AP/JP1000 6.0 Oral Presentation

Create a skit.

· Four times a year: check the schedule and start preparing as soon as you can.

· The duration of your skit: OP1 - 2 minutes, OP2&3 - 3 minutes, OP4 - 4 minutes.

· Three students in one group (different members each time)

· Work as a team: share the workload evenly. Do not have one member work as a scriptwriter for everyone. Design a natural conversation with equal input by all.

· Demonstrate that you have mastered the grammar and vocabulary covered in the course. It is not about going above and beyond course content; it is about showing how well you can use course content. Do not ask a native speaker of Japanese to translate an English script.

· Limit new vocabulary to five words and prepare flash cards to introduce those words to your peers. Katakana words (e.g., Gurando- kyanion) count as new words.

· 3 or 4 minutes maximum (equally shared among the 3 presenters)

· Memorize your lines and act it out (do not read a script).

Warning:  Students will be disqualified if:

• having been absent for more than two weeks before the date of the skit
• not contacting the partners for 10 days prior to the skit
• not participating in the team work for creating the skit
• being absent on the day of the skit without reasonable explanation 
  

Students will be evaluated, both as a group and individually, on the following points.

Content

-original and interesting

-appropriate for the academic contexts

-utilized course materials

Organization

-appropriate length

-well-distributed and coherent

-paid a good attention to how the story starts, continues, and ends

Presentation

-memorized everything and delivered meaningfully

-appropriate speed of delivery and voice projection

-appropriate and effective non-verbal elements

Pronunciation

-accurate enunciation

-appropriate accentuation and intonation

Vocabulary

-accurate and appropriate use of vocabulary

-appropriate vocabulary for the level

Grammar

-accurate and appropriate use of structures

-appropriate structures for the level