Presentation

Our presentation programs are designed to strengthen presentation ability, which is a weakness among many students. In our various programs for all levels, we provide instruction in presenting a persuasive argument and expressing a point of view in a logical manner.

ReadingTown Approach
  • We have amended our instruction manual in reading that students should engage in discussion with instructors about stories, characters, settings, events, conflicts, and episodes. In this approach, we let students have ample experience in discussion about contents which they are familiar with, and we combine reading and presentation effectively.
  • We use various devices and multi-media to record, share, and disseminate individual student's presentation.
  • We have created PinPoint, the web-based presentation program which can store each student's presentation to the given topics.
  • We have implemented the following new curricula to meet the diverse requirement of the Common Core State Standards:
    • (1)Show & Tell: to let students in early ages overcome any stage fear which they may possess and gain more experience to present their opinions in front of people.
    • (2)Speech: to have students deliver their points successfully, using facts and reasons.
    • (3)Public Forum: to engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade-appropriate topics and texts, building on other's ideas and expressing their own clearly, instead of heated debate.
Introduction
To build a foundation for college and career readiness, students must have ample opportunities to take part in a variety of rich, structured conversations--as part of a whole class, in small groups, and with a partner. Being productive members of these conversations requires that students contribute accurate, relevant information; respond to and develop what others have said; make comparisons and contrasts; and analyze and synthesize a multitude of ideas in various domains.

New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Digital texts confront students with the potential for continually updated content and dynamically changing combinations of words, graphics, images, hyperlinks, and embedded video and audio.
Standards
The standards require that students gain, evaluate, and present increasingly complex information, ideas, and evidence through listening and speaking as well as through media.

An important focus of the speaking and listening standards is academic discussion in one-on-one, small-group, and whole-class settings. Formal presentations are one important way such talk occurs, but so is the more informal discussion that takes place as students collaborate to answer questions, build understanding, and solve problems.

Including but not limited to skills necessary for formal presentations, the Speaking and Listening standards require students to develop a range of broadly useful oral communication and interpersonal skills. Students must learn to work together, express and listen carefully to ideas, integrate information from oral, visual, quantitative, and media sources, evaluate what they hear, use media and visual displays strategically to help achieve communicative purposes, and adapt speech to context and task.

Just as media and technology are integrated in school and life in the twenty-first century, skills related to media use (both critical analysis and production of media) are integrated throughout the standards.
Comprehension and Collaboration
  • Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
  • Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
  • Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
  • Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
  • Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.