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Hi everyone,
I can't believe we have only three more lessons left before the summer break. This also means we have just two more weeks until our group presentations. Discussions: Overall, everyone has shown a lot of improvement in their discussions. Group leaders are directly asking for opinions and all group members participated in the discussions actively. However, there are times when interactions are only between the group leader and each group members. In our discussions, there also needs to be interactions between group members. In order to encourage interaction between group members, group leaders can ask these questions:
In next week's class, we'll spend about 45 minutes on activities to prepare you for your presentations (e.g. gestures review, eye contact, and voice inflection). For the last part of class, you'll have time to work with your presentation groups to make final preparations. Homework:
Blog Question #9: Tell me about your presentation progress. What have you had to do to prepare for your presentation? What challenges have you had? What are some of your worries about your presentation? *Write 8-10 sentences. *Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly. *Submit by Wednesday, June 26 by 6:00pm.
21 Comments
OE-2 Ryutaro
6/23/2013 01:01:44 am
What we have had to do to prepare for our presentation is having a right understanding of Nelson Mandela and his achievements. We thought that If we don't know about them correctly, we can't present excellently. So, we decided two things. One is that we research about them severally by next Monday. Anothor is that we will gather twice to prepare for our presentation by July 4. I hope that our presentation will go well. But, I have an anxiety. That is my pronunciation. I have bad pronunciation. But, I want not to annoy our group members. Therefore, I pay attention to my pronunciation when I speak.
OE2-Yuki
6/24/2013 12:26:39 pm
I have to prepare the draft of main idea #1 for my presentation, and some of Aung San's pictures to decolate our poster. The challange I have in this work is how we can present her persuasively and attractively. I believe a presentation must attract audiences' attention, and also we should please them. So, I want to arrange and devise it. Therefore my challenges are how to make them so and also this is my worry. However, this is not my personal presentation, but with our group. To make the presentation success, we will join forces to make one good presentation.
OE2-Mamina
6/24/2013 02:19:59 pm
I have to compose the introduction.I think introduction plays an important role at the beginning of the presentation,so I should compose it carefully. When I do presentation, I try to pay attention to the audience. If I feel the strain in doing presentation, I want to speak looking at reaction of them. I don't talk the thing I want to say in English well. Therefore, I am worried about it. Although I have some worries about the presentation, I want to prepare perfectly for the presentation cooperating with my group members. I also hope that our group succeeds in the presentation.
OE2-Kodai
6/24/2013 02:43:55 pm
I have to prepare for the conclusion about the presentation. Our team will do it about Dr.Yamanaka. I think that conclusion decides the overall impression of presentation. What's the reason we chose this topic? What do we want to transfer to everyone in this presentation? Conclusion must be connected to these questions. Therefore, I would like to make so cool and fruitful conclusion. In order to do, I research about him more and more. However, it is difficult to use materials at conclusion. Now I consider whether there is interesting device or not.
OE2-Chiaki
6/24/2013 02:56:43 pm
I’ve had to study about Hayao Miyazaki’s personal history and Studio Ghibli for our presentation. Just in time, my mother bought a book about Miyazaki, so I read it and learn about his life and works. I had thought I’d known about him a lot; however, many things I don’t know were written in the book. I learn about Miyazaki more, I become more interested in him. Now I’m collecting materials for our group’s poster.
OE2-Saki
6/24/2013 11:47:32 pm
I had to search about Takashi Sakamoto. It was easy to find his information. However, there was so much information that it was difficult to decide which information to choose. Also I found it difficult to summarize his information in English. When I do our presentation, I would like to use body languages which we used at the discussion. I also want to speak loud enough so that everyone understands what I announce. However, I'm worried that I can't speak fluently. I will practice hard before the presentation.
OE2-Tomoyo
6/25/2013 12:57:25 am
We have had to enrich ideas of Aung San Suu Kyi on the basis of our presentation outline. In the previous class, we assigned the roles of the preparation. My role is to make the introduction and conclusion. So, I have to organize our thoughts. I would like to fascinate our audience at the beginning of the presentation and close it with words appropriate for the end. However, I think it important to comprehend other members’ roles. All the group members should understand contents of every role. Also, I worry about whether we can attract our audience. I would like to review what I learned in class and improve my presentation skills. We need to take responsibility for our preparation and create a good presentation.
OE-2 Honami
6/25/2013 01:57:57 am
I have to prepare some concise sentences about Hayao Miyazaki's family for our presentation. I am in charge of the part about his parent, his wife and his son. Therefore I am reading the book and learning life of his family. In addition, I need to prepare his family photo. It will makes my explaination easy-to-understand.
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6/25/2013 11:46:31 am
We have had to understand about Nelson Mandela who is our presentation topic. There are four members in our group, so we have shared and each one has studied him. I have taken charge of the introduction which is composed of his life and career. Therefore, I have done a search on the Internet and tried to understand about him. We have made the poster, but I feel it's difficult. The reason is that it's difficult to think about the way how the audience can understand easier just seeing the poster. I also have worried about my explanation. I have to think the way how I can tell the audience smoothly. I also have to understand about Nelson Mandela more. We'll prepare enough and do our presentation.
