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Project 3
A multi-media presentation: a foreign country
Do your research
a Work with a partner. You are going to
design a multi-media presentation about
a country. Choose a country (one that you
think your classmates will be interested in,
and perhaps don’t know very much about).
b Use the internet to research information
and make notes. Find out about:
The country’s geography and climate:
Are there any mountains / lakes / rivers /
places of particular interest?
What kind of weather does the country
have at different times of the year?
The people who live there:
Are there many different ethnic groups?
What is/are the main religion(s)?
What is/are the language(s) of the country?
What kind of clothes do people wear?
Some aspects of the culture:
History (one or two important events
or phases)
Politics (is it a democracy? a republic?
a kingdom?)
Music, dance, literature, art
c If you can, download:
interesting images (map of the country,
photos of sights, typical places, people, etc.)
vodcasts (audio recordings)
short, attractive video clips
2 Desi n your multi-media
presentation
c Make sure your presentation is carefully
structured. In the introduction, briefly tell
the audience what you are planning to
cover. In your conclusion you may want
briefly to sum up what you have said, or
end with a question to the audience that
you think will start a discussion. Make sure
your question is concrete, and does not
just ask for a Yes/No answer.
d Make sure that the font size you use is big
enough for your audience to be able to
read it easily. If you use colour, make sure
it’s a colour you can see well.
e Don’t forget an overload of multi-media
effects can distract your audience from
the presentation and annoy them, rather
than attract their interest.
f Rehearse your presentation to make sure
it works well.
3 The presentation
Make sure you have enough time
before your presentation to set up the
technology you are going to use (laptop?
video projector? loudspeakers? screen?
whiteboard?)
Give your presentation to the class.
4 Closin up
Think back over all of the presentations
and highlight the positive aspects of using
multimedia in class.
a If you can, use professional software
to put your presentation together. If
necessary, find information on the internet
on how to embed images, audio files and
videos in your presentation.
b Make sure you have not got too much
text per slide. It’s better to have headings
and a few important words. Do not write
everything you are going to say – this is
not a reading-out-aloud exercise!
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