PRES. WEEK OF May 28-June2

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. Do you drink? If yes, How often?
2. What's the stupidest thing you've ever done while drinking? The stupidest thing you've seen a person do while drunk?
3. Have you ever blacked out from too much drinking?
4. What are the best places to go out drinking (which bars, etc.)? Why do you like them?
5. What are the most common occasions for people to get together and drink?
6. Should advertising alcohol on TV be allowed?
7. What are some common reasons that people don't drink?
8. What do you think about people who pressure others into drinking more? Have you ever been in this situation?
9. How would you describe Korean drinking culture to a foreigner?
10. How does drinking affect you? Physically? Emotionally?
11. Do you drink alone? Do you think it's strange when people do this?
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Informative speeches - Important steps

1. Decide on a topic not only you find interesting, but somethign you care about that could be very interesting to other people

2. do not choose trivial or too specific topics (i.e. production of pet food in Korea: who cares about this?)

3. once you decide on a topic, brainstorm all you know about it and also do extensive reading to get more familiar with the topic; I strongly recommend google search in English

4. once you have lots of information about your topic, decide which aspects you will talk about (3-4 aspects is a 'normal' number)

5. organize your presentation in a regular way we learned: have a nice greeting, hook, introduction (say what you are going to say and in what order), inform about questioning rules;middle (with different aspects clearly distinguished); conclusion (summarize your information and end up with an open question or good punchline). Leave some time for questions.

6. this is a time-sensitive presentation. 10 minutes recommended, 12 tolerated

7. use of some kind of visual aid is a must (you can use Power Point; illustrations/pictures/posters; you can draw on the board; you can provide handouts

8. You must write a one page outline of your presentation complete with a list of your sources and submit to me before your presentation.

9. I strongly advise you to clear your topic with me and/or ask your classmates what they think about your choice.

Suggestions:

ENVIRONMENT: recycling, acid rain, global warming, toxic waste, air pollution, population control, rain forests, endangered species, etc.

ENERGY: nuclear power, solar energy, hydroelectric energy

HEALTH: medical costs, stress, junk food, genetic engeneering, nutrition and health, eating disorders, obesity, vegetarian diets, exercise, non-Western medicine

TECHNOLOGY: space travel, animal experiments and medical research, life on other planets, chiropractors, robots, virtual reality

EDUCATION: bilingual education, high school dropouts, sex education, large-scale testing , working students, computers and learnign

FAMILY: divorce, child/spousal abuse, poverty, teenage pregnancy, care of the elderly, pets, the changing Korean family , adoption, international marriages, impact of immigration on families,

SOCIAL POLITICAL CONCERNS: vandalism, the death penalty, homelessness, worldwide starvation, drug use/abuse, rape/date rape, racism and its causes, affirmative action, the peace movement, pornography, FTA, gun control, abortion, gay/lesbian rights, the graying of developed nations, English education 'craze', drunk drivers

ENTERTAINMENT: violence on TV,athlete's salaries,