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Paper 3 - Presentation

Presentation - Requirements

• 15 minutes for examiner to absorb

• Source materials covering different themes

• Title set by student

• Various formats – should normally include an oral commentary

• Must explore alternative perspectives

Resource Documents

• Will cover different themes

• Are a starting point

• Should lead to a title

• Syllabus requires bibliography - implications

Aaargh, I haven’t taught them about …

• You don’t need to have taught them specifically about the subject matter in the resource booklet.

• The skills and approaches they have learned in the iterations of the critical path will be sufficient.

Global English Documents

• But we’ve done medical ethics, migration and work, industrial pollution and artificial intelligence. How does this relate to Global English?– Skills– Ethical approaches to domination / cultural imperialism– Migration, work, language directly related– Industrial pollution? Language of science is English.– Language of artificial intelligence? Science and English.

Global English Documents

• What titles could students pick?

Improving titles

• ‘English is a global language.’• ‘Is English a global language?’• ‘English around the world.’• ‘Is the global dominance of English a good thing?’• ‘Should Asians resist the influence of Western

cinema?’• ‘Western business practices in Asia: unethical or

effective?’• ‘Should migrants learn English?’

Preparing the presentation

• Limited to documents v more research?

• Selection of material

• Class teaching v one-to-one attention

Death by Powerpoint?

• What is the most effective / creative means of presenting in the student’s chosen area?– NOT an essay on powerpoint– Poster?– Pamphlet?– Bullets and Graphics– Details in oral commentary / presentation

• Can it be submitted electronically?

Poster?

• How might a poster work?