January 16th lesson

Dear students,
Today (and January 23rd) is your final presentation day. You should all be prepared and ready to deliver your final speech today, as I will call on people at random to deliver their speeches. The presentation is worth 30 percent of your final grade so please make sure to be ready and do your best.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

December 19th lesson

Dear students,
Today you should prepare for your final presentation in January. Please choose a topic from:

Fashion and Design
Globalization
Gender
Human Rights
Language
Media

Your presentation should be new and interesting and should include research and critical thinking. Below is a checklist that may help you to prepare, so please download it and bring it to class.

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/presentationprep-final.pdf

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

December 5th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will talk about language. Please download the prints and bring them to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/language3.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/language4.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

November 28th lesson

Dear students,
Today is your third of four class presentations. You will be graded on content and delivery. Content includes your research and critical thinking, and delivery includes communicating with the audience with one's eyes. If you are not fluent in English yet, please make sure to memorize your speech well enough to appear fluent. You should speak for at least three minutes per person.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

November 21st lesson

Dear students,
Today you will start your third topic, the media. Please download the worksheet prints and bring them to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/media2.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/presentationprep.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

November 14th lesson

Dear students,
Today is your second of four three-minute presentations. The assessment criteria for your human rights speeches will be slightly different than last time.
You will be assessed on:fluency (in order to avoid reading you should memorise or use notes) - 3 points
content (including research and critical thinking) - 3 points
clarity of expression (grammar range and accuracy, and vocabulary use) - 2 points
pronunciation - 2 points
Good luck,
Chris Elvin

November 7th lesson

Dear students,
Thank you for coming to class on the 24th of October and doing a great job studying a difficult topic in a foreign language. Today you will work with your team preparing for your presentation on the 14th of November. Any human rights issue that pertains to the thirty articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be fine, so please work together with your group to present a coherent point of view.
On the 14th, the assessment feedback criteria will be slightly different from the first presentation. The criteria will be fluency (not reading), grammatical range and accuracy, pronunciation, and content (which includes research and critical thinking).
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 24th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will start studying human rights. It may be a little difficult, but I hope it will also be rewarding.
Please download the prints below and bring them to class.

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/humanrightsUDHR.pdf
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/humanrights2.pdf

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 17th presentation

Dear students,
Today you will do the first of four ten-point presentations as part of a group. You should speak for at least three minutes each. Your delivery will probably be better if you use presentaion software than if you do not. You will be assessed on fluency (eye contact and not reading), content, delivery, and research and critical thinking.
Good luck!
Chris Elvin

October 10th class

Dear students,
Today is preparation for your first presentation on October 17th. You should research your topics in advance and finalize your speeches today. If you want to use presentation software, please bring your computer to class. I can check your visuals if you wish.
Your presentations should be three minutes per person, and should include research (other people`s ideas) and critical thinking (your group`s original opinions). You should also remember that organization, grammar, vocabulary, content and delivery are important.
If you want to deliver your presentation today, please tell me in class. Otherwise, you should be ready to present on the 17th.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 3rd lesson

Dear students,
Thank you for coming to class on Friday.
The topics chosen by you for this semester are fashion and design, human rights, media, and language, and the topic for today will be fashion and design. Please download the print below and bring it to class.

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/designandfashion2.pdf

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Welcome to Chris Elvin's Friday Presentation Class 2014 at Rikkyo Niiza Campus

Welcome to Chris Elvin's Friday Presentation Class 2014 at Rikkyo Niiza Campus

Dear students,
Hello and welcome to Chris Elvin's P2 Friday Rikkyo Niiza presentation class.
Please subscribe to this blog in order to find out about lesson plans, homework assignments, prints to download, et cetera.

The course outline is available for download below:

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/Elvin-P2-Friday-2014.docx

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin