ENG 1001 Presentation Overview

Score The ENG 1001 Presentation will count as 20% towards your final grade. It is group work. Everyone should contribute. If some members of your group are not contributing please tell me as soon as possible.

Topic The title of your presentation is Basic English Sentences and Essential Vocabulary in Daily Life of _________________ …where the gap is filled by a chapter title taken directly from the book e.g. Basic English Sentences and Essential Vocabulary in Daily Life of The Physical World (chapter 6)

Include You can include anything from class or anything based on new information or your own research You can take points from class and expand on them Or you can come up with a completely new topic

Score breakdown There will be 2 parts to your score of 20: /10 Relevance to the chosen title -How much information relevant to the chosen title is there? -Is there any new information in there? -Does it recap parts of the course? /10 Presentation skills How professional you are as a group? How interesting your presentation is? Do you read like a robot or speak with emphasis? Did you prepare? How good is your timekeeping? How are the slides you prepared (if any)?

Time limit The presentation should last 10 minutes. We have many groups to present, so you must be ready to present at your time slot. When 10 minutes have almost run out I will warn you that you only gave a minute to finish. You must then conclude.

Failure to present If you fail to present, you will get 0.

Computer You are responsible for checking that your slides are compatible with the computer beforehand. No extra time will be given, and it will affect your grade if there is a technical problem.

Tips Practice the presentation Have one member of the group control the time Introduce yourselves Make sure you get the title EXACTLY RIGHT as on slide 3 Make sure all your slides are on the computer BEFORE the presentations start Keep any text on the slides to a minimum (just key points) DO NOT read off paper. That will affect your grade. Key points on paper are acceptable Keep any videos to a minimum, couple of minutes maximum The following websites may be useful for creating media: Prezi         -     www.prezi.com Powtoon   -     www.powtoon.com Bitstrips    -     www.bitstrips.com Video         -    Serif Movie Plus Starter