your slide show won´t substitute you but support you.
STAGE 4: REHEARSING
Pronunciation of key words, intonation, etc... Collect difficult words and look up their phonetic transcriptions, or check pronunciation with http://www.howjsay.com/
