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HapKi
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: Teaching a "Presentation" class |
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I will be teaching a ����ġ (Speech) class at my college next semester. 2 hours a week for the 16 week semester. Class size will be about 30-40 second year students.
It will be designed to give them practice in presentational skills, as in giving speeches, presentations, leading seminars, etc..
I would like to give them 3-4 presentation assignments throughout the semester, though it seems I'll be pressed for time, as a big part of the class will be one student "presenting" in front of a passive audience. Maybe give them checklists so they can help grade each other, as well as create teams of 4-5 students.
Any advice? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:18 am Post subject: Re: Teaching a "Presentation" class |
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| HapKi wrote: |
I will be teaching a ����ġ (Speech) class at my college next semester. 2 hours a week for the 16 week semester. Class size will be about 30-40 second year students.
It will be designed to give them practice in presentational skills, as in giving speeches, presentations, leading seminars, etc..
I would like to give them 3-4 presentation assignments throughout the semester, though it seems I'll be pressed for time, as a big part of the class will be one student "presenting" in front of a passive audience. Maybe give them checklists so they can help grade each other, as well as create teams of 4-5 students.
Any advice? |
Yeah. You're on the right track.
Last summer I taught Multimedia English Listening for Education majors and the point was for them to teach. So I divided the class into two groups on presentation days and I signed out two classrooms right beside each other. I gave all the students evaluation sheets and let them do their thing while I ambled back and forth between the two classrooms.
If you do peer evaluation, make sure that you have a strong, clear rubric. |
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J.B. Clamence
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Start with small groups of 4 students, then work your way down until the final assignment is an individual presentation.
With 30-40 students and only 2 hours a week, you will not have much time to have too many assignments, unless you have big groups and/or leave it completely up to them to do all their preparation outside of class with no supervision. Any individual presentation will take several weeks to get through all your students. Think about how many days each presentation assignment will take and think carefully about whether that gives you enough time to prepare and teach them the necessary skills in between assignments. |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Right. Thanks for the advice so far.
As far as teaching the skills I will be looking for (organization, grammar, presentation, body language, connectiveness with the audience, etc.), I can either lecture on this for the first few sessions, and then have continuous presentations for the rest of the semester, OR stagger the presentations times throughout the semester, with my lectures in between. I think the second option seems better.
I also like the idea of a open discussion following each presentation, where we can highlight good points/ things to work on, using the evaluation checklists I'll provide for the audience. |
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deessell
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:48 am Post subject: |
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You need to buy my Video camera that is 4 sale on daves. It is a great help if you video your student's presentations.  |
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