III Year Lettorato Inglese -- Peterson-More 2017-2018

Notes about the class presentations

First of all, let me say I have been much impressed with the presentations given so far. As a class, you have chosen a variety of different songs, representing a range of musical genres, and each song has had an interesting – and at times even a powerful – message to communicate. You have all done a wonderful job presenting your songs. I want to thank you for your work and for teaching the rest of the class (and me too) through the songs and the contextual information surrounding them. I am sorry that during our last lesson I had to cut some of the presentations short, and I apologize to the students whose presentations had to be postponed to our next lesson.

IMPORTANT:

On Monday please arrive early so that we can begin punctually at 1:00pm. We will probably need the full two hours to ensure we can complete all six of the scheduled presentations.

To the groups who are presenting on Monday: please practice your presentations ahead of time, and time yourselves. Prioritize: once you have written down everything that you want to say, read through your notes and select the most important points to share with the class. Make sure to say those points first. And say them in the most clear and concise way you can. Each presentation should last approximately 15 minutes total – including the times it takes to play the song. If you reach 18 minutes, we will have to cut short the presentation and move on to the next group. All of this means that each student should speak for about 3 minutes, and possibly even less. Right now you might think that is a short time, but if you practice well, you can say and share a lot of information in 2-3 minutes.