Friday Presentations

Friday, January 3rd, 2016

1. Hobbies

Everybody has hobbies, and everybody loves talking about them. Hobbies could be passions too, you know. Plan a short presentation (2-4 minutes long) to talk about your favourite hobby/hobbies. Think of these simple questions to help you create your presentation.

·         What are your hobbies?

·         Why do you like your hobbies so much?

·         How often do you do these hobbies?

·         How long have you been doing these hobbies, and how did you get started?

·         What hobbies did you used to have, but now do not?

·         Why did you stop them?

·         Is it important to have hobbies? Why/why not?

Friday, December 16^th, 2016

Making New Year's resolutions is a common practice for many people around the world. Think of the resolutions you want to accomplish in 2017 and give us a quick 2-minute talk about your plans, why you picked these exact resolutions, and how serious you are about them.

Thursday, November 3^rd presentation

Since we all come from different backgrounds and culture, it is always a good thing to share our experience and culture with others.

Share a famous fable from your culture with your peers. Tell them why you chose this exact one, why it is important in your culture, what it represented, and how it affected you as a person.

 Friday, Oct. 28th Debate

Should the government ban bottled water?

Plan your side of the debate, then click on this link to have more ideas and try to find more resources on it.

 Useful Expressions and Transitions for Debating

Agreeing and Disagreeing

•That doesn’t take away from the fact that... 

•That’s beside the point.

•With all due respect...

•I agree with you there.

•I agree with ---- (name).

•I see your point, but...

•That may be true, but...

•We’re going to have to agree to disagree. 

•I get/see where you’re coming from, but... 

•I’m afraid I disagree entirely.

•I’m afraid I’d have to disagree. 

•I agree to some extent, but...

•I disagree with you there. 

•Pardon me for disagreeing, but …

Interrupting/Asking to Contribute

•I hate to interrupt, but...

•If I may come in here...

•I’d like to add something.

•Would you like to contribute something? 

•I’d like to raise a point.

•If I could speak for a moment... 

•I’d like to cut in here.

•You haven’t answered my question.

Persuading

•Can you see where I’m coming from?

•I challenge you to give this a try/chance. 

•I want you to see it my way.

•Put yourself in my shoes.

•Am I getting through to you?

Expressing an Opinion

•In my honest opinion... 

•It is my belief that... 

•From my experience... 

•From where I look at it... 

•From my point of view…

Clarifying/Rephrasing

•Let’s be clear here...

•I think you misunderstood what I said. What I said was... (repeat a point that was misunderstood or confused)

•What I meant to say was... (rephrase something in a way that is clearer)

•In other words...

•What I was trying to say before I was interrupted is that…

Summarizing/Concluding

•So let me get this straight, you think... 

•To conclude...

•I’d just like to summarize by saying... 

•Finally, I’d like to reiterate that...

•It’s time to take stock of what we’ve heard today. 

•Both sides have some valid points.

•The stronger argument/team today is...

Modified from: www.esllibrary.com

Friday, Sep. 23^rd Presentation

Describe a Conflict You Once Had

In two to three minutes, think of a situation where you had a conflict with somebody, either at work, family, friends, neighbours … etc. tell your peers where was that incident? What happened? How did you handle that situation? And what was the other person’s reaction?

 Friday, September 09, 2016

“Readers learn to read by reading” (Day, 2013, p. 19).

 For our upcoming presentation, in two to three minutes, summarize something you have read in the past week(s). We will start a new strategy to be fluent readers, so please read one section/chapter from your reading material three times and time yourself each time.

Share it with the class and include the following thoughts:

• What is the name of your reading material?
• Why did you choose this book/article/ News … etc.?
•  Did you find interesting? Why?
•  What did you learn from it?
•  How long did you take to read it for the first time? second time? third time?
•  Do you consider yourself “a fluent reader”?  Why or why not? What would you do about it? 

Thursday, July 28^th Presentation

Do you see yourself as a successful person?

