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Task Requirement
Ÿ Word limit is followed £ £ £
Content
Ÿ Coverage £ £ £
Ÿ Clarity of ideas £ £ £
Ÿ Relevance of ideas £ £ £
Organization Ÿ Introduction
– Provides details about the group
Ÿ Body
– Ideas are coherently grouped together
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– Ideas are in a logical order £ £ £
– Ideas are linked £ £ £
Ÿ Conclusion
– Ideas are logically developed from the body
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Other Comments
*Feedback given by
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Language & Style
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Ÿ Choice of words is appropriate £ £ £
Grammar
Ÿ The proposal is accurate in
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– subject verb agreement – connectives
– spelling
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*This feedback sheet can be used for self-, peer and/or teacher assessment. The person who provides the feedback may put his/her name down if
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Task 3: An Oral Presentation
Your group will give an eight-minute oral presentation about a country in Asia to the Selection Board of the HKYTA. According to the requirements of the Board, the presentation should cover the information and content in the mini guide and in the brief proposal. All the group members should take part in the presentation. You are encouraged to use information technology and visual aids during the presentation. For example, you may use maps, photos, graphics and slides.
Part A : Attending a briefing session
The HKYTA has arranged a briefing session for applicants of the “Asian Travelling Award Competition” to prepare them for their oral presentations. All the applicants are invited to the HKYTA. Listen carefully and jot down the important points. Complete the list below and refer to it when you prepare your oral presentation.
Oral presentation skills
• Don’t cover every ___________; be selective, precise and focused.
• Use visual aids such as _____________________ and __________________
to help you, so that your audience can _____________________________.
• To add more interest, __________, films and _______________ can be used.
• At the beginning, you should give an _____________ so that your audience can have a better understanding of the structure of your presentation.
• Assign each member more or less the _________ proportion of the job for a balanced division of work.
• Be confident and maintain ______________ with your audience. Look calm and _________ at your audience.
• Pace yourself well; don’t speak too __________ or too _______________.
• You should ___________ some of the words or ideas for emphasis.
• Don’t speak in a _____________. Vary your intonation to give interest to your audience.
• To keep good control of the time, you should ___________ timing yourself before the presentation.
• When you finish, you should ___________ the audience politely.
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Part B : Writing an outline and making preparation for producing a script
You have asked your schoolmate, Gary, to help you prepare your presentation. Read his e-mail message and the attachments.
Presentation outline given by Gary
Outline of a presentation 1. Introduction
l Introduce ourselves
(Ming Wah Secondary School : Gary, Lily, Simon and Carman)
l Introduce the topic (Greece)
l Introduce the main points
(General information, culture, tourist attractions)
2. Body
l The first main point with supporting details General Information about Greece:
Hi, _______
So happy to hear that your group has been making good progress in preparing for the competition. Last year I worked with Lily, Simon and Carman. We worked out a brief outline first before writing our script. We made use of the info from our mini guide and proposal and other collected info to prepare our presentation. You can take a look at the attached files to get more ideas before writing your script.
Gary
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i) situated in southern Europe ii) capital city: Athens
iii) weather: warm & wet in spring, dry & hot in summer, dry &
cool in autumn, wet & mild in winter iv) religion: Greek Orthodox
v) language: Greek vi) currency: Euro
l The second main point with supporting details Culture:
i) Festivals: Carnival Season: (Feb-Mar) Athens Festival: (Jun-Sept)
ii) Food: Meat Kebab, spinach and cheese pie, Greek Salad iii) Drink: Greek coffee, ouzo
l The third main point with supporting details Tourist Attractions:
i) Acropolis: ancient temple w/ statues & monuments ii) Ancient Theatre of Dionysos: prog of Athens Festival iii) Agora: marketplace for shopping
iv) Islands in Aegean Sea: Santorini & Mykonos famous for sandy beaches
4. Conclusion
l Summarize what our group will gain from the visit to the country we have chosen
i) know more about the country ii) present vs past
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Script of the presentation given by Gary
Gary: Good morning, everyone. We’re from Ming Wah Secondary School. Today, we’re going to talk about an ancie nt country, Greece, which we would like to visit.
There are three main points in our presentation. First, we’ll give you some general information about Greece. Then, its culture. Finally, some of the tourist attractions there.
Lily: First of all, we’d like to introduce some general information about Greece. Greece is situated in southern Europe and its capital city is Athens. It’s wet and warm in spring, dry and hot in summer, dry and cool in autumn, and wet and mild in winter. The major religion in Greece is Greek Orthodox. The people there speak Greek. The currency they use nowadays is the Euro, as Greece is a member of the European Union, but they used to have the Drachma before 2002. Now I hope you have some basic ideas about the country.
Simon: Secondly, what attracts us most is the Greek culture. The Greeks have many celebrations throughout the year. The Carnival Season is celebrated in February and March with feasting and traditional dancing. From June to September, it’s the Athens Festival. There are drama and music performances in ancient theatres. The Greek cuisine also plays a very important part in the Greek culture. Meat kebab, spinach and cheese pie, and Greek salad are very popular dishes. The Greeks like to drink chilled Greek coffee and ouzo, which is a type of wine often drunk with water. Watch out, it’s quite strong.
