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Cape Town - South Africa - Oral Presentation

SOUTH AFRICA

I’ve divided my presentation in two blocks:

1st – South Africa – History and recommended tourist destinations.

2nd- South African Languages – The most spoken languages and their own English, slang and accents.

1st- I would like to present South Africa as a tourism destination. Further more I would like to introduce you her history from the dutch domain, afterwards as a British colonial, the segregation system, generally known as apartheid, on 1948 and the election of Nelson Mandela as a president.

Most recomanded activites:

Game viewing experience
Cage diving with white sharks
Garden Route and Wine tasting
Dutch architecture
Cape town – Mountain table – District six
And so many MORE ACTIVITES!
 
isn’t it cute?

SOUTH AFRICAN SLANG

LIFT – Elevator
Dankie- Thank you
ROBOT – Traffic light
Howzit - how is it
connection - a friend
pull in - to come along
China - a friend
Hundreds -  good or fine
Boer – A farmer
braai - a barbecue, to barbecue (from braaivleis grilled meat), used as a mainstream word in South African English
Biltong – dried raw meat, made from beef, venison or ostrich
Chuck- depart, leave, go
Park off- chill out –sit down and relax

To learn more:
http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/south-african-slang
http://www.rsa-overseas.com/features/slang.htm
To listen south african accent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06t9ovct4j0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEow0EvEf0&feature=related

Oral Presentation - LipDub

EOI MANRESA

PIA5, 5^thENGLISH LEVEL

ORAL PRESENTATION, by Sergi Martínez

MARCH, 1^st, 2012

1. - Presentation; What are we going to do now in 10’? = RECORDING A LIP DUB

2. -Explanation: What’s a Lip Dub? Recorded one-shot’s film where characters are moving their lips as the song that is hearing in the ambient and also moving their bodies in a synchronized choreography.

3. - Materials: camera, CD player, one handkerchief for each person.

4. - Group Activity:

4.1. - Cameraman (Mingo) begins to record with a general scene: The entire group in a big circle in the classroom: hit twice both thighs with two hands and one vigorous clap of the hands (eight times).

4.2. - Cameraman keeps on recording the first plane of each face of each person: Say the own name by order (one name each twice hit of the thighs) till all the group have finished. When a person finish with his role goes to the end of the classroom and keeps on hitting and clapping very close with the rest of the group. 

 

4.3. - While the entire group keep on hitting and clapping, all of them begin to talk the lyrics loudly the end of the classroom very close, together:

“We are the fifth group of English level

and we are enjoying ourselves more than ever.

We are in the Official School of Languages

and we are always shaking our handkerchiefs.

We are the fifth

We are the fifth

We are the fifth

We are the fifth!”

3.4. - First, second and third “We are the fifth” people are free to move and, at the end of the song, everybody throws the handkerchiefs up and enjoy!

(anybody not enjoying pays a round of drinks and I mean it!!)

5. - Finally, we can upload the published film edition in the internet and got a souvenir of the group. As well, you can practise this activity with your students in your job.

6. - Thanks ever so much for your help and, is there any question?

Oral Presentation - Asperger Syndrom

About Asperger syndrome

 

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn, text revision) (DSM-IV-TR) of the American Psychiatric Association, asperger is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD),l ike: classic autism, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.

Asperger syndrome is a form of autism, which is a lifelong disability that affects how a person makes sense of the world, processes information and relates to other people. Autism is often described as a 'spectrum disorder' because the condition affects people in many different ways and to varying degrees.

Asperger syndrome is mostly a 'hidden disability'. This means that you can't tell that someone has the condition from their outward appearance. People with the condition have difficulties in three main areas. They are:

• social communication
• social interaction
• social imagination.

Three main areas of difficulty

 

The characteristics of Asperger syndrome vary from one person to another but are generally divided into three main groups.

• Difficulty with social communication

People with Asperger syndrome sometimes find it difficult to express themselves emotionally and socially. For example, they may:

• Have difficulty understanding gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice 
   
• Have difficulty knowing when to start or end a conversation and choosing topics to talk about 
   
• Use complex words and phrases but may not fully understand what they mean be very literal in what they say and can have difficulty understanding jokes, metaphor and sarcasm.

• Difficulty with social interaction

Many people with Asperger syndrome want to be sociable but have difficulty with initiating and sustaining social relationships, which can make them very anxious.

• Struggle to make and maintain friendships 
   
• Not understand the unwritten 'social rules' that most of us pick up without thinking. 
   
• find other people unpredictable and confusing 
   
• Become withdrawn and seem uninterested in other people, appearing almost aloof .
  
  
• Behave in what may seem an inappropriate manner.

• Difficulty with social imagination

People with Asperger syndrome can be imaginative in the conventional use of the word (for example, many are accomplished writers, artists and musicians) ; but they can have difficulty with social imagination. This can include:

• Imagining alternative outcomes to situations and finding it hard to predict what will happen next. 
   
• Understanding or interpreting other peoples thoughts, feelings or actions. 
   
• Having a limited range of imaginative activities, which can be pursued rigidly and repetitively.
   
