Presentations or video lectures

1.

PROJECT 1:
PRESENTATIONS OR VIDEO
LECTURES
10 POINTS IN CLASS + 5 POINTS ONLINE

2. Aim

AIM
• PREPARE PRESENTATIONS OR VIDEO LECTURES FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES.
FOCUS:
• STAGING
• DESIGN OF SLIDES
• QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION

3. Project Algorithm

PROJECT ALGORITHM
• CLASS 1. SELECTION OF TOPICS FROM THE LIST. FORMATION OF PAIRS OF PRESENTERS AND
‘COMMENTATORS’.
• CLASS 2. TAKING NOTES FROM SOURCES USED AND PRESENTING OUTLINES. PEER FEEDBACK AND TEACHER’S
FEEDBACK.
UPLOADING OUTLINES ON CANVAS.
UPLOADING PRESENTATIONS ON CANVAS
• CLASS 3. PRESENTATIONS OR LECTURES. QUESTION-ANSWER SESSION. APPOINTED STUDENTS
ASK PREPARED IN ADVANCE QUESTIONS AND GIVE COMMENTS. ASSESSMENT FROM OTHER
APPOINTED STUDENTS.

4.

PRESENTATIONS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS:
• AIMS
• OUTLINE
• SLIDES WITH LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SLIDE
• DEALING WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

5.

LECTURES MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING
ELEMENTS:
• LECTURE AIMS
• LECTURE OUTLINE
• DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS
• TRANSITION BETWEEN PARTS AND MARKING TOPIC CHANGE
• SLIDES AND /OR OTHER VISUALS. SLIDES MUST HAVE LINKS TO SOURCES.
• QUESTION- ANSWERS SESSION

6. Note taking at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYnGhlnzyw

NOTE TAKING
AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=XSYNGHLNZYW

7.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

8. Recommended topics

RECOMMENDED TOPICS
1. Pictograms and Ideograms
13. Company structure
2. Academic culture in American (British) and Russian universities:
14. Role of science and scientists in the society
compare
15. Human impact on environment in Russia
3. Referencing systems in academic writing
16. The role of government in the economy
4. Academic essay
17. Risks and benefits of genetically modified plants
5. Social Consequences of Natural Disasters
18. Company structure
6. Funding healthcare
19. Social responsibility of business
7. Evaluating voting systems
20. Ethical and unethical business
8. Biological mechanisms generating diversity
21. Urban development in the 21st century
9. Human evolution
22. Implications of longer lifespan
10. Dispersals of early humans: migration, adaptation and culture
23. Benefits and drawbacks of professional sport
11. Jobs of the future
12. Upward mobility: job market for my specialization

9. Assessment

ASSESSMENT
Notes and outline
3 points
Presentation: Content, design and oral skills
Lecture: content, way of presenting, interactive
component a plus.
4 points
Question-answer session
3 points
Online component: detailed outlines; correspondence
with partners and reviewers
5 points