Shirayuri University - Digital Presentation - Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will prepare your final presentation, which is about Japanese life or culture. You should narrow your topic, do some research, be new and interesting, and think critically and express an opinion about your subject. Your presentation should be over five minutes and you will give your speech alone. This presentation will be worth twenty points. The order of the speeches will be randomized on January 18th, so you should all be ready to deliver your speech on this day. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, If you would like to read feedback from your classmates, then click on the link below. Feedback on Gender (presentation 5) Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will deliver your presentation on gender. All the usual rules that have applied to previous presentations will apply today. Please click on the link below to provide feedback to your fellow students: Student Feedback Form Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will study gender. Please download the prints and bring them to class. gender quiz gender brain Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, You may read your feedback for your education presentations below: education presentation student feedback Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will present about education. You can be solo, a pair, or a group of three. As always, research your topic thoroughly, be critical, support your presentation with effective visuals, communicate with the audience using your eyes, speak for three minutes or longer, and be interesting. Please use the form below to provide feedback to your fellow students Digital presentation feedback form 4 Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will talk about education in groups of three using the questions that you generated in the previous lesson. Please download the print below and bring it to class. Education speaking activity Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, You may read your fellow students survey results by clicking on the link below: Student Feedback for Presentation 3 Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will present about the media. As always, please research your topic well, say something new and interesting, think critically, speak English well for three minutes or more and have good visuals which support your presentation. Please provide feedback to your fellow students here: Student presentation feedback form 3: media Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Thank you for providing feedback to your fellow students (Airi Nakadate, Akari Ogikubo, Akari Sato, Akie Shimizu, Amika Yoshida, Ayaka, Ayako Shimojima, Eri Nakanishi, Etsuyo Kumiyama, Hisaka Tsushima, Keito Ichizuka, Mai Kitamura, Manami Nakayama, Mayu Hanamichi, Miki Hayamizu, Minami Kaieda, Mizuki Notsu, Momoka, Momoko Haruta, Momoko Sasaki, sachi arai, Sachiyo Yamamoto, Saya koike, Sayaka Tsuji, Sumire TAGUCHI, Tsukiha KONO, Yu Tanaka Yuka Miyasaka). If you would like to read your feedback, please click on the link below: Feedback from students for the fashion presentations - Autumn 2015 Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will discuss the media. Please download the print and bring it to class. http://www.eflclub.com/shirayuri/media3.pdf After that you will prepare a presentation; either solo, pair or group. If your topic is not related to other people's topics, you should be solo. Otherwise, you may be a pair or a group. Please show me your outline first. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Please give feedback to your classmates about today's topic, fashion. Fashion Presentation Feedback Form Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Some of you have been coming to class late, partly because of train delays. If possible, please leave home earlier than usual to anticipate such a delay. The worst case scenario is deliberately coming late to class. If you are willfully late, you will be considered absent. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will present about fashion or design in groups of about four people. You will be assessed on content and delivery. For content, you should research your topic well, say something new and interesting, and give an opinion about your topic. For delivery, you should talk for three minutes or more, make regular eye contact, and speak clearly. If you have a script, please hand it in after your presentation (so please don`t copy paste!) Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will talk about fashion and design. Please download the print below and bring it to class. fashion and design pair worksheet After that, please show me 1) your map (x = a,b,c) of your idea for fashion / design 2) your slides idea 3) your speech notes or speech draft Please make sure not to copy directly from other sources - particularly if you don't even understand what you are reading yourself. Your writing should be your own words! Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Here is a link to the feedback you gave each other about yesterday's presentations. Thank you for your participation. Presentation feedback about the environment Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will deliver your environment presentations in groups of three. Please remember to speak clearly, for three minutes or more, with regular eye contact to your audience. You should also make sure that your slides are visually appealing and error free, and that  your speech is focused on one narrow topic which has new and interesting information. You will be assessed on two broad categories; content and delivery. Good luck! As you listen to your classmates, please give feedback to your fellow students by completing the online form below. You may write in English or Japanese. Student Presentation Feedback Form - Autumn 2015 Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will finalize your presentation about the environment. Please show me your slides and speeches so that I can give you feedback if you wish. Your group will deliver the presentation on October 19th. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Our topic for today is environment. In groups, please answer the quiz questions below: enviroment quiz You may use the help sheet below to answer the questions. environment help sheet Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today you will all choose the same topic from the list below: 1) Communication 2) Education 3) Environment 4) Fashion and Design 5) Gender 6) Globalisation 7) Human Rights 8) Language 9) Media 10) Society 11) Technology 12) Our planet Earth In groups of three, you should prepare a digital presentation that you will present to the class during a later lesson. You should speak for at least three minutes per person, and you should have at least ten slides per group. Your presentation should be new and interesting to the audience, well-researched, and you should think critically about your topic and express a clear opinion. Please also remember to speak clearly and show slides which are pleasant to look at and free of spelling or grammar mistakes. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Welcome back to Chris Elvin's public blog for Shirayuri digital presentation students. You should bookmark this page and read it before class. Today, you will make a presentation about your summer vacation in small groups. You should continue to post your files to the private blog, as this is partly how you will be assessed. The email address to post your files to is chriselvin1.(secret word)@blogger.com. If you don't know or have forgotten the secret word, please ask me or a classmate who knows. If you would like to view the private blog, the URL addresses are: http://elvindp1.blogspot.jp/   for Monday period 1 (8:50am) and http://elvindp2.blogspot.jp  for Monday period 2 (10:30am). These private blogs are password protected for your privacy. In order to view them, you should log into the Google gmail account that you use for class, and type in your password. Please keep a record of your gmail address and password in a safe place so that logging in wil

Dear students, Thank you for your participation today and also for the semester. I have just posted your feedback responses to the private blog. If you would like to see what your classmates thought of your presentation, please log in to the private blog. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, At the end of next lesson, please fill out this form with comments for each student, and then click the send button. Fill out student to student comments form Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, Today and next week is your final presentation. Remember to be new and interesting, to speak for five minutes or more, to speak clearly, to show clear slides which are well explained, and to make eye contact regularly. As you are watching the presentations, please write down the name of the speaker and a comment about her speech. I will ask you to post these notes to the private blog next week. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

Dear students, This is your new blog. It's public so there is no need to log in to it. You should bookmark this page and read it before coming to class, as it may have important announcements. Your secret blog still has the same URL, and you can still post to it like you did before, but you will need to log in if you want to view your presentations and videos. Please write down the gmail address and password you use to access our secret blog, and keep it in a safe place.