OE2-Mio
6/25/2013 11:49:56 am
I'm sorry. I mistook. I didn't write my name.
OE2-Akari
6/25/2013 12:33:26 pm
Our group's topic is professor Yamanaka and I take charge of explanation about iPS cell. So, I had to collect information about iPS cell and understand about its history ,good points and issues. I took long time to understand about its theory because it is so difficult for me. And I have two problem which I should deal with by presentation. First, the topic about iPS cell is scientific and many technical terms are necessary for explain. I have to convert difficult words into plain words. Second, I also pay attention to keep a time limit , using gestures and emphasizing important points for better introduce.I must think what information are indispensable for presentation and choose those information. I want to resolve those problems and make our presentation better.
OE2-Miyuki
6/25/2013 02:43:10 pm
I have contributed to constructing the outline. We, our group thought it would be really efficient that one member makes up the outilne, divides it into three parts, and other members take the charge of each one part then the first one correts all three parts again and edits the article, arranges the sentences the same as the others. By doing so we can easily make up our presentation based on the logically connected ideas. I have no worries about our work but it's really sad that I probably can't participate in the presentation.
OE2-Ayame
6/25/2013 02:47:27 pm
We decided ideas which we are going to tell in our presentation, so we have to research about it and think sentences which we write on our poster. And our group have to decide design of a poster specifically. In our last discussion,
OE2-Yuta
6/25/2013 03:04:14 pm
I have to prepare for a part of main ideas. Although we're going to do a presentation about Yamanaka Shinya, I'm in trouble because of a lot of imformation about him. To make matters worth, the time when we can do a presentation is limited, so it is more difficult to summarize what to tell. I also have an anxious point. I'm worried about whether or not I can do presentation smoothly. I'm not good at speaking English and standing in front of others. I'm easy to be nervous and I may lose my pace, so I will prepare for our presentation carefully.
OE2-Yuuki
6/25/2013 03:40:11 pm
I have to prepare for a part of main ideas,professor Yamanaka's life. I had to study his life such as his breakdown and turning point. Also, I selected his important interesting matters, and organize them in English. I tried to focus on his suffering untill he developed iPS cell so that an audience can understand him further. I think studying about him is making progress. However, I'm troubled how I should select the matters which are written in poster and the matters which aren't written and spoken in my own mouth. I wonder we should put many pictures in order to attract an audience's interest, or we should put many information so that an audience can understand easily. We should discuss about poster's composition with my group members.
OE2-Ayako
6/25/2013 04:03:39 pm
Our presentation topic is about Barack Obama, president of America . So,what I have to do is to research his work and his life. He is the first black American president. It have the meaning in our history. Then, I have to understand his thought and have opinion about his work. Worry of our presentation is we don't have time enough to prepare the presentation. We must work each of us. And,I 'll practice of my speech .
OE2-Yugo
6/25/2013 06:32:19 pm
There are two things our group has to prepare. Firstly, we have to examine the background, the present condition and achievement on Barack Obama. Without knowing about him fully, we can’t do presentation well, summarize the solid contents of presentation and draw the poster . Secondly, we have to practice the presentation in advance again and again. Although we can make the preparation of presentation complete, if we don’t practice the pronunciation, eye contacts, gestures of the presentation enough, we can’t do the best. What we worry is how our presentation is paid attention to, and to achieve it is our challenge of presentation. So ,we have to prepare for the presentation inn advance closely.
OE2-Yurina
6/25/2013 06:33:05 pm
OE2-Natsumi
6/25/2013 06:36:51 pm
Our presentation topic is about Hayao Miyazaki, the movie director of Ghibli. I'm in charge of Hayao's career part. I studied "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi:Spirited away." Then I have to make clear sentences so that an audience can understands easily. In addition, I have to do the presentation rehearsal over and over again. This is my first presentation in my OE class so I worry about it a little. I want to practice it many times so as not to feel nervous when I stand in front of an audience. But I think the first thing I have to do is having a smile and enjoying the presentation with my group members!
OE2-Haruka
6/25/2013 06:56:12 pm
Our presentation topic is Nelson Mandela. First, we had to understand his life and achievement. Then, we made outline of our presentation. We divided it into four parts and decided that each person search one part. I have taken charge of main idea 3, his achievement as president and his life after he retired from president. I searched it on the Internet and wrote rough draft of our presentation. It was difficult for me to make a draft because I couldn’t write what I want to say in English smoothly. We also have to make a poster which helps audiences’ understanding. I had to prepare his pictures used in the poster.
OE2-Anjyu
6/25/2013 07:01:18 pm
I have to prepare about how Aung San Suu Kyi got Nobel Peace Price. Also, I have to research the reason why she had house arrest. I've studied about that when I was in high school. However, I forgot the detail. So, I have to search again and understand deeply. And I should write a manuscript by the next class because it will be checked by members. I'm worried about if I could write a pithy and impressive manuscript. I'll provide maximal effort so as to be success presentation. Leave a Reply. |
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