The first few sessions in the Ne'er

Hi everybody.

This is how I plan to spend the first few weeks back after the Christmas holidays:

7th January 2013 - practice analysis of an oral presentation (in groups) - taken from the TED website.
8th January 2013 - finish off above in class.

14th January 2013 - assessment and discussion on presentation analysis (Oral Presentation Skills) - this also will be a talk from the TED website.
15th January 2013 - finish off assessment / remediation as necessary.

Now, there may be changes to the days I teach you here as we move into semester two as the timetables haven't been finalised yet, but:

Week beginning 21st January 2013 - listen to radio programme on 'Language' and answer questions (in groups), finish off questions / discussion as necessary.

Week beginning 28th January 2013 - assessment on listening (Comm 4 Listening outcome). This will be a radio programme and will follow the same pattern as the unassessed work from the week before.

Mark

One more presentation successfully negotiated

Dear all,

Well done to Laura who delivered a great talk this morning on how to sharpen knives which was high on levels of instruction and demonstration (with a home made cardboard knife no less!)

Nicky and Cameron will both deliver their talks in the session tomorrow which will conclude the presentations for this year.

Mark

Presentations, round two!

Hello all,

Well done to the seven presenters who did the business this morning. We had some really interesting and diverse topics resulting in everybody passing. Thank you to Loana who took a photo of Fannia's 'artwork' as I called it this morning. From a blank canvas to a full breakfast, awesome!

Well done again and I look forward to the remaining talks next Monday and Tuesday.

All the best,

Mark

Blackwell Christmas Bookstall, Wednesday 5 December

Blackwell's Bookshop Christmas Stall
Christmas is just around the corner - and we here at Blackwell's would like to make your Christmas shopping just that little bit less stressful.

We will be bringing a selection of books, CDs, DVDs, children's toys, board games, eReaders, calendars, Christmas cards, stocking fillers and other gift ideas to you on Wednesday 5th December from 10am to 4pm.

So come and visit our stall in the foyer area next to the Refectory and take advantage of our special Christmas offers.

All staff and student will receive 10 percent discount on the day (excludes already discounted items and eReaders) Plus spend over £50 and receive a free I Love Santa bag!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Congrats to our first two contenders

Well done to both Carlos and Dan who presented very well indeed this morning and got us off to a flyer. Everybody in attendance agreed that they had been educated, informed and learnt lots of new things, so well done chaps. Tomorrow morning will see seven talks instead of the previously advertised six and Vicky will be joining that session. Don't forget your presentation plans too (this is an assessment too remember), which won't take you long to put together.

Cheers,

Mark

Don't get tied up in knots

Carlos' presentation will be looking at knots as part of his talk. I encountered something similar to the photo below yesterday in my pocket. If you can relate to it, it should make you chuckle! Cheers.

Good luck for next week

And please, do NOT heed the advice on the graphic below!