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Week 13-Tuesday

Oral Communication 2BCheng Li

Would you like to have a robotic pet or a real pet?

Why?

Announcement

This week: Final Teach-it Tuesday

- Look on ANGEL for grades for Teach-it Tuesday & Presentation 2

Finish presentations

Teach-it Tuesday

Homework assignment

2 TED talks (transition words; make a summary)

Teach-it Tuesday

http://www.online-stopwatch.com

Homework

Due next Tues.

Listen to the lecture on ANGEL “Robot”

Work with a partner to practice taking notes, and you will get the same grade with your partner.

Megan will explain more about this.

A robot that flies like a bird

https://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird

Look up meanings of these Vocabularies:

aerodynamics; pneumatics; phenomena; propulsion; torsion

(Longman, Webster)

1st time: Pay attention to the transition words, and fill in the blanks.

Transitions

1. So what would be better

2. So why do we do all this?

3. So we can now look at the SmartBird.

4. So, the next thing we did, or the challenges we did

5. Next thing we have to do

2nd time: Try to explain the meaning of the underlined vocabularies in your own words.

Make a summary

What is a Summary?

A summary is a shortened version of a text. It contains the main points in the text and is written in your own words.

reducing a long text to a short text + selecting relevant information

Why do we make summaries?

One of the most important aspects of listening for academic study is listening in order to make use of the ideas of other people. This is important as you need to show that you have understood the materials you have heard and that you can use their ideas and findings in your own way.

You must not use another person's words or ideas as if they were your own.

Summarize the following text

The amphibia, which is the animal class to which our frogs and toads belong, were the first animals to crawl from the sea and inhabit the earth.

Summary

The first animals to leave the sea and live on dry land were the amphibia.

How to summarize

1. Listen to and understand the text carefully.

2. Think about the purpose of the text.

3. Select the relevant information. This depends on your purpose.

4. Find the main ideas - what is important. (where; details)

5. Change the structure of the text. (words; sentences)

6. Rewrite the main ideas in complete sentences. (connections)

7. Check your work.

The rise of personal robots

https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots

Write a 2-4 sentences summary

Share with a partner