Oral Projects and Important Dates

As I mentioned in Monday's class, for your final Oral Project I'd like you to prepare an individual five minute presentation.

The key concepts for the choice of topic and style of presentation are personal and discursive.

That is to say, the topic should be something that means something to you, individually, and it should be something that generates debate- your mark will be given for the presentation itself, as well as both how you handle the follow-up Q&A session, and how you participate in the discussions following your classmates' presentations.

You will be marked on Clarity and Comprehensibilty. What I mean by that is essential how easy is it to understand what you are saying- this covers your use of grammar and vocabulary, your pronunciation and your abilty to explain your ideas coherently.

You will give your final presentaions on May 5 and May 7.

Your end of course exams will be on May 12 and May 14.

It is very important that everybody attend all of these dates.

Remember, we don't have class on April 28.

In Monday's class we....

Saw Jacobo's and Elena's inital presentations, on the subjects of Italy and Ukraine respectively. High points were Jacobo's entertaining, conversational style and metaphorical 'glue' of comparing the Italian situation to an opera, and Elena's very clear, well-structured exposition of the Ukrainian situation.

I'm looking forward to seeing the other presentations on Wednesday!