Carman: Apart from its culture, Greece has a lot of tourist attractions. In Athens, there are many ancient sites. The Acropolis is one of them. It’s an ancient temple with statues and monuments. The Ancient Theatre of Dionysos is situated at the foot of the Acropolis. Some of the programmes of the Athens Festival are performed there. For shopping, Agora, which is a marketplace, is very famous for selling souvenirs. In addit ion to the ancient sites and the marketplace, the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea are also worth visiting. Santorini and Mykonos are famous for their nice sandy beaches.
Gary: In conclusion, Greece is a country which is worth visiting. If we can visit Greece, we’ll know more about this ancient country, the interesting places there, its culture and how modern Greeks live nowadays as compared to their ancestors.
Thank you.
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Work in your group to draft the outline of your presentation below.
Outline of a presentation Introduction
Body
Conclusion
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Read the script from Gary (p.97) again and jot down the useful phrases or sentences in the spaces provided on the notepad below to help you write your script. The first one has been done for you.
Notepad: Script of the presentation given by Gary
Introduction
How to introduce ourselves:
“We’re from Ming Wah Secondary School.”
How to introduce the topic:
How to introduce the main points:
Body
How to introduce the first main point:
How to introduce the second main point:
How to introduce the third main point:
Conclusion
How to give an explicit conclusion:
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Your English teacher has also given you some excerpts from another presentation script for your reference. Read the excerpts and jot down the useful phrases or sentences in the spaces provided on the notepad (p.101) to help you write your own script.
Excerpts from another presentation script
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We’re S.4 students from North Point School. We’d like to introduce Egypt to you. Firstly, we’ll cover some general information about Egypt. Secondly, its ancient culture. Lastly, its historic relics.
To begin with, we’ll give you some information about Egypt. Egypt is situated in northern Africa and Cairo is the capital city. It’s hot and dry in summer and cool and wet in winter. Most of the people are Muslims …
Next, the Egyptian culture. Most of the celebrations follow the Islamic calendar. Ramadan is celebrated during the ninth month of the calendar …
In addition to its culture, Egypt has many historic relics. In Cairo, the most popular ones are the Giza Pyramids which were completed around 2600 BC …
To summarize, we can learn more about this ancient civilization, the Islamic culture …
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Notepad: Another presentation script
Introduction
How to introduce ourselves:
How to int roduce the topic:
How to introduce the main points:
Body
How to introduce the first main point:
How to introduce the second main point:
How to introduce the third main point:
Conclusion
How to give an explicit conclusion:
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Part C : Writing a script for an oral presentation
Now, each member of the group has to draft the script for his or her part of the presentation.
Refer to your mini guide in Task 1, your brief proposal in Task 2, the notes on presentation skills in Part A and the useful phrases and sentences in Part B of this Task. Write your draft, read it again and revise it if necessary.
A presentation script
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Part D : Preparing cue cards
To help you deliver your presentation, you can prepare some cue cards.
Gary has sent you the outline and the script of his group’s presentation.
Gary’s cue cards
1. Introduction (by Gary)
(opening) “Good morning, we’re from Ming Wah Secondary School.
Today, we’re going to talk about … There are three main points in our presentation. ”
a. General info on Greece b. Culture
c. Tourist Attractions
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2. Body (by Lily)
a. General Info on Greece
(transition) “First of all, we’d like to introduce some general information about Greece.”
i) situated in southern Europe ii) capital city: Athens
iii) weather: warm & wet in spring, dry & hot in summer, dry &
cool in autumn, wet & mild in winter iv) religion: Greek Orthodox
v) language: Greek vi) currency: Euro
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c. Tourist Attractions (by Carman)
(transition) “Apart from its culture, Greece has a lot of tourist attractions.”
i) Acropolis: ancient temple w/ statues & monuments ii) Ancient Theatre of Dionysos: prog of Athens Festival iii) Agora: marketplace for shopping
iv) Islands in Aegean Sea: Santorini & Mykonos famous for sandy beaches
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(transition) “Secondly, what attracts us most is the Greek culture.”
vii) Festivals: Carnival Season: (Feb-Mar) Athens Festival: (Jun-Sept)
viii) Food: Meat Kebab, spinach and cheese pie, Greek Salad ix) Drink: Greek coffee, ouzo
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Using your group's presentation outline (p.98) and script (p.102), each of you should develop the cue card(s) for your part in the presentation.
Cue card
3. Conclusion (by Gary)
(transition) “In conclusion, … ” i) know more about the country ii) present vs past
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Part E : Delivering an oral presentation in class
Your group has entered the “Asian Travelling Award Competition”. You and your group members are going to give an oral presentation for about eight minutes. Your group members should take turns to present their parts. You can use cue cards and visual aids to help you present clearly. Maps, photos, graphics, slides, etc. can be used to make your presentation more interesting.
Your group has decided to deliver the presentation to your class first as a rehearsal before presenting it to the Selection Board of the HKYTA. Remember to practise speaking aloud and using the cue cards and visual aids before you give your presentation in class.
Reflect on your performance during your practice and try to do better in the class presentation.
To get some feedback from your classmates so that you can perform better in the presentation to the Selection Board, ask your classmates to fill in a feedback sheet (p.107 – p.108) as they listen to your presentation.
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