Oral English 2: Lesson 10

Hi everyone,

I've returned all your presentation outlines with my comments. If you have any questions, you can email me or send me a message on Line.

Gestures:
After speed discussion, we learned about gestures. This is a type of body language and is part of "non-verbal communication." Non-verbal language (body language) is just as important (or even more important) than the spoken word. To demonstrate this, I gave a short explanation in French. When I gave my explanation without gestures, NOBODY understood what I said. However, when I supported it with gestures, all of you could understand the main idea of my explanation.

You can use four different types of gestures:
a.  number / sequence
b.  illustration / location
c.  emphasis / focus
d.  comparison

Discussions:
Overall, discussions were very well done today. I was very impressed that all leaders were checking understanding and had strong conversational style in the discussion part. For our last round of discussions next week, please remember these points:

1. Use transitions. Connect each part of your discussion with a transitional expression. You can say "Let's move onto..." (e.g. Let's move onto my summary.")
2. Increase Member-Member interactions: There are a lot of Leader-->Member interactions in your discussions. Try to have your group members ask questions and make comments among themselves. You can use these expressions:

• What do you think of ...'s opinion?
• Do you have any comments or questions about ...'s idea?

Homework:
1. Blog Comment #9
2. Discussion Preparation
3. Presentation Preparation

• correct outline and make poster

Blog Question #9:

Give your opinion on your presentation's social problem and recommend two solutions.

Example:
In my opinion, suicide is an important social issue facing Japanese society. One reason for Japan's high suicide rate is because of the lack of awareness about mental health issues and the lack of services for those with mental illness. One solution is to ... Another one is to ...

• Write 8-10 sentences.
• Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
• Submit by Wednesday, June 17 10 by 6:00pm