English assessment-Oral Presentation

[Albeno69]

Haha did anyone here memorise their whole oral? I'm wondering if I should do it or not.. hmmm

na i never have just made sure i look up at the audience and didnt read from palm card to audience

[minilunchbox]

Haha did anyone here memorise their whole oral? I'm wondering if I should do it or not.. hmmm

I decided to re-write mine entirely the day before so I finished it at around 5pm. I freaked out and read it approximately 984034 times. It was great because I ended up memorising it and I looked at my speech (woo, we use music stands so I could wave my arms around hysterically) around once. My teacher thought that I did lots of preparation and mentioned it to the other class.

[monokekie]

Haha did anyone here memorise their whole oral? I'm wondering if I should do it or not.. hmmm

na i never have just made sure i look up at the audience and didnt read from palm card to audience

I always memorise it, the point of an oral is to Present your point, so the less reading-it-out you do, the better. Cue cards are there to Remind you, its a way to fail-proof, but the less you look at it, the better. Normally I just hold the cards in my left hand and treat them like accessories.

[Aqualim]

Haha did anyone here memorise their whole oral? I'm wondering if I should do it or not.. hmmm

I memorised my whole oral, didn't need palm cards or a speech, basically just had points which I was going to bring up and spoke about them (this is along with a powerpoint though). I'd strongly advice to use minimal notes/typed up speeches/palm cards, as this then shows the marker that you understand the topic, and are simply not just reading off palm cards.

If it persuades you, I was the only student out of 160-odd to get full marks because of it. That and I had a kick-ass slide-show

[akira88]

Haha did anyone here memorise their whole oral? I'm wondering if I should do it or not.. hmmm

I memorised my whole oral, didn't need palm cards or a speech, basically just had points which I was going to bring up and spoke about them (this is along with a powerpoint though). I'd strongly advice to use minimal notes/typed up speeches/palm cards, as this then shows the marker that you understand the topic, and are simply not just reading off palm cards.

If it persuades you, I was the only student out of 160-odd to get full marks because of it. That and I had a kick-ass slide-show

Lol good work! Hmm I'm going to dress up for my oral, and that will be my non-verbal prop

[lachymm]

I have like 2 weeks and havent started :S

[m@tty]

Don't worry. I did mine the day before....

[lachymm]

Srs? I wouldnt be confident enough.

[m@tty]

Yeah, I'm serious. And I went for 12.5 minutes

I would recommend a little more preparation though, I was "umming and ahhing" quite a bit.

I had already been thinking about the issue prior to actually writing out my powerpoint, I also found a springboard in some discussion here. Also I found some great papers and articles on the subject, which reduced my need for research dramatically.

Anyway, you should definitely start preparing and thinking now. And possibly make a general schedule for your discussion. The key is thinking, if the issue, and your viewpoint, is clear in your mind, your speech will work out well. If not, then you are screwed...

[Blakhitman]

ughh I Can't be bothered preparing for my oral..

I never prepare properly for any English assessments...

[akira88]

ughh I Can't be bothered preparing for my oral..

I never prepare properly for any English assessments...

I feel your pain.... just thinking about English makes my stomach sink...
lmao..

[physics]

ughh I Can't be bothered preparing for my oral..

I never prepare properly for any English assessments...

I feel your pain.... just thinking about English makes my stomach sink...
lmao..

+++++++++++++++1 i agree *nod*