Define what success means to you. Is it related to wealth, education, possessions, family, authority, or power …etc.?

Who do you consider as successful figure(s) in life? Why?

Friday, July 22^nd Presentation

Based on all what we have talked about regarding skills and abilities during this week. Each one needs to think closely and assess one’s own abilities. Then, give a two-to-three minutes presentation on the following statement:

I am special because ……

• You need to mention area(s) that you excel in.
• How and why did you learn to do that?
• Who helped you out and when?

Friday 15^th Presentation

For the past two weeks, we have learnt a lot of vocabulary that I would like you to revisit. So, our presentation for this week will be a little different; it will be super interactive. Each one is required to pick up 5 words from the new vocabulary that you have learnt and construct a very short story on them. While he/she is presenting the story, everyone else will be writing down how many words the presenter uses from our list of vocabulary. The one who gets them all will be the next person to present and so on!

We might have some gifts for the one(s) who will get most of the vocabulary right! Just saying J

Book Summary

Our coming presentation will be an individual one and will take place on Friday, July 8, 2016. Each one is required to summarize a book that he/she has read during your week off and present the summary within two to three minutes to the rest of your peers.

You need to include the following:

• The book/article/newspaper’s name

• The author’s name

•  The main idea or theme of the book

•  What you learnt after reading it

•  One thing you would like to share with the rest of your classmates

Group presentation

Group presentation about Canada's provinces is due on Monday, June 20, 2016. Here are the group presentation’s guidelines:

1. PowerPoint presentation that does not exceed 10 minutes
2. Mutual engagement from all group members
3. Presentations are rehearsed and edited before presenting
4. Audience engagement is a must

Make sure to cover the following items:

• Location
• Population
• Famous industry
• Points of interests
• Job market

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Pick one thing that you feel that you are expert on and share this expertise with your peers in 3/4 minutes max. Try to use as many as you can from all the new vocabulary that we have been learning.

What you need to include is as follows:

• What is the thing/activity/knowledge/experience … etc. that you feel that you are so good at it?
• How did you become expert on it?
• What is your evidence that you are so good in or at this? Share one example
• What are the tips that you want to share with your classmates to make them good at this as well?

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Describe a memorable journey you have made.

You should say:

• where you were going
• how you were travelling
• why you were making the journey

and explain what made the journey so memorable.


Friday, April 22, 2016

Culture Show Presentation

Talk for 2/3 minutes about something that you want to share with your peers about your culture.

Try to follow these guidelines:

• Bring a realia with you à pictures, real object(s), handout, PowerPoint presentation … etc.
• Tell us why you chose this topic
• How important it is in your culture
• Anything else you want to share

Friday, April 15^th, 2016

Describe a festival that is important in your country.

You should say:

·         When the festival occurs

·         What you did during it

·         What you like or dislike about it

·         And explain why this festival is important


Thursday, April 7, 2016

This week’s task is a debate. Brainstorm ideas within your small group. Each member should prepare one point to talk about it. Assign one person for the opening statement and one person for the closing statement. We will follow the same rules as in our previous debates.

 Do you agree with the concept of minimum wage? Why or why not?


Friday, April 1, 2016

Think of one time that you had a conflict/problem/misunderstanding with someone, this can be at work with your boss, colleague(s), or at home, family, friends …etc, and plan two to three minutes max. to talk about it.

Use the following points and questions to guide you in your presentation:

• Express briefly what the situation was.

• What did you do to solve it or to fix the problem?

• What was the other person’s reaction to you?

• How did it finally end?

Friday, March 11, 2016

As discussed, we will start to implement a speaking activity every Friday. Each one is to present two/three minutes talk max. on a given topic. You do not need a power-point presentation or anything; all you need is to think and rehearse your talk. 

This Friday's topic is as follows:

Talk for 2/3 minutes on an incident from your life that taught you a positive lesson. Try to be descriptive as much as you can; you can act it out if you want.