1. Change the world in 8 steps
Do you know what the Millennium Goals are?
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are
international targets for reducing global poverty. By the year
2015 these goals, if they are reached, will have lifted
around 500 million people out of poverty.

2. Writing your ideas:
In this unit you will have to elaborate a POSTER about the Milennium
Goals. The class wiil be divided into 7 groups and each will research
about one the Goals.
In the poster you will have to provide this information:
- Name of the objective.
- Target.
- Explanation of key concepts.
- Current situation.
- Case study.
-Individual action.

3. PRESENTATION and PRACTICE
GOAL 1:
ERRADICATE EXTREME
POVERTY
WHAT?
Extreme poverty is the most severe state of poverty.
Extreme poverty is defined as living on less than $1.25 per day.
1.4 billion people currently live under these conditions.
WHO? HOW?
Life in Kiberia, Kenya
Raise awareness among
your friends.
Buy Fair Trade products.
Be a responsible
consumer
 Ask authorities to
accomplish their promises

4. WHERE?

5. How to talk about figures and percentages.
WHEN?
UP
- growth
- increase
- rise
DOWN
- drop
- decrease.
- a fall
- to fall down
Figures
- about
-between / and
-around
- one in two

6. Suggestions for writing a speech
1. Get their attention:
“We have the cash. We have the medicines.
We have the science. Do we have the will to make
poverty history?”
Bono
2. Tell them what you are going to tell them:
Today I’m going to talk about……..
3. End with a bang!:
Together we can make a difference. Now it is your turn to take action.

7. An oral presentation is like a road. You need to show
your audience all along the route for them not to get
lost. This technique is called SIGNPOSTING
SIGNPOSTING

8. Expressing yourself
Functions Language
Introducing the subject I'd like to start by... Let's begin by...
First of all, I'll... Starting with...
Finishing on the subject That's all I have to say about... We've looked at...
..and starting another Now we'll move on to...
Let me turn now to... Next...
Analysing a point Let's consider this in more detail...
What does this mean for ABC?
Giving an example A good example of this is... As an illustration,...
Ordering Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
First of all...then...next...after that...finally...
Summarising and concluding Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've
covered...

9. Peer-assessment
LANGUAGE
Grammar
Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Signposting
PARALANGUAGE
Voice
Body
Language
Eye contact
CONTENT
Quantity
Quality
Relevance