• Some children with Asperger syndrome may find it difficult to play 'let's pretend' games or prefer subjects rooted in logic and systems, such as mathematics.

Characteristics of Asperger syndrome

 

The characteristics of Asperger syndrome vary from one person to another but as well as the three main areas of difficulty, people with the condition may have:

• Love of routines: To try and make the world less confusing, people with Asperger syndrome may have rules and rituals (ways of doing things) which they insist upon. Young children, for example, may insist on always walking the same way to school. In class, they may get upset if there is a sudden change to the timetable.
• Special interests: People with Asperger syndrome may develop an intense, sometimes obsessive, interest in a hobby or collecting. Sometimes these interests are lifelong; in other cases, one interest is replaced by an unconnected interest. For example, a person with Asperger syndrome may focus on learning all there is to know about trains or computers. Some are exceptionally knowledgeable in their chosen field of interest.
  
  
• Sensory difficulties: People with Asperger syndrome may have sensory difficulties. These can occur in one or all of the senses. The degree of difficulty varies from one individual to another. Most commonly, an individual's senses are either intensified (over-sensitive) or underdeveloped (under-sensitive).

What causes Asperger syndrome?

The exact causeof Asperger syndrome is still being investigated. However, research suggests that a combination of factors - genetic and environmental - may account for changes in brain development. 

 

It affects more boys than girls (4/1)

Asperger syndrome is not caused by a person's upbringing, their social circumstances and is not the fault of the individual with the condition.

-Is there a cure? There is currently no 'cure' and no specific treatment for Asperger syndrome. Children with Asperger syndrome become adults with Asperger syndrome

Symptoms during childhood

• Not pick up on social cues and may lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking.
• Dislike any changes in routines. –
• Appear to lack empathy.
• Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others’ speech. They don’t understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment literally.
• Have a formal style of speaking that is advanced for his or her age.
• Avoid eye contact or stare at others.
• Have unusual facial expressions or postures.
• Be preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he or she may be very knowledgeable about. They may show an unusual interest in certain topics such as snakes, names of stars, or dinosaurs.
• Have delayed motor development. He or she may have an awkward walk. Handwriting is often poor.
• -Have heightened sensitivity and become overstimulated by loud noises, lights, or strong tastes or textures

Although the condition is in some ways similar to autism, a child with Asperger's syndrome typically has normal language and intellectual development. Also, those with Asperger's syndrome typically make more of an effort than those with autismto make friends and engage in activities with others.

Asperger and other conditions

Many children with Asperger's syndrome also have coexisting conditions and may have symptoms of these conditions also. They include:

• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• Anxiety disorder.
• Depression, especially in adolescents.
• Nonverbal learning disorder.
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
• Social anxiety disorder.

VOCABULARY

• DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition- text revision)
  
  
• APA (American Psychiatric Association )is the main professional
  organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States
  
  
• DISORDER: illness, disease (mental)
  
  
• SYNDROME: a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular disease or mental condition.
  
  
• SYMPTOM: any feeling of illness or physical or mental change which is caused by a particular disease.
  
  
• AUTISM: mental disorder consisting in a failure to develop social abilities, language and other communication skills to the usual level.
  
  
• RETT SYNDROME: one specific neurodevelopmental disorder that almost exclusively affects females. Childs have small hands and feet and a deceleration of the rate of head growth degenerative .
  
  
• CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER: is a condition in which children develop normally through age 3 or 4. Then, over a few months, children lose language, motor, social, and other skills that they already learned.
• PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS refers to a group of developmental conditions that involve delayed or impaired communication and social skills, behaviors, and cognitive skills (learning).
  
  
• NONVERBAL LEARNING DISORDER (NLD): condition characterized by deficits in perception, coordination, socialisation, non-verbal problem-solving and understanding of humour, along with well-developed rote memory. Most people with Asperger syndrome fit the criteria for NLD

Questions:

- Why did you choose this topic?

- I once worked with a bunch of autistic kids and some of them were identified as having Asperger Syndrom, their skills were very striking!

Oral Presentation - Genetics

 

Genetics is the study of the nature, organisation, function, expression, transmission and evolution of the genetic data which is coded in the organisms.
It tries to solve two of the biggest mysteries of biology:
What makes a species what it is?
What causes variation within species?


 Chromosome: extremely long and organized DNA molecules
Gene: Section of DNA which encodes for proteins related to a functiu It can replicate, mutate and generate form.


Genotype: genetic content of an organism, hereditary factors.
Phenotype: noticeable physical qualities of an organism, including morphology, phisiology and conduct.


Phenotype: It can change depending on the enviroment where the individual develops. There are three ways of producing a phenotype, depending on the influence of the environment.


Classical Genetics: gene transmission and localization in the chromosomes.
Molecular Genetics: gene structure and control of its expression
Evolution Genetics (population genetics): changes in gene frequencies within a population.
Genomics: genome analysis and interpretin.


Where are we going?
Discover of DNA sequencing methods (Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger)
Human Genome project (2001);
1000 human genomes project;
Genome analysis: bioinformatics;
Genomics era.


so... hold on to your hats!!


- Can DNA sequences be copyrighted?
- Yes, they can.