Red Line 3, Coursebook

24 twenty - four Skills workshop 1 A sports presentation You are going to present a sport. Your presentation should be about ten minutes long. Step 1: Plan your presentation Work in a group of three or four. Which sport would you like to talk about? Listen to each person, and decide together. Here are some ideas: football • rugby • volleyball • hockey • tennis • skateboarding • badminton • table tennis • swimming • athletics • judo • softball • … Step 2: Collect ideas and information 1. Collect information under these headings: equipment • people • history • rules • clothes • events • clubs Share the work! Who is going to look for what information? You can look in the library, in magazines, on the Internet, or ask friends and family. 2. Find or draw pictures and charts. 3. Compare information and pictures. Step 3: Sort / prepare your information 1. Put your information into a good order. Example: 1. introduction 3. history 2. equipment 4. … 2. Write notes on cards for your part of the talk. 3. Number the cards and pictures so you can find them when you give the talk. 4. Do you want to use an overhead projector or a computer? Use the board for vocabulary or quick pictures, too. We could talk about tennis. Don’t read complete sentences in a presentation. It sounds boring. Write short notes on cards so that you can remember what you want to say. You write: You say: PRESENTAT ION SKI LLS Good morning, everyone. We are going to tell you about softball. Have you ever heard of it? We’ve written some special softball words on the board for you. I’m not really interested in tennis. What about softball? Good idea. 2 Karin 1 introduction: softball (vocabulary on board) a softball ball a softball bat S Workshop 1 Presentation skills Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv