1. MCS 2160 Presentation
Overview

2. Score
The MCS 2160 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.

3. Topics Choose one topic for your presentation:
The Language of A Movie Of Your Choice
The Language of You Choose
The Language of Justin Bieber’s Music
The Language of Game Of Thrones
The Language of Twitter

4. Include You should focus on the language only Ideas:
-Compare it to more formal language
-How is this language original?
-Why is the language written in this way?
-What influence has this type of language had?
-Give examples

5. 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)?

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

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

8. Tips Practice the presentation beforehand
Have one member of the group control the time
Introduce yourselves
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 (a couple of minutes maximum) and ask yourself ... are they really necessary?
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