Once again, things have been really hectic since I last had a chance to give the Oral Production course some attention (I've just given feedback on about 55 Business Writing Warm-Ups …). However, things have been fairly quiet on that front too. I've been contacted by one worried student who wanted to know when the extra Assessment 1 material would be put out on the web site … and now, finally, it is.
What I've done today is to construct a page of hints and tips about making presentations (which is what Assessment 1 is all about), make a blog entry on the course blog and a podcast which is now out on the podcast site.
What happens next is that I plan the lesson in detail. One of the tasks I have is planning the activities for the people who aren't making presentations at a given moment, and another is creating a well-balanced lesson which doesn't *only* deal with presentations.
The assessment is going to need to be handled sensitively too. I feel that it's important that feedback is given individually and privately when you're allocating marks to people, but, on the other hand, both the presenter and the listeners want some kind of indication from me of what I thought of it. I don't think there's an instruction manual for this kind of teacher activity - I'll have to rely on my experience …
I've also got a couple of role plays to get out on the course web site: a practice one for Course Meeting 3 and the exam one for Course Meeting 4.
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