___ I use what we learned in Communicating on Campus, Chapters 11 and 12 (pages 171 and 185) .

___ My presentation is about 10 minutes long.

___ I have clear, simple, neat visual aids (preferably PowerPoint) to help my classmates understand my main points. I have a "back-up"/second plan for my PowerPoint presentation: a USB drive AND the "H" drive.

___ I have looked up and practiced the pronunciation of all words in my presentation and have checked with Professor Seibert, Tammy or another proficient speaker of English if I am not sure.

___ I use my own words. I did not copy or translate word-for-word from Japanese.

___ I will teach the class all the vocabulary words in my presentation that they might not know. I will write them on the board or prepare a poster with the words.

___ I will say my thesis statement, which states the main idea and briefly introduces my main points. I will also explain how my ideas are organized. My thesis statement comes after the attention-getter and background information. (It's usually the last part of the introduction.)

___ My presentation has an introduction. My presentation also has a conclusion that summarizes my main points and restates the thesis ("In conclusion,... ", " In summary,... ", or "To summarize,... "), as well as gives a personal comment on the very end.

___ My verbs are in the correct tense. A past tense verb describes each event in the past. Singulars and plurals agree (e.g., "people are", "history is", "discrimination is", "civil rights are", etc.) Other grammar will be the best I can use.

___ I promise I will not read my presentation, but will speak as naturally as possible using only my visual aids and note cards. I will look at the listeners, not at my feet. I will stand up straight and look alive.

___ I will show that I can use correct English vowel and consonant sounds, word stress, and sentence stress. [These parts of speech are stressed in English: nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs, negative words, demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these, those), and questions words ("wh" question words + "how")]

___ At the end, I will ask: "Do you have any questions?" (Don't say, "that's all" at the end.)