Applied English for
American History I ** Summer 2003
Presentations for History Class
Who, What and When
You will give presentations in Professor Jopp's
History class on Tuesday and on Thursday. On Thursday, we will also
use the Applied English time for history presentations because it's the last
day of summer term and we don't need Applied English class.
I will give you an Applied English grade on your presentation
for history.
Practice presentations
- On Monday, June 30, you will do practice presentations
in Applied English.
Why
The purpose of the grade is:
- to motivate you to use your best English and to improve
your English
- to give you a chance to raise your Applied English grade
How
I will try not to grade you on the history information in
your presentation (that's Professor Jopp's job), although sometimes it's hard
to separate content and language!
I will use this form to grade you:
|
Basics
- ___ Visual
aids: helpful, easy to see, neat, correct grammar and spelling
- ___ Used
your own words
- ___ Spoke
naturally and fluently. Looked at the listeners. Stood up straight.
Did not read. (It's better to use no notes -- just visual aids.)
Content
- ___ Clear?
Could everyone understand your information?
Organization
- ___ Clearly
stated the specific topic
- ___ Had
a good thesis statement and explained the organization of the
presentation
- ___ Had
an clear introduction, body, and conclusion -- with ideas in a logical
order
- ___ Summarized
and ended the presentation smoothly, and asked: "Do you have any questions?"
Language
- ___ Taught
vocabulary words the listeners might not have known
- ___ Pronunciation
(sounds, syllabic stress, sentence stress)
- ___ Grammar
|
Speaking and Listening Tips
- Clearly state your thesis: your specific topic and
the main sections
- At the beginning of your presentation, teach vocabulary
that the other students may not know so they can understand you! Another
idea to to make a vocabulary chart and hang it on the wall.
- Check your grammar and pronunciation with your grammar
books and your dictionary. Have a native speaker of English check your pronunciation
and your grammar.
- Practice a million times
- Try not to use notes. Only use your visual aids
(posters, charts, photos, PowerPoint, etc.). Be sure your main points are
on visual aids in big letters.
- Try to keep the listeners' attention: give a quiz
on the end of your presentation, give the students a discussion questions
at the end, or something!
- Each English word of two or more syllables has only one
most-strongly-stressed syllable (hi-stor-y). Stressed syllables
are said higher, longer and louder.
- In English sentences, these parts of speech are stressed:
nouns, main verbs, adjectives, adverbs, demonstrative
pronouns (this, that, these, those), negative words (no, none,
don't, won't, never, etc.), questions words (who? what? when? where?
why? how?), numbers, and names
Help! Help! Help! Help!
If you need history help, please contact Professor Jopp.
If you need English help, I'll be in my office
(209) at these time for YOU:
- Today (Friday), from 3:30 to 4:00
- Monday, immediately after the all-student meeting
- Tuesday from 3:00-4:00
- Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30
- By appointment
Stephanie can help you Monday and Wednesday from 7:00-9:00.
She call also help you at other times if you make an appointment and she has
not exceed the hours she is paid for.