Lesson Eight - Presentations and Polls

Today we will listen to your presentations on different topics you have chosen. (Let us hope you are ready with them)))) Listen carefully to each other, make notes about what you like and dislike in each presentation as in the end of the lesson we will vote for the best presentation.

Lesson Seven - Presentations and Prezi

Today we are going to speak about presentations. First, discuss the questions:

1. When and why do people need presentations? 
2. What is more important: what is on the slides or what is being told by the presenter? 
3. What do people create presentations for?
4. What are the rules of making presentations? 
5. What mistakes do people do when they prepare their presentations in the design and the presenting by a speaker?

Watch Good and bad presentation. Have you ever seen people behaving like in the video? Have you ever made such mistakes yourself?
Bad presentations are so common that people laugh at them. What mistakes does the speaker laugh at?

Lesson Six - Memrise, Duolingo and Livemocha

What languages would you like to learn for yourself?
Have you ever tried to learn a language on your own?

The three resources of this week's lesson are great to start  (and master) a foreign language.

You can use it to work with your second foreign language. Or third... Or....


 

Lesson Five - Quizlet, LinguaLeo, BBC and VOA

There's abundance of tools for language learning on the Internet. Sometimes you think that there are too many and as a result ... you do not use any. Well, I've always believed that the only way to decide if the site suits you or not is to try it. So let us have a closer look at the two sites that are familiar to some of you.

Lesson Four - Filminute

Today we are going to try the role of film critics and just have some fun.

What film awards do you know?
What do the critics give awards for?
Rank the following in the order of its impotance for making a good film:

• captivating plot
• well written characters
• atmospheric soundtrack
• incredible special effects
• great acting