Oral English 1: Lesson 12

7/1/2015

Hi everyone,

Instead of our discussions, we had presentations in today's lesson! We got to see four presentations on different social issues in Japan.

Presentations:
We finished our first group of presentations today. I was really impressed with the content of your presentations. You gave a lot of interesting information about your social problem, and offered some interesting solutions.

Overall, everyone made a good effort to make eye contact with the audience, use gestures and presentation language correctly. I was happy to see that many presenters used expressions that they had learned from our discussions: "Let's move onto..." and "Are you following me?"

For next week's presenters, it's really important that you speak loud enough. When you speak loud enough, it shows that you are confident about your topic.

Most importantly, do not read your presentations. There were too many presenters who were reading their notes!

Presentations Reminders:
We are continuing with our presentations in next week's lesson. Please remember these points:

Groups 4, 6, 7 and 8: arrive at 8:50am to prepare and set-up your poster.
You can't read your notes. You can use them to help you remember.
Before your presentation, please give me your corrected outline.
Audience members: arrive on time!

Homework:
1. Blog Comment #11
2. Presentation Preparation

Blog Question #11:

Choose one question to answer.

Question for today's presenters:
How did you feel about your presentation? What did you do well? What do you have to improve?

Question for today's audience:
Which presentation did you like the best? Why?

Write 8-10 sentences.
Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
Submit by Monday, July 6 by 6:00pm

24 Comments

OE1ｰkumi

7/1/2015 01:21:44 pm

Presentation that I thought the most good thing about the bullying. Because our group also chose the same theme. Us it was interesting because I thought a different solution with. And even when the announcement I was talking smoothly. I think the point also was suppressed firmly. It was still good to and speak as one faces forward more. Firm we were able to correspond also to the question. The poster was good it have summarized illustrations are many points in the statement. The speed of the story and I thought just well easier to hear. I think the presentation of the bullying and the best from the above.

Haruna.k

7/1/2015 06:44:18 pm

I felt good about my presentation .
Because, I could talk with eye contact and loud voice. And I could explain difficult word for other word in English .
I think that I have to use gesture for presentation and learn English word more.
Also, I think that I came to be able to talk in discussions . But I talk with only word now. So I want to become to talk with sentence.

OE1-Emiri

7/3/2015 01:07:36 am

I thought the best presentation was a group that has been taking about mobile phone. Becase they explained by using very easy words, so I could understand thoughtI I am not good at listening. Also, the poster was made along the unity of the story. Therefore, when I ask questions, I was able to organize to put stories of any example. In addition, I found a good point in the presentation. It was the form of participatory.Its form is that they asked audience's opinion. That is the chanse to consider about more the theme. In fact, I could know many opinion different from my thinking. I want to do my best next week like this presentation.

OE1-Takayuki

7/4/2015 07:34:33 pm

I think our presentation was not so good. Of course, there were good points though. When I prepared my presentation, I have tried to use vocabularies which are familiar to everyone so that they understand easily. After we have done our turn, we got many questions about my part. I think that audiences have interested in my part and understand well so I was happy about it. The reflection point is that our group was not good at managing time. We didn't communicate well before we start so we have left no much time for getting questions. Also the details for the main idea might be slightly difficult. That is why, I am reflecting many things as a group leader.
If there will be the next opportunity, I will make better preparations than today.

OE1-Yuki

7/5/2015 12:13:07 am

I think our presentation was fairly good. This is because the theme was very well and members also good. But we could not be better time allocation. In addition, I did not speak well and it might not transmitted well to the audience. But I began to take an increasingly gestures and eye contact while overlaying the number of times. And our good was the point of the presentation is that it was able to think about the problem along with the audience. By also the audience to get an opinion, it was able to be more developed to solve the problem. To convey to the audience in English was difficult, but it was fun to be able to think together. Next time I want to hear a firm presentation as the audience.

