January 15th lesson

Dear students,
Your final presentation is today. Your topic is human rights or design and fashion. You should be solo and you should speak for a minimum of five minutes. The order of the speeches will be randomized using my cell phone. Therefore, everyone must be ready!
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

December 18th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will work on your final presentation which you will deliver in January. You may choose human rights or design or fashion as your topic. You should speak for five minutes or more and you should do so alone. Remember to research your topic well, think critically, express an opinion, use slides purposefully and effectively, and speak clearly.
Please show me what you plan to do.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

December 11th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will discuss human rights, and fashion and design if there is time. Your final five-minute presentation in January should be one of these two topics. Please download the prints and bring them to class.
human rights 3
human rights 2
design and fashion 2
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

December 4th lesson

Dear students,
Today is your fourth presentation; language.
Good luck!
Chris Elvin

November 27th lesson

Dear students,
Today is preparation for the following week`s presention on language. Please show me your slides, speeches or notes. As always, you should prepare to speak for three minutes or more, do some research, think critically, and say something new and interesting to your audience. You may deliver your speech alone or with a partner. Remember, you must deliver your final presentation in January by yourself so a solo speech could be good practice for you.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

November 20th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will discuss about language. Please download the prints and bring them to class.

language 1

language 2

language 3

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

November 13th lesson

Dear students, Today you will present about globalization. As always, you should speak for three minutes or more, with regular eye contact, and with good English (delivery). For content, you should make sure that your information is well researched, is new and interesting, and has an opinion. Please also check your slides for mistakes. Kind regards, Chris Elvin

November 6th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study globalization. Please download the prints and bring them to class.

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/globalization1.pdf

http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/globalization2.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-globalization_movement

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 23rd lesson

Dear students,
Today is presentation 2, media. You will be assessed on five criteria:
Length
Slides
Eye contact
English
Content
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 16th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will have a warm-up pairwork activity about the media, and after that you will work in groups preparing your presentation. The assessment criteria for your second presentation will be the same as for your first one (three minutes or more, regular eye contact, clear English, effective and informative slides, and interesting content.
Please download the file below and bring it to class.
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/media3.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

October 9th lesson

Dear students, 
Today you will deliver your first presentation. Each member of your group should speak for at least three minutes. I will assess your presentation based on the mechanical skills that you would have practised last semester.
1) to speak for three minutes or more
2) to make eye contact regularly with your audience
3) to speak English clearly
4) to have attractive slides which support your speech, which are without spelling or grammar mistakes
5) to present new and interesting information to your audience, which is well researched, and which shows your clear opinion of the topic.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin 

October 2nd lesson

Dear students,
There are two prints that I would like you to download and bring to class today. The first one is from a British science TV program about brain gender:
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/genderbrain.pdf
and the second one is a quiz about gender equality published by UNESCO in 2007.
http://www.eflclub.com/rikkyo/genderquiz.pdf
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Welcome to Chris Elvin's Rikkyo Niiza Campus Presentation Blog - Autumn 2015

Dear students,
Welcome to the Rikkyo University Niiza Campus presentation blog. Please read this before coming to class as there may be instructions about the lesson and sometimes there will be prints to download and bring to class.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

Presentation Survey

Dear students,
I know you are all very busy at this time of year, but please take a moment to answer a survey about presentation anxiety. Your answers will not affect your grade in any way, and you may have access to the results once you have completed the survey.

Take the survey now.

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

map

Dear students,
Here is the map that you may use for your final presentations on your hometown or region:

Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

July 3rd lesson

Dear students,
Today you should prepare for your final presentation; my hometown. It is worth three times more points than the regular class presentations. You should plan to speak for at least five minutes. Make sure that your slides are professional, and be interesting!
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 19th presentation

Dear students,
Today you will present about a social issue either solo or as a pair. You will be awarded a maximum of five points for professionalism (which includes being organised, delivery, quality of English, use of slides, etc.) and five points for content (which includes topic choice, research, and knowledge of your topic).
As always, you should speak for at least three minutes.
Good luck!
Chris Elvin

June 12th lesson

Dear students, 
Today you will do your second class assignment by delivering a presentation about education. The criteria are the same as last time; speak for three minutes or more, make eye contact with the audience, speak clearly, be new and interesting, and show clear and effective visuals.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

