Video — Gangnam Style (Cover by Jayesslee on YouTube)

We watched Jayesslee's (Janice & Sonia Lee) cover of Psy's Gangnam Style. They are a talented pair of Korean-Australian women from Sydney. Enjoy it again below:

Lesson 03 – Informative Speeches

Informative Speeches
You will give your Informative Speech to small groups and give feedback using Google Forms.

Informative Speech Feedback Forms
For each speaker, give feedback using the form link below.

Feedback Form


Here are some things to consider when giving feedback:

Posture:

1. FeetDoes the speaker set their feet properly? For men, shoulder-width apart and pointing straight forward. For women, feet pointing out in each direction with one foot a little in front of the other.
2. Hands
   Does the speaker pause before setting hands?
   Does the speaker set their hands properly? One hand should rest in the "hook" of the other hand's fingers.
3. Look
   Does the speaker pause before beginning to look?
   Does the speaker look from one side of the room to the other and back to the middle?
   Does the speaker look slowly?
4. Voice
   Does the speaker pause before beginning to speak?
   Does the speaker take a breath?
   Does the speaker use a loud enough voice?
5. Parts
   Does the speaker introduce the topic?
   Does the speaker talk about each of see, do, eat, getting around?
   Does the speaker review the points at the end?
6. Images
   Are the images interesting?
   Are the images full size?
   Do the images suit the message?
7. Eye contact
   Does the speaker make eye contact with individuals?
   Did the speaker make eye contact with you?
   Does the speaker keep eye contact for about 3 seconds or one sentence?

After we watched more classmates give their Informative Speeches, we began Unit 2: Gestures.

Gestures
Gestures give energy and clarity to your presentations.

• We looked at the Glossary of Gestures on pp. 19-21.
• We did the Gestures Practice on pp. 23-24.

Layout Speech

Next week you will give your Layout Speech. It will be a poster presentation. 

• Your poster needs to be A3 size* (2 A4 pages together is fine). 
• Make a kind of grid for your layout. 
• You can show the layout of a store, a school, a park, an amusement park (but not Disney or USJ). 
• Be sure to fill the poster.
• Plan your gestures.
• Practice your gestures (especially timing).
• Prepare 3 questions.

I recommend printing out your poster as A4 size and then using a copy machine. Choose A3 and the option to resize to the paper size.*

Video — Cello Wars (Star Wars parody by The Piano Guys on YouTube)

The Piano Guys are my favorite YouTube artists. They have great music AND great videos. This one is a parody of my favorite movie from my childhood, Star Wars. Now people call it Episode IV (4) or A New Hope, but it was Star Wars to us when it came out. It wasn't until the stupid prequels (Episodes I, II & III) years later that those names were used.

The ideas of lightsabers, fighting ships flying across the screen, laser guns and The Force were all new and very cool. Star Wars was the first real blockbuster movie. If you wanted to see it when it came out, you might have had to wait hours and there were no reserved seats back then. It stayed in the cinemas for over a year.

I have included a modern trailer of the movie below the Piano Guys video. The original trailer was not very good. Enjoy!

Lesson 2 – Eye Contact

Eye Contact Practice
In this lesson, we practiced eye contact during the speech and watched a demo of our next speech.

Speaking of Speech
We looked at a model Informative Speech on the DVD. Next week you will give an Informative Speech about your hometown or any city. 







Presentation Slides
You have only three choices for software for most presentations:

1. Apple Keynote
2. Microsoft Powerpoint
3. Google Slides

Do not use Libre Office. Keynote is the best choice, but if you don't want to spend money, I recommend Google Slides. 

If you use Google Slides, follow these steps:

1. Go to Google Drive.
2. From the New button on the top left, choose Google Slides.
3. Make your slides.

Your slides should be full slide photographs of your city. The best photographs are your own photographs from your camera or smart phone. If you cannot get your photos yourself, get large photos from Google Images.


Your slideshow should have at least 8 slides:

• A title slide with the name of your hometown and your name. (1 slide)
• An overview slide with your four points (text). (1 slide)
• One (or more) slides for each point. (4 or more slides)
• Summary slide with your four points (images). (1 slide)
• Title slide as your final slide. (1 slide)

Watch Lisa Suzuki's Informative Speech on the DVD again. Practice with your slides many times to be smooth at it. Practice makes perfect! 


Your slides should be full-sized slides photographs of your city. The best photographs are your own photographs from your camera or smartphone. If you cannot get your photos yourself, get large (1024x768) photos from Google Images.

Your slideshow should have at least 8 slides:

• A title slide with the name of your hometown and your name. (1 slide)
• An overview slide with your four points (text). (1 slide)
• One (or more) slides for each point. (4 or more slides)
• Summary slide with your four points (images). (1 slide)
• Title slide as your final slide. (1 slide)

Watch Lisa Suzuki's Informative Speech on the DVD again. Practice with your slides many times to be smooth at it. Practice makes perfect! 

Video – Tom Sawyer by Rush

As I told you in my self-introduction, the Canadian rock trio, Rush, is my favorite band. Geddy Lee, the bass player, is also the singer and keyboardist; Alex Lifeson is the guitar player; Neil Peart is the drummer and lyricist (writer of the words).

Rush's best-known song is Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer is the name of a famous character is American literature. Mark Twain wrote a few novels with Tom as a character who observes human nature. Tom was a boy and had a friend named Huckleberry (Huck) Finn. Huck had his own novel in which he made a raft (small flat boat) and traveled down the Mississippi River with an escaped slave.

In the introduction part of the video there is an animation with characters from South Park (a popular TV show). The characters have their own rock group called Lil' Rush. They start to play Tom Sawyer, but stop to have an argument. It's because the singer confuses Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.

In this song, Peart (the writer) thinks of himself as a "modern-day Tom Sawyer". So, this song is really about himself. I have included the lyrics (words) below the video if you would like to read them. Enjoy!






Tom Sawyer
Words: Peart    Music: Lee & Lifeson

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
He reserves the quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you

No, his mind is not for rent
To any God or government
Always hopeful yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide

Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets by on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day

Lesson 1 – Welcome!

Welcome to Oral Presentations 02 (Intermediate)!

Today, I introduced myself and you gave a short introduction speech and learned about presentation posture. Next week, you will give a presentation with the same information using slides.


First Presentations
Next week, you will give a short presentation about yourself to the class.

Tell us about:

• Your name
• Your family
• Your hometown
• Your interests and/or hobbies (music, sports, activities, school subjects)
  
  
  Bring your Macbook to class every week!