OE1-Misato

7/5/2015 01:44:36 am

I feel good about our presentation. This is because we was able to present smoothly.
We worked in cooperation with each other. I made the poster which is equivalent to our presentation's outline.
However I think I had a bad point. We was said "Not reading!" by our teacher, but I often look at my notes. I had to do eye contacts with our audience. So I want to be able to speak and have inner reserves to do eye contacts.

OE1-Nanami

7/5/2015 01:46:41 am

I felt not so good about my presentation.I gave presentation about influence of the bullying.However,I was not able to tell it well because I was reading my text most time.I reflect on not looking their eyes.In addition,I did not check much bulling so I can not able to answer a question.In conclusion,I will look their eyes a lot and check about our topic well in the next announcement.Nevertheless,I think our poster was plain.We should to keep this effort.

OE1-Ellena Sa

7/5/2015 05:54:36 am

I feel my heart beat very quickly about our presentation . When I presentation in front of audience I strained. Then I was sweating . I felt difficult about use a lot of gestures when I speak. Especially eye-contact is very difficult .Because I got tense. What is more I'm very embarrassed.
In conclusion , I feel I inexperienced presentation , so I must practice .

OE1-Shunsuke

7/5/2015 08:44:03 am

I thought the best presentation was a group that has been taking about smoking.Because I was able to know the fear of the cigarette.A cigarette knew the bad thing to a body.However, I did not think that it adversely affected the lungs so much.I thought that the cigarette did not want to suck it in in the future.The announcement was very plain.It is the announcement of our group this week.I want to do my best as hard as possible.

OE1-karin

7/5/2015 11:16:03 am

Is your parent working? When I'm working, would you like working hours? Is your parent smoking? I did such question. The best presentation is presentation about a death from overwork for me. Two are well-founded. That one were the plain contents. Two are that a gesture was often used. But every presentation was wonderful.

OE-1 Satomi

7/5/2015 12:44:31 pm

I felt difficulty of the presentation once more at this session. A group announcement was for the first time, so I had trouble variously. However, I was able to make a friend thanks to presentation. I was able to have an experience of controlling a person by working as a leader. The effort to talk about to see the eyes of the person was possible. I was going to talk using a gesture clearly. I think that the presentation became mind ability surely though it was difficult. If there is an opportunity, I want to wrestle with every effort again.

OE1-Elena Se

7/5/2015 01:07:53 pm

I thought my presentation was mostly good. I feed back the presentation, good point and reflection point.
For the first, good point of the presentation. When I talked about difficult vocabulary, I checked it then I talked with eye contact and we ended on time.
Next, reflection point is that I could not answer the question asked during the discussion.
In conclusion, this presentation I think my English level pretty soared. I had very nice opportunity to improve my English.If I will do it once again,I will become more good presentation.

OE1-Yui

7/5/2015 01:13:33 pm

I think our presentation was good.
First,we were careful enough to say "Are you following me ?" To the audience in order to check if they were really understanding.
Second,our presentation was very enjoyed by my group members and audiences.Also,we could finish our presentation in time.
However, on the other hand, I also have reflection points.My sentence was a little short.Also, I tried to talk with eye contacts, but I could not do it well.
This presentation made me my English skills improved.If there would be an opportunity giving presentation again, I want to make a use of my reflection points, and do presentation better than this time.

OE1-Kotone

7/5/2015 02:28:31 pm

I thought that the group about mobile phones did the best presentation.
They worked and practiced as a group.
Furthermore, it was summarized to be easy to understand.
That's why even I, who is not good at English could understand it.
I found a point that I found especially great.
It is the part that the group asked me questions.
That helped start many conversations.
We would like to do a presentation like that next week.

OE1-Yu

7/5/2015 03:20:18 pm

I think the best presentation is cell phone addiction. Because their group had many solution. They thought to solve the problems, in 4 types of solution. To think problem, solutions are important. And they asked us about their topics. So, we could think well. Next time, I'll do presentation. I want to do good presentation.

