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June 11th lesson

Dear students, Today you will deliver your second presentation. Period 1 students will talk about festivals and period 2 students will talk about Tokyo. You should research well and think critically. Your speech should be a minimum of three minutes per person. Remember to have clear error-free slides, and to have much eye contact. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

June 4th lesson

Dear students, Today is your mid-term test. You should prepare for a presentation for your test. The teacher will give you a topic and you should; You may choose one topic from: a) A.I. b) An English speaking country c) Literature The test will take seventy minutes. 1) Draw a concept map. 2) Write a title for your presentation. 3) State your critical thinking. 4) Draw your slides. 5) Write notes (or your whole speech, if you have time) for your slides. Before the test, the university would like you to give them feedback via the form below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe7ABm7oWllaFzwCqNX_ImRgwMs7cJHzb8koEyrxbCyqeivKQ/viewform Kind regards, Chris Elvin

May 28th lesson

Dear students, Today you will begin a new project in new groups. Kind regards, Chris Elvin PS. Please don't copy directly from the Internet, or anywhere else for that matter. Your work should be your own writing. One copied sentence is too much!

May 21st lesson

Dear students, Today you will present about Tokyo and festivals in groups. Please remember to speak for at least three minutes per person and to communicate with your audience using your eyes. Your slides should be clear, not too detailed, and error free. Remember also to research well and think critically. Presentation Feedback Form Kind regards, Chris Elvin

May 14th lesson

Dear students, Today you should finalize your first presentation. Who will speak the introduction, the body sections, and the summary? You should complete writing your speech which should be a minimum of three minutes per person, and your slides should be clear, informative and error-free. Two or three slides per minute is a good speed. Please show me your speeches or slides so that I can give you some feedback. You will deliver your presentations on May 21st. Period 1 topic: Tokyo Period 2 topic: Festivals Kind regards, Chris Elvin

May 7th lesson

Dear students, Today you will work in groups of three to prepare your first presentation. You may choose a topic from one of the following: 1) architecture 2) art 3) artificial intelligence 4) climate change 5) communication 6) countries 7) education 8) endangered species 9) fashion 10) festivals 11) gender 12) globalization 13) health 14) jobs 15) language 16) literature 17) parenting 18) politics 19) religion 20) society 21) sport 22) technology 23) Tokyo 24) youth issues Kind regards, Chris Elvin

April 23rd lesson

Dear students, Please make sure you have uploaded your self-introduction from last week's lesson. Today, you will interview someone in class and also upload it to the class database. Kind regards, Chris Elvin