Notice
Activities we did in class...
In short your paper, through the questions or your own reflection, should tell me the story of your experience of the Applied English course and our classes together.
If you missed classes…
… you should, first of all, make up for them by doing the class exercises we did by doing presentations with family, friends or class collegues:
Wear something to share a story about.
Teach a bit of your native language , or another language you know very well, to people who do not know it.
Describe something in your native language , or another language you know very well, to people who do not know it or do charades/mimare so that they can guess what you are describing.
Tell a story illustrated by one picture from your phone.
Tell a story with your eyes closed to a small group (their eyes should be open) and then do the opposite – the group should close their eyes and you tell another story with your eyes open.
Tell an action story with some ‘assistants’ illustrating your story by doing charades/mimare.
Do an interactive demonstration to teach something.
Tell someone a personal story of your own and then listen to them tell your story to others, and the opposite, you listen to their story first and then you tell their story to others.
Do a presentation on something that inspires you or perform a magic trick.
Then you could also include more about the following:
Reflect on the use of the ‘Elements in a Presentation’ diagramme and how it can assist to improve your presentations.
Reflect on the points in the 'Safe and Experimental Self' list that we looked and is in the course material.
Reflect on the use of storytelling as a TED Talk technique and explore how various speakers use it.
Find a TED talk that inspires you – why is the speaker good? Analyse their techniques.
We talked in class about about 'fear' of public speaking. What are your thoughts on this?
We looked at the writing triangle. How useful does this seem to be for you?
We looked at the 'key points pentagram'. How is it a useful method?
Write a reflection on ‘You and self-esteem/assertiveness’.
You should read about and consider the Johari Window model…How does it apply to you in different circumstances? (Meeting new people or being at a party, being in new circumstances, being on a work experience, being abroad and travelling, or with family and close friends, speaking in front of people, etc…).