- •University
- •1.8. Read an extract from the vocabulary entry ‘School’. It is taken from Roget’s Thesaurus of English words and expression. Discuss why all these words appeared under the same headline.
- •Chart 1. The Structure of Vilnius University
- •Chart 2. The Structure of the Belarusian State University
- •Chart 3. Faculty Structure
- •3.3. Study Chart 4 and comment on a possible career of a student in an academic field. Use the following pattern for your comments:
- •Chart 4. Academic Career
- •3.5. Each of sciences has a definite code of majors. Find a proof that specializations presented in Table 2 belong to philological sciences.
- •1St year
- •1St term
- •Informational texts
- •2Nd year
- •3Rd term
- •Sociology
- •Monday 21st – Friday 25th September 2009
- •Is looking for talents!
- •If you want to know more about song and dance culture of your country, learn to dance and sing and see the world with our theatre, join us!
- •6:00 – 7:30 P.M., Main Building,
- •4.2. Which of informational texts from task 4.1. Do you need if
- •4.5. Recall the announcements you have read recently in your university (faculty, institute). Share the information you have learned from them with your classmates.
- •4.6. Read the General Note about proper communication patterns accepted in university surroundings.
- •6.6. Fill in the Self-Assessment Checklist:
- •Self assesment checklist
- •1.1. Look at the map of the Universities marked on the map of Europe. Do you know them? Pronounce their names in English. Sum up the ways universities are named.
- •1.3. Discuss the criteria used to evaluate and make a choice of a university.
- •The newest in my country My University
- •Types of Universities
- •Industrial Shop Corporation
- •Classical Research University
- •Factory University
- •4. Supermarket University
- •5. Project University
- •6. Network University
- •2.1. Read and compare texts and their interpretations. What is the difference between the text and its interpretation?
- •The rules of effective interaction in the Round Table format
- •3.3. Choose one of the topics for discussion and conduct it according to Round Table format rules (do not forget to set time limit to your discussion).
- •Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)
- •4.3. Read in Appendix e about the format of a five-minute speech and present your review in this format.
- •6.2. Choose a well-known university of the world and write why you might want to study there.
- •6.5 Fill in the Self-Assessment Checklist:
- •Self-assessment checklist
- •Topic 3
- •Interaction skills in my new world
- •1.2. Read the extract and check whether your expectations were right. Share your impressions of it. Compare yourself to Lev Tolstoy’s hero.
- •1.6. Extend your Vocabulary Map you made in 1.3. By extending the number of rays and their length.
- •1.8. Present the results of your work in 1.7. To all groupmates and discuss them.
- •White Hat Thinking
- •Red Hat Thinking
- •Black Hat Thinking
- •Yellow Hat Thinking
- •Green Hat Thinking
- •Blue Hat Thinking
- •3.5. Analyze the example when we study some activity used to solve the problem not a particular object – to do or not to do?
- •Rector’s Welcome Speech
- •5.4. Fill in the scheme ‘Hourglass’ on the activity ‘how to study successfully’.
- •5.5. To sum up Unit 3, read the story which happened to one of the authors of this book.
- •5.6. Fill in Self-Assessment checklist: self-assessment checklist
- •Appendices
- •539 School
- •Cognitive map of vocabulary article ‘the University’
- •Variants of presenting only one theme of the map – a:
- •Variants of presenting the whole text (all themes in the cognitive map):
- •International public speaking competition: judging criteria
- •Verbal technique
- •References
International public speaking competition: judging criteria
Audibility, presence on the platform, rapport with the audience, a coherently presented argument and demonstration of the ability to think on one's feet are all key elements in the competition. It is important that Speakers should not appear over prepared and spontaneity will earn them credit.
Speakers should remember that the competition offers them the opportunity to develop and demonstrate public speaking skills. When asking questions, other Speakers should remember that this is not a debate and there are no points for the questioner. Questions should therefore be questions and not statements.
The competition is about the participant's ability to speak in public, not their ability to speak English. Therefore the Judges are asked not to give undue weight to a Speaker's level of English but principally to judge their rhetorical skills. However, the competition organizers recognize that the competition presents a special challenge to Speakers whose native language is not English. The Judges therefore award a prize to the ‘Best Non-Native English Speaker’. This prize is awarded entirely at the Judges' discretion to one of the Speakers in the final.
Use of notes
The use of notes is encouraged but Speakers who rely too heavily on their notes will be penalised. The Judges may penalise speeches which have been closely memorised. Speakers who do this should remember that their speech will lack spontaneity and should also bear in mind that answers to questions cannot be memorised!
JUDGING CRITERIA
Judges will assess a Speaker by reference to the following criteria:
1. Substance
2. Style and Technique
3. Questions
4. General Effectiveness
Substance
(Clarity, structure, focus, development, exposition, knowledge of subject, balance)
Irrelevance should be penalised, whereas carefully selected and relevant evidence will be rewarded.
The speech should hold the audience's attention and be clearly structured.
It should be evident from a good speech that the Speaker has carefully considered the topic. The Speaker should demonstrate an understanding of the issues involved and should develop these into a logical and balanced speech.
Judges should consider how the Speaker has chosen to approach the theme of the competition. Weak or frivolous interpretations are likely to be unsuccessful.
Style and Technique
(Delivery, posture, eye contact, use of gestures)
This section covers not what is said, but how it is said. Speakers are expected to display style and flair, but should avoid being overly pretentious. Speakers who give the impression of reading a script will be penalised.
The following areas should be considered by both the Speakers and Judges:
Oral technique
Speakers should take care to craft their oral presentation. In particular appropriate volume and tone of voice, pitch and pauses should be used, as well as appropriate eye-contact and gesture.