June 5th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will study a little about conclusions. After that you will prepare for next week's second presentation on education. The assessment criteria will be the same as for presentation 1.
I would like to see your slides today. You should have one introduction slide, one conclusion slide, and one reference slide. You should also have at least one slide for each body section of your presentation. More than one is probably better than just one, which is the absolute minimum. You should also include graphs in your presentation, too.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 29th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will deliver your first presentation - Communication. You should speak for at least three minutes per person. You may use presentation software (bring a USB stick, or log on to your Rikkyo account), or you could just use sheets of paper and project them using the overhead projector (OHP).
You will be assessed on length of presentation (3 minutes or more), eye contact, topic interest (new and interesting to class), the clarity of your speaking, and the quality of your visuals.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 22nd lesson

Dear students,
Today you should prepare your presentation about communication in groups. You may use presentation software such as powerpoint, or make slides from large pieces of paper. At a minimum, there should be an introduction slide, a slide for each body part, and a slide for your conclusion. You should also have a graph and a references slide to show where you got your material from.
Each person should be prepared to speak for at least three minutes.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 15th lesson

Dear students,
On May 8th, you learned about the structure of introductions, the importance of giving evidence in the body of your presentation, and how to write transitions between the topics of your speech.
Today you will practice transitions again, learn about the importance of visuals, and how to describe the details of a graphs or chart. If there is time, you will also collect data in class, draw a chart, and explain it.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

May 8th lesson

Dear students,
Today you will use the textbook. Specifically you will learn about body paragraphs of presentations and also about transitions.
There are no downloads for today.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 24th lesson

Dear students,
We will use the textbook today, and when the time is right we will start to focus on communication as a topic.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

April 17th lesson

Dear students,
Today we will start using the textbook "Speaking of Speech".
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

(The topics we have chosen for this semester are: communication, education, environment, and values).

Welcome to Chris Elvin's Rikkyo Niiza presentation class

Dear students,
Welcome to the class. Today we will  talk a little about the semester and practice presentation skills.

Course Description & Objectives

This course is designed primarily to improve students’ presentation skills and thereby to develop their integrative English language proficiency. In spring the goal is to acquire basic presentations skills, including how to organize a presentation, supporting arguments with evidence, effective use of visual aids, and aspects of delivery such as eye contact or gesture.  Students base their presentations on the basic patterns taught and learn to speak from notes.  More skilled students make longer persuasive presentations as the term progresses.  The class is conducted in English.

Course Schedule:

Week 1 (April 10^th)      Orientation and Topic Selection

Week 2 (April 17th)     Presentation Skills Overview

Week 3 (April 24^th)      Topic I

Week 4 (May 8^th)        Presentation I (10 points)

Week 5 (May 15^th)       Topic II

Week 6 (May 22^nd)      Presentation II (10 points)

Week 7 (May 29th)     Topic III

Week 8 (June 5th)      Presentation III (10 points)

Week 9 (June 12^th)      Topic IV

Week 10 (June 19^th )   Presentation IV (10 points)

Week 11 (June 26^th )   Final presentation preparation

Week 12 (July 3^rd )      Final presentation preparation

Week 13 (July 10^th )    Final presentation part 1 (30 points): A 5-minute solo presentation

Week 14 (July 17^th )    Final presentation part 2 (30 points)

  

Evaluation

Attendance and participation (30%)

Assignments (40%)

Final presentation (30%)

*Students will be expected to attend a minimum of 80% of all classes in order to get credit for to this course. This means that you can be absent no more than three times. Do not be late, please.

January 16th lesson update

Dear students,
Since so many of you are unable to attend the late classes tomorrow, I'm going to start tomorrow's 3rd period at 1pm and try to have period 3 students finish their 5-minute presentations by the beginning of the 4th period. Please be punctual tomorrow, and please don't delay in giving your presentation once another student has finished - we have no time for that.
For period 4 students, the start of our lesson will depend on period three students finishing, but I would like to start as soon as possible.
If it's possible, please decide the order of the presentations before the class begins. Priority should be given to those with genuine reasons for not being able to stay late; you have another class to attend, you are involved in your club activity, or you have a part-time job to go to.
So period 3 will start at 1pm and finish at about 2:45pm.
Period 4 will start at about 2:45 and finish at about 4:30pm.
Kind regards,
Chris Elvin

January 16th double period

Dear students,
Today I would like to have an extra period in order to complete all the presentations. (Since each presentation will be over five minutes we will need two periods).
There will be no lesson on January 23rd (my mistake).
I would like the period 3 students to also attend period 5 (period 5 lesson will be held in room N842), and period 4 students to attend period 6 (period 6 lesson will also be held in room N842).
If it is absolutely impossible for you to attend these late periods, please email me and I will make sure that you can present during our regular lesson time (the third or fourth period).
My apologies for this mistake!
Good luck,
Chris Elvin