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Presentation # 6 A News Story from Your Country or a Personal Experience

Presentation # 6 A News Story from Your Country or a Personal Experience. New Rule: Write or show the topic of your presentation on the board or overhead, and tell the class what you are going to do. (A headline in this case.) Pick one:

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Presentation # 6 A News Story from Your Country or a Personal Experience

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  1. Presentation # 6A News Story from Your Country or a Personal Experience New Rule: Write or show the topic of your presentation on the board or overhead, and tell the class what you are going to do. (A headline in this case.) Pick one: Choose a recent news story from your country. It can be a big story or a small one, a national one or a local one. Think of an interesting experience that happened to you and tell it like a story to the class. Consider these questions: Who, what, when, where, why and how. Start at the beginning, end at the end.

  2. Preparing The Speech Every speech has 3 parts. What are they? 1) Introduction 2) Body 3) Conclusion Which part of the speech should you prepare first, second and third? 1) Body 2) Conclusion 3) Introduction

  3. Prepare the Body • The body usually contains 3 or 4 sections. • Each section is called a subtopic and is connected to the topic (or purpose of the speech). To prepare the body, (1st) brainstorm a list of all the possible subtopics that relate to the topic.

  4. Example Topic: “Applying for a Job” What subtopics (ideas) can you brainstorm that relate to this topic? • Choose appropriate clothes • Behave politely during interview • Write a resume • Find a job to apply for • Schedule appointments • Get a flexible work schedule • Learn new skills

  5. Example Topic: “Having a Happy Marriage” With a partner, can you brainstorm/take notes on several ideas related to this topic? 1. Good communication/Respect each other 2. Work/Jobs/Money 3. Shared Interests/Values 4. Age matters/doesn’t matter 5. Both willing to compromise 6. Love – Romance?/Trust/Honesty 7. Children are necessary/unnecessary?

  6. (2) Narrow Your List Now review the list and select 3 or 4 subtopics that seem be best for your presentation. • Discuss with your partner which 3 or 4 subtopics are best from the “Applying for a Job” list: • Choose appropriate clothes • Behave politely during interview • Write a resume • Find a job to apply for • Schedule appointments • Get a flexible work schedule • Learn new skills

  7. Discuss with your partner which 3 or 4 subtopics are best from the “Having a Happy Marriage” list: 1. Work/Jobs/Money 2. Good communication/Respect each other 3. Love – Romance?/Trust/Honesty 4. Children are necessary/unnecessary?

  8. (3rd) Order Your List Make sure that one subtopic leads naturally into the next one. “Applying for a Job” – which subtopic goes 1st? • Find the Desired Position • Write a Resume • Schedule Appointments/Interviews • Behave Appropriately at Interviews

  9. “Having a Happy Marriage” Talk a minute with your partner. Can you order the subtopics? 1) 2) 3) 4)

  10. (4th) Develop Your Subtopics To make each subtopic effective, you need to support them with: • Your own experience • Concrete examples • Quotes from experts • Information from books, magazines, websites • Data and statistics • Visual Aids

  11. Discuss How might you support your subtopics for “Having a Happy Marriage”? 1) 2) 3) 4) • Possible ways to support each subtopic: • Your own experience • Concrete examples • Quotes from experts • Information from books, magazines, websites • Data and statistics • Visual Aids

  12. Making Friends in the USA With a group of 3 or 4: • Brainstorm a list of 7 or 8 subtopics. • Narrow the list to 3 or 4 subtopics. • Order your subtopics by time or importance • Develop/support your subtopics using: • Your own experience • Concrete examples • Quotes from experts • Information from books, magazines, websites • Data and statistics • Visual Aids

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