EF12SL12 Class 35

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      “Advice on Public Speaking”

·      Presentations- first group

·      Finish “How to Fill Out a Form”

·      Pronunciation words

·      Continue dialogue “Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

·      Begin “100 Most Common Adjectives”

·      Begin adjectives and adjective forms

 

·      IF TIME Continue “Forms of Simple Sentences”

Prepare for Quiz 7

 

Wednesday

·      Spoken presentations 2

·      Continue adjectives and adjective forms

·      Reading “World’s Oldest Person”

 

Thursday

·      Spoken presentations 3

·      Continue adjectives and adjective forms

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Friday

·      “Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 8

 

 

 

 

 

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Advice on Public Speaking- oral or spoken presentation

 

It’s very normal to feel nervous about talking to a group.

Everybody is scared or at least wary of speaking in public.

 

wary of = nervous/worried about   

 

#1 fear of most people is public speaking

 

If you feel nervous, you are in good company.

 

-when faced with an opportunity to do some public speaking

-autonomic responses – unconscious, automatic body responses, we can’t control them

-                      bad dreams the night before

-                      hard to get to sleep the night before

-                      nervousness

-                      heart racing

-                      upset stomach

-                      knot in your stomach

-                      butterflies in your stomach

-                      jittery, shaky hands

-                      sweating

-                      clammy hands

-                      voice cracks

-                      have to go to the bathroom

-                      red face, blush, flush

-                      mind goes blank

-                      feel faint, dizzy, light-headed

-                      crying

-                      laughing

-                      pacing, moving a lot

 

 

These are normal and predicable responses.

Most of us are all in the same boat here. We are in the same shoes.

 

IDIOM in good company, in the same boat, in the same shoes- we all share the same experience

 

REMEMBER: We’re all on your side. Everybody wants you to do well.

 

Try to relax, if possible.

 

We are interested in what you have to say.

 

If you mess up, just take a second. Take a moment. Take a deep breath.

We’ll wait.

Then keep going.

 

No need to apologize. Don’t apologize.

 

 

Four Tips/Pieces of Advice I Gave My Children for Public Speaking

 

1. Deaf grandmother- speak up, speak a bit louder than usual, slow your rate of speech down a bit, slower than usual

2. Good dog!- energetic tone, energy in your voice, animated, avoid monotone

3. Magic eye – eye contact, right between the eyes

4. Wavy hands- hand gestures, be careful of pacing

 

It gets easier with practice.

If you see a presenter that you like, copy some aspects of their style.

 

EXTRA TIP: Reframe in my mind- no group, just individuals

Everybody is on your side.

 

 

 

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Finish “How to Fill Out a Form”

headache

backache

toothache

earache

stomachache

 

ache- hurts, sore

I have a sore stomach.

 

vomit- throw up

 

I broke my elbow. I broke my wrist.

She broke her collar bone.

 

He sprained his wrist. He bent it too far.

She sprained her ankle/finger/neck.

 

chemotherapy- key-moe   - treatment for cancer

You take powerful chemicals that will kill the cancer.

 

x-ray – seeing your bones inside your body

MRI- magnetic resonance imagery- a way to see inside your body

CAT scan- another way to see inside your body

 

 

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“Going to a Walk-In Clinic”

Let’s get into our small groups. We can practice the Dialogue Reading. We also other choices in “Practice”

Later, we will say them out loud for the class.

 

Patient- the person who is sick

Receptionist- person at the front desk, like a secretary, office manager

 

First come- first served- no appointment, no reservation

 

See you shortly. See you soon. It will be just a few minutes.

 

 

 

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Begin “100 Most Common Adjectives”

Let’s look over these adjectives.

Which ones do you know well already?

Which ones are new to you?

We’ll talk about them in a few minutes.

 

70. significant – important

She moved to Canada. This was a significant event in her life.

July 1^st is a significant day in Canada. It is Canada Day.

 

99. traditional- old-fashioned, the old ways of doing things, cultural, heritage

Amir is a traditional man. He is old-fashioned.

She likes traditional Kurdish dresses.

He likes traditional Sudanese music.

 

91. religious- church

She is a very religious woman. She goes to church every Sunday.

He is a religious man. He goes to mosque five times a day.

Christmas is a religious holiday.

Religion is a personal choice in Canada.

 

45. international – all countries in the world

English is an international language.

He took an international flight. He flew from Canada to Mexico.

 

national- one country

CBC is the national broadcaster for TV and radio in Canada.

 

podcast- internet shows

 

85. democratic- a government that is ruled by the people, a country that has free and fair elections, the people vote for their government in elections

 

Iranian people are fighting for democracy.