ASPECTS OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE
Mini-presentations
Mini-presentations will take place in week 8. Although these will not be assessed, they are a way for you to practice researching and displaying your knowledge on one particular area of the course.
The presentations will either be individual presentations of no more than 5 minutes, or 2-3 person team presentations of no more than 8-10 minutes. You will be required to use visual aides during the presentation (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote).
Students will receive a credit for satisfactory completion of this presentation. The credit is equivalent to a 20-25% reduction in word length of the final assignment. This means for those students who must complete a 4,000 word final assignment, the word-length will be reduced to 3,000 words. For those students who must complete a final assignment of 2,500 words, this will be reduced to 2,000 words. If the teacher deems the presentation to unsatisfactory, the credit will not be given.
The presentations will either be individual presentations of no more than 5 minutes, or 2-3 person team presentations of no more than 8-10 minutes. You will be required to use visual aides during the presentation (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote).
Students will receive a credit for satisfactory completion of this presentation. The credit is equivalent to a 20-25% reduction in word length of the final assignment. This means for those students who must complete a 4,000 word final assignment, the word-length will be reduced to 3,000 words. For those students who must complete a final assignment of 2,500 words, this will be reduced to 2,000 words. If the teacher deems the presentation to unsatisfactory, the credit will not be given.
Topics:
Students must choose one modern language and discuss the writing system(s) used to represent this language:
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What to present on:
In the presentation, students can can cover any of the following
1. Origin of the writing system (and language) 2. Relationships with other written languages 3. Comparisons with aspects of written English 4. Unique aspects or features of the writing system 5. Issues of incorporating language and IT 6. Issues of literacy and the language 7. How the writing system represents linguistic units of the language |