B1 Second level

B1 Second level
Preparing my Presentation
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Welcome
Welcome back dear apprentices!
So far, my friend Stacey and I have looked for information about recycling,
formulated our research question, objectives and forms to organize the
information. Let’s review how we did that!
Let’s start!
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Warm up
STACY:
Anthony, I want to make sure you really understood everything we did with our
project and you could do it again if we started a new project. So, let me ask you
some questions about our project and its process.
ANTHONY:
Go ahead! I can remember everything you said about our project. I know that
when you start researching about a topic, you need to gather many ideas until
you find one that you are interested in. After that, you must put the idea in a
specific context and define who will work and how to work on the idea.
STACY:
Very good! But, how do you narrow the topic?
ANTHONY:
I need to look for key concepts and I can define them in a glossary. There, I can
write the function they have in the sentence or their grammatical category, write
if it is a general or specialized concept, its definition , translation and the sources
where I found the information about the concept.
STACY:
What do you do after that?
ANTHONY:
I need to find a question that will guide my research. This question must be clear,
concise and focused on the topic I’m addressing.
In order to formulate an effective guiding question, you should : choose a
general topic, do preliminary research about it, narrow your topic, start asking
questions, make a list of possible guiding questions, evaluate your options and
choose the most suitable question.
I can ask other questions that will make my research more specific.
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STACY:
Wow! You have become an expert in projects!
ANTHONY:
Oh, let’s not forget
about organizing my
ideas in a flowchart.
They are diagrams with
symbols and arrows.
With a flowchart I can
show the steps of a
process and relations
among them.
Do you remember the
diagram we made for
our project? It’s this one!
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STACY:
All processes happen in a certain way. You usually follow some steps in order to
achieve the best result. Imagine you are creating a glossary, a guiding question
and a flow chart. Click to go from Start to Finish indicating the correct order of
the steps you need to follow to work with them.
Oh, dear Anthony! You can remember many things we did for our project, but
you also forgot important aspects!
ANTHONY:
No way! What did I forget?
STACY:
You forgot the objectives and justifications of the project.
ANTHONY:
I knew it! But, how can I stop leaving aside some parts of our project?
STACY:
I’ll show you!
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Let’s get inside
STACY:
In order to make sure you have included all you needed in a speech,
presentation, paper, etc., you can use a checklist.
ANTHONY:
A checklist? I’ve heard about them but I haven’t used them.
STACY:
A checklist is a comprehensive list of important actions or steps to be taken in a
specific order. In checklists, information must be simple, brief and effective.
ANTHONY:
How much information should I include in a checklist?
STACY:
Not much. A checklist must only contain from five to ten items, easy to
remember due to their importance.
ANTHONY:
Do you have any other advice for me to make a checklist?
STACY:
Do you have any other advice for me to make a checklist? Yes, include aspects
you consider priorities and write the items in such a way that you suggest a
concrete action towards meeting this priority.
To make sure your checklist is effective, you can use a checklist like this:
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Let’s analyze
STACY:
Anthony, there’s another way you can write your checklist. It doesn’t use questions
but complete sentences. They are usually written in simple present. Therefore,
verbs must take the characteristic –s in the third person. Take a look at the
following checklist and the words highlighted.
You could also write these items using present perfect since they refer to a past
action being studied in the present.
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References
References
Business Dictionary. (n.d.). Business Dictionary Online. Retrieved on October 28th
2013, from:
http://goo.gl/vYYQx3
Cranston, Jane. (n.d.). Project Check Online. Retrieved on October 28th 2013,
from:
http://goo.gl/UMMiEY
Project Check. (n.d.). Executive Coach NY. Retrieved on October 28th 2013, from:
http://goo.gl/ascV9J
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Credits
Credits
Pedagogical Direction
Multimedia Development
Paul Cifuentes
Lina Juliana Garzón
Carlos Amaya
Paulo Santacruz
Adriana Guerrero
ICT Leadership
Yeison Ospina
Audio Production:
David Molina
Direction of Technology
Wes Manuel
César Páez
Quality management
Juan Carlos Rojas Lozada
Script composition
Diana Isabel Cantor
Content Support
Diana Isabel Cantor
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