UNIT 3.

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

1rst lesson

 Raising-awareness activities.
1. Questionnaire. 10’
2. Top ten tips for giving an effective presentation according to Steve Jobs
3. Jigsaw reading activity. 45’

* EXTRA WORK. “A memorable speech” (peer review Moodle task)

OPTION A. (2 points) Speaking, Reading & listening activity. A recording summarizing
some webpages giving information about how to give memorable speeches.

OPTION B. (1 point) Writing activity A summary of some webpages giving information

about how to give memorable speeches.

2nd lesson

 Delivery and style

Further techniques for presenting
Airbus presentation about the Global Market Forecast 2012-2031.
The building of the BOEING 777. Allan Mullaly ‘s presentation.

* EXTRA WORK. “Special Mission to Space”

OPTION A. (2 points) “Special Mission to space” (escape room activity). You are going to
go on a special mission to space!
Missions:
1.-MEET YOUR COMMANDER
2.- Radio Communication with Mars
3.-Listen to your Commander
4.-Following instructions to transmit information
5.-Limited time
6.-Help your commander

If you need any help read the document “Tips for the missions” which is in moodle

OPTION B. (2 points) How to organize information effectively in an oral presentation

(traditional format activity)

3rd lesson

 Airbus practice. Speaking, Reading & listening activity

You are working for Airbus and your team needs to present facts and figures to market
analysts.

* EXTRA WORK (1 point). “Pronunciation Task” (moodle activity)

Students record themselves saying a list of words which are frequently used by the
engineering discourse community. (Audio recording)
4th lesson

 Use of Language
Kahoot game related to the jet engine
Jet engine: intonation
Business terms
Grammar patterns: Focussing, rhetorical questions
Language for describing trends and movements
Kahoot game about pronunciation

* EXTRA WORK (1.5 point). “Teaching pronunciation”. (Moodle activity)

Watch Adrian Underhill’s masterclass and write a 500-word paragraph giving
impressions about what you 've learnt about pronunciation from Adrian Underhill’s
video and indicating the sounds you are not familiar with.

5th lesson

 Science TV news programme (1.5 points)

The task
Students create a Science TV Show, a 3-4-minute recording, about some pieces of scientific
news related to Space. The recording should be uploaded to One drive and its link should be
written by all members of the group in their Moodle task.
TED TALKS
Carrie Nugent: Adventures of Asteroid Hunter (5:59’)
Will Marshall: Tiny satellites show us the Earth as it changes in near real-time (7:54)
Moriba Jah: The world’s first crowdsourced space traffic monitoring system (5:21)
Nagin Cox: What time is it on Mars? (13:41S
Students present the TV Show programme in class. (1.5 point)

6th lesson

Assignments (17 points)

 Final oral presentation in pairs about any topic related to Aeronautics. It will take around
3 minutes. It is necessary to use at least 6 different signposters, to apply at least 4
different techniques for presenting and to describe a graph. You have to send the script
and the powerpoint by email mariadelmar.robisco@upm.es (12 points)

 Use of English test (5 points)

Written test about grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.