BEC: April 3rd

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IMPORTANT DATES:

April 10th: in-class preparation for the written and oral exam. I will tell you in detaill what and how to study for the exam.
April 17th: written exam, 2 hours, in the classroom (vocabulary, grammar, listening) (10% of your total grade)
April 24th: oral exam. What is it? It is your 3-5 Minute presentation in front of the whole class: "MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A CHILD OR ADULT" (20% of your total grade). You will not have to prepare anything else for your oral exam - your presentation is your oral exam.

You are graded from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) in the following categories: a) choice of topic (interest and level), b) evidence of preparation, c) organization, d) sufficient use of details, e) quality of langauge (grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary), f) level of comfort (posture, eye contact).

All of this is already mentioned in your "Assignment Sheet" that was given to you during our first class. Read it again.

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HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK ( do not tell me: I didn't understand what the homework was!)

1. Workbook, page 22
2. In case you have not answered the questions on your "personal experience" handout, do it now. Bring the sheet to class.
3. Write the first draft (rough, unedited, uncorrected version) of your presentation. How do you do it? Use the information provided by answering the questions on the handout. Add more details and organize your presentation in such a way so that it has the start (introduction, greeting the audience); the middle (the presentation of your personal exeperience); conclusion (summary of main points and thanking the audience for listening).
**To help you write your homework, look at the presentation guidelines and a sample presentation I wrote for you and read in class (title: The time I got lost) - scroll down PART FOUR of this entry.

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In our April 3rd Class we covered:

Grammar - Simple Future expressed with "to be + going to + verb".

We use this form of the simple future to express plan/intention or prediction.

"Be going to" expresses that something is a plan/intention. It expresses the idea that a person intends or plans to do something in the future.
EXAMPLES:He is going to spend his vacation in Hawaii.
We are going to meet each other tonight at 6:00 PM.A:
A: Who is going to make John's birthday cake?
B: Sue is going to make John's birthday cake.

Also use this form to express prediction:

The Korean movie "The king's jester" is going to win an Oscar. ( I think , or I predict)
Te weather is going to be nice on the weekend. (I predict)
You are going to fail this exam. ( I predict).
To see how to create negative and question forms, look at page 143 in your textbooks.

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PRESENTATION: Rules and a sample

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS –SPEECHES
Public speaking is very different from speaking in an informal conversation. The way one speaks in public is carefully structured and grammatically and stylistically perfected. Also, the presenter pays attention to his posture, gestures, voice, and language.

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

START: Introduction

a.Welcome the audience
b.Introduce the subject (what you will tell)

MIDDLE: The speech (the setting, such as time, place; what and how it happened; how did you feel)

END: Conclusion

a. Summarize the highlights
b. Thank the Audience


PRESENTATION SAMPLE

Personal experience: The time when I got lost

Questions to help you remember your experience: (same as on your handout)

What type of experience was it? It was a scary experience.
Where were you? I was at a farmers’ fair in a small town.
When were you there? I was there when I was 4 years old.
Who was with you? I was there with my father.
What were you doing? We were waiting in line to buy ice cream.
Why were you there? To buy some fresh vegetables and home-made products.
How were you feeling? I was feeling scared.
Why did you feel that way? I felt that way because I was very small and I was afraid of strangers. I though I had been lost to my family forever.
What was your goal? (________________)
How did you react? I was shouting my father’s name.
How did the story end? Some people had a loudspeaker and they announced to the crowds that a child got lost. My father came running to me.
Why will you never forget the experience? It was a very scary and sad experience and I learned a lesson never to let go of my parents' hands when in crowded public places.

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PRESENTATION: The time I got lost

START

(GREETING THE AUDIENCE, formal): Good afternoon/morning/evening Ladies and Gentlemen. (Informal): Hello everyone. Thank you for your time and attention. (Introduction of the subject): I’d like to tell you today about an unforgettable personal experience that I had when I was a child. I will tell you how I got lost at a farmers’ fair when I was only 4 years old.

MIDDLE:(SETTING: TIME, PLACE (details) /(WHAT HAPPENED, HOW YOU FELT) .

(SETTING) Many, many years ago, when I was only 4 years old, my father and I went to a farmers’ market not far away from our home town. It was a beautiful summer day. I was wearing a pretty red dress with a matching red hat. The market was in a little town not far away from my home. Many farmers came there to sell their fruits, vegetables, dairy products and home-made cakes, cookies, jams, pickles, and items they didn’t need anymore, like old tools, furniture, clothes and shoes. Almost every Saturday, my father and I were sent there by my mother for grocery shopping, while she cleaned our house.

(WHAT AND HOW IT HAPPENED): I was very happy because my father bought me everything I wanted. At one point, I spotted a long line of people in front of an ice-cream truck. I pulled my father’s hand and pointed at it. He knew what I wanted, so he smiled and we joined the line. We waited for a long time. My father was talking with someone, not paying attention to me. I got thirsty and I wandered away to get some water from the sprinkler not far away surrounded by children who were playing with it.

Unfortunately, I got lost. Pretty soon, I could see neither the sprinkler nor the ice cream. I got scared and started crying calling for my father. Lots of people surrounded me asking for my name and my parents’ name, but I wouldn’t tell them because my parents had taught me not to talk to strangers. Finally, someone came with a loudspeaker and yelled into it that there was a lost child close to the petting zoo.

(HOW IT ENDED) Five minutes later, my father came running, sweaty and dusty. He had been looking for me all over. He swept me into his arms and started crying. “Dad,” I told him, “you got lost.” Then he smiled.

(CONCLUSION)

I will never forget this experience because this was the first time I ever got lost and scared. I learned a lesson of never letting go of my parents’ hands when in crowded places. Also, my family members are still teasing me about telling my father that he had got lost, not me. I hope you enjoyed my story and I appreciate your attention. Thank you so much for listening to me.