This document provides an agenda and instructions for an academic interactions class. It outlines that students will have several presentations throughout the term. It provides tips for preparing presentations and discusses useful phrases. It informs students that they will have a practice listening test the next day and that their assignment is to complete a group discussion and record it, planning a presentation on an extreme sports course, by the deadline.

1. Academic
Interactions 130A
IECP
Fall 2014
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Tips for preparing for presentations
• Listening: pair discussion on how to prepare for
presentations
• Information about tomorrow’s practice test

3. Presentations in this Class
• Oral Report on a PSU classroom observation (9/29)
• Group Presentation (11/5)
• Individual Presentations (12/1-12/11)

4. Preparing Presentations
• Pg. 16 (whole class)
• Part A (partner)
• Part B (whole class)
• Pg. 17 – Scripting Your Speech (whole class)
• Pg.18 - Questions to ask yourself (whole class)

5. Useful Phrases for
Structuring Your Presentation
• Practice saying (out loud) each of the phrases on pg.
18,B. Which ones do you use? Which ones are new?
(pairs)

6. Listening
• We will listen to two students discussing how to
prepare for a presentation. What does Stella tell
Oscar to do and NOT to do?
• Take notes:
Do Don’t

7. Group Reflections
• Share the information that you collected with your
group. What does Stella tell Oscar to do? What does
she tell him not to do?

8. Test Information
• Listening = in class tomorrow
• Speaking = before 12:00 AM on Wednesday

9. Listening
• Excerpts from the Tai Chi and Library Research
Recordings (you can listen to them on the
companion website and read them in the back of
your book) with comprehension questions.
• Questions about the information on pg. 9
• Questions about the information on pgs. 16-18

10. Speaking
• What? A 4-6 minute group discussion with 3-4 group members
Prompt: You and your group will discuss and create a plan for a presentation that is
intended for faculty members in the kinesiology program at a university. The faculty
members in the kinesiology department want to create a new summer extreme sports
course, so you will plan a presentation that proposes a new course on an extreme sport of
your choosing.
In your video recording, you should:
1. Summarize and explain to each other what your group task is
2. Discuss and reach consensus on which sports course you wish to propose
3. Discuss what the different parts/components/sections of your presentation will be
4. Discuss what research steps each group member will take to find appropriate
information for the presentation
5. Discuss what each person will do to prepare for the presentation after the group
meeting is over
6. Conclude the meeting

11. Example
• (although not the most organized!)
• Group Discussion
• Tips:
• understand the task before you start (so you don’t need to
look at the assignment paper so much during the recording)
• Stay within the time limit
• Strive for equal participation
• Record again if you are not satisfied with the 1st recording

12. How to Record
• One-Button Studio in the PSU library
• The ITC – reserve a spot
• Your own device (if the sound quality is good)

13. How to Submit
• Have one member upload your recording to his/her
assignments folder on Box AND send me a link after
he/she has done so. I will respond to the link to
confirm I can successfully access the video.
• I will post one or two of the videos by 4:00 on 9/11
(to the blog and Voicethread group) for your to leave
audio or video comments on by 12:00 am on 9/12.
More details to come on how the comments will be
assessed.

15. HW
• Prepare for the listening portion of the test that will
be tomorrow
• Complete and submit the group (3-4 members)
speaking task by 12:00 AM on 9/10