OE-1-Takeshi

7/5/2015 03:54:08 pm

I think that day's best was a group that present about mobile phone.
This group checked our understanding and ask us in the middle of presentation.
So I can follow their presentation.
I want to do presentation like them tomorrow.

OE1-Haruna.T

7/5/2015 04:50:34 pm

I felt very difficult to do presentation in English.
Because it's difficult for audiences to be transmitted through difficult words.
I thought a gesture was important so.
I have been very tense with the 1st time of presentation,and I couldn't make a gesture.
But I could use a gesture calmly from the 2nd time.
I think it was better to have been able to use a gesture.
But there is a chance only once for presentation often, so I'd like to make sure that the best presentation will be made of the first time.
I'd like to make the next presentation plain presentation.

OE1- Minori.H

7/5/2015 05:07:33 pm

I was interested in " bulling " presentation.
This is because, I think, I would like to be a teacher in the future.
Therefore, the topic would be important for me.
The presentars said ," teacher should noutice bulling and take care of students. But it is difficult ,because when the teacher involved, it would makes more serios.
Of course the thinking is correct.
However it is not allowable thing that teacher pretent do not seeing anything.
So, the problem "bulling" is very difficult thing I thought.

OE-1 Hitomi

7/5/2015 06:43:23 pm

I think our presentation was good.
One reason is that we could tell audience simple points about cell phone addiction.
Second reason is that I could speak loud voice.
Third reason is that we could make eye contact each other.
We were getting along very well through this presentation. But we speak presentation reading our notes. In next presentation, I want to speak not reading our notes. I also try to speak more smoothly.

OE1-Komugi

7/5/2015 06:57:15 pm

I think our presentation was not bad, but not good. The reason is that my group members studied very particularly about our topic. They gathered specific data, and explained to audiences politely. I felt that they didn't read. However, I lacked the presentation preparation. Because of contacting mistake. Also, I was upset, and forget to say "are you following me?" I have to be discreetly next time.

OE1-Yukari

7/5/2015 06:59:45 pm

The presentation I like the best is about mobile phone.
Because I choose it, I think the poster was clearly and colorfully.
In addition to, theme and English vocabulary were written in big handwriting.
I don't have good sight, because I can't see small letter.
So, I had to narrow my eyes whenthe poster was written in small handwriting in other presentation.
I was tried my eyes whenever I saw small letter.
However, the poster of presentation about mobile phone was easy to see English words, so I wasn't tried my eyes.
I think that it is very close to my image of the ideal poster.

OE1-Minori.N

7/5/2015 07:31:48 pm

This time our group made a presentation about cellphone addiction.We could talk about it well I thought. The reason is we talked to audience kindly and slowly.And we gave some questions for them.Furthermore we made our poster very hard.
But there were some points that we should improve.For example,we couldn't remember our outline.Therefore we watched our paper sometimes during presentation.
However it was good chance for my English skills become well !!

OE1-chikako

7/5/2015 07:38:03 pm

I thought that the group about mobile phones did the best presentation. Their presentation is very easy to understand.
And told me to look at the eyes.
They gave me a lot of the questions.
So, I thought a lot of things.
I was always conscious so as to match the presenter and eyes.
tomorrow is my presentation, I work hard to be able to like them wonderful announcement of last week.
Or Who is to understand, I do not read just manuscript.
I want to take care of these two things.

OE1-Hiroki

7/5/2015 07:41:04 pm

I think that our presentation was good. We were able to make a poster premeditatedly. In addition, we cooperated and were able to give presentation. I kept it in mind that I raised a voice and read English smoothly. The question from audiences person was able to answer exactly, too. A bad point is that there were few some explanation about the topic. Audiences might have slightly difficult understanding. When I give presentation on the next time, I want to improve this bad point.

Oral English 1: Lesson 12

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