Week 3 Homework

Get a watch, Gaby. :)

Your homework is to write a paragraph or two on your blog about your presentation this coming Saturday. The possible topics below are very general and broad, so you should think about what you want to talk about and focus your ideas. After you've done that, your blog post should be like a movie preview. That means that you should tell us a little bit about your topic, like why/how you chose the topic, and maybe give a few hints about what you'll cover in your presentation. Remember, when studios make movie previews, the intention is to catch the audience's interest and make them want to see the movie. Your "presentation preview" should do the same thing.

Second part: Comment on your partners' blogs for their week 2 homework (about good places to locate businesses in Costa Rica, and why). Also, if I commented on your previous blogs and asked a question (including how you could fix an error or two), please reply to those comments.

Third part: Finish exercises 2 and 3 from "Words at Work" on p. 66.

Now, remember that your presentations are next week. Yes, everyone always has work and exams, and I'm sorry about that,* but you need to be prepared to present. Your presentation should be 5-10 minutes per person (depending on your topic and if you're alone or in a group). Bring any materials you'll need, and remember that any interaction you can encourage between you and your audience is a good thing! Here are the three possible topics:

TOPIC 1:

Plan and present a travel itinerary. You should identify who'd be traveling, where you'd go, and what you'd do when you get there. Also explain why you chose the places you did. The trip could be for business or leisure, and it could be domestic or international. You can use (and present) vocabulary from Unit 7 in the book to help enhance your presentation.

TOPIC 2:

Invent a new product or company and present it, or present an interesting, existing product that is important to you for some reason. You can also outline ways to improve an existing product. In any case, you should identify what the product is or what the company does, where it could be used, why it's useful or could be useful, and who can/could use the product. You can use vocabulary from Unit 8 to supplement your presentation.

TOPIC 3:

Based on p. 84 in the text (along with our class and blog discussions from this past week), present a proposal to open a new company or to relocate an existing company. You should obviously identify what company you're talking about (or what your imaginary company would do). Talk about where you would locate it, as well as why the location you're proposing would be a good one. You can talk about a place in Costa Rica or abroad.

If you don't like any of these topics and want to suggest a different one, contact me as soon as possible. Good luck, and have a great week. See you on Saturday!

*But not that sorry.