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BT - Assessment 1

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Assessment 1

Assessment 1 involves making an individual presentation on an SL-related theme. 'SL-related' can be interpreted in a number of different ways:

you might want to give a description of an interesting place you've been in Second Life;

or you might want to discuss the whole phenomenon of virtual worlds (and people escaping into them);

or you might want to describe specific types of interaction in SL (ever tried changing your gender and seeing how differently you're treated, for example?);

or you might think of another angle which can still be described as 'SL-related'!

Parameters

There are two main parameters you have to keep to:

your presentation cannot be longer than 5 minutes in length

you can only use ONE visual aid (such a single frame from a PowerPoint presentation or a .jpg picture) to help you

Explanation (!)

5 minutes is actually quite a long time to be talking - most people will probably manage it in 2 or 3 minutes - but I need to put some limit on it because of pressure of time.

You're going to marks for what you say, not what you show. When you're presenting in a foreign language, visual aids can actually get in the way: you end up reading from a script, instead of speaking naturally (and it's the spontaneous, natural speech which really makes an impact).

Preparing for Assessment 1

You'll be making presentations at each of the Course Meetings and getting feedback on them, but here are some specific tips:

Start out by checking out the Presentation Tips page in the Course Meeting 1 materials.

Liaise with your buddy group (and with your native speaker partner/s). Try your presentations out on each other and give each other feedback. You could use the method of feedback I use at Course Meetings - or devise your own.

Practise your presentations several times before the big day! (The bathroom mirror is a good audience!). When you're presenting in a foreign language, repeating what you say several times will help you to become 'comfortable' with your language - and to own it.

And, of course, ask if there's anything you're uncertain about.