TASK & ASSESSMENT Oral Presentations

Objective: Prepare an Explanatory Synthesis

Delivery: An oral presentation in pairs / group of three students maximum - Duration 10 minutes

Use of signpost / signal language to help structure and deliver the topic

Brief notes are allowed (but no reading from script!)

Format: A visual presentation using slides

Step 1 – Chose a topic

The Topic must have 4 reference documents to work on and one of the documents must be audio / visual.

e.g Document - 1 Audio / video

Document - 2 written article / extract from a written source

Document -3 written article / extract from a written source

Document -4 written article / extract from a written source

N.B the documents must, of course, have a common link to your chosen topic and illustrate facts, causes,
consequences, outcomes (negative & positive) solutions …. etc.,

The documents should contain contrasting or conflicting points of view from the authors or journalists.

Step 2- Prepare an oral presentation of the topic. The presentation will be an explanatory synthesis of your topic with
the referenced documents. It will not be your personal or your team’s opinion. It has to be presented from a neutral
position.

The presentation will include:

An Introduction with a statement outlining the subject of the topic. It will be clear and precise and avoid details.

A plan on how the presentation will be presented with the use of signpost / signal language

The principal slides containing the explanation of the subject elaborating on the facts, causes, consequences, outcomes
(negative & positive) solutions …. etc.,

A conclusion to summarise all the points that were presented.

and Credits & references with the names and the links to all the four documents’ sources that were used.

Presentation Rules 5 – 10 - 30

5 SLIDES ( slide N° 5 must contain the source credits and references)

10 MINUTE PRESENTATION

30 SIZE FONT on slides

Step 3 – Practice! And then practice again and again and again and again …

Step 4 (optional) Film / record your presentation with a laptop & webcam/ camera / smartphone / or via skype

The FINAL DOCUMENT MUST BE HANDED IN BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.