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Assignment Dates
 
Sep. 27, 2011
Oct. 04, 2011
Oct. 11, 2011
Oct. 18, 2011
Oct. 25, 2011
Nov. 01, 2011
Nov. 08, 2011
Nov. 15, 2011
Nov. 22, 2011
Nov. 29, 2011
Dec. 06, 2011
Dec. 13, 2011
Jan. 03, 2012
Jan. 10, 2012
Jan. 17, 2012
Jan. 24, 2012
Jan. 31, 2012
Feb. 07, 2012

LV: 125050
Presentation Techniques in English
Winter Semester 11/12

"Presentation Techniques in English (Ü AW/ 1-4) alternating Tuesdays [4:00 pm - 7:15 pm])", Room 025, " Haus Gauß".

Contact me at dozent@lingua-nova.com if you have any questions.

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GRADING TABLE
Points Grade
0-49+ 5,0
50-58+ 4,0
59-66+ 3,7
67-71+ 3,3
72-75+ 3,0
76-79+ 2,7
80-83+ 2,3
84-87+ 2,0
88-91+ 1,7
92-95+ 1,3
96-100 1,0

September 27, 2010   GROUP A  &  October 04, 2010   GROUP B
  • Administrative
    • "Attendance"
    • Cellulars
  • It takes two to learn as well as tango
  • English
    • Mine
      • Archaic
      • Fast
      • Mumbled
      • American Accent
      • Time
        • past = past
        • present = present
        • future = future
    • Problems
      • Vocabulary
      • Grammar
      • Pronunciation and Spelling
    • "1066"
      • (n.b. even before this, the Danelaw)
      • Different words; same word order
      • Word endings lose importance to word position
      • Pronunciation and Spelling lose importance to word position
      • However Pronunciation still important
        • Noun/verb pairs
        • Same spelling/different words
    • The "Enlightenment"
      • Even more classical words
        German Literal Meaning "Classical" English
        an-ziehen on-draw at-tract
        aus-schliessen out-close ex-clude
        über-leben over-live sur-vive (French)
        voran-gehen before-go pre-cede
        wider-sprechen against-speak contra-dict
        Aus-druck out-pressing ex-pression
        Aus-nahme out-taking ex-ception
        Um-stand around-standing circum-stance
        Zu-fall unto-fall ac-cident
        German calques (borrowed words translated into own language) from Latin
        Source: The development of languages is nothing like biological evolution by Allan K. Steel
      • Formalized, "logical" grammar
      • Only the educated
    • SOLUTION
  • Classwork
    • Closer Look - Pronunciation
    • Typical German Mistakes
      • Auslautverhärtung
      • Time and Tense
        • past = past
        • present = present
        • future = future
    • Time yourself reading this
  • Passing the course
    • When asked what it takes to pass the course my answers will be based on normally passing the course, that means I will be telling what I expect to see in "C" work (3.0) not "A" work (1.0).
      • 15 minutes per speaker
      • Question and Answer period
      • Handouts
      • Multimedia
      • Critique
  • Collaboration
    • All presentations will be collaborations of two to three people
    • We will try to collaborate on, for example, ZoHo
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October 11, 2010   GROUP A  &  October 18, 2010   GROUP B
  • Administrative
    • Schedule "Presentation" days
    • Your topic should be based on your studies; i.e. mechanics, packaging, economics.
    • Send me an email from each of your team members.
  • Classwork
    • Color Patterns
      • Prepare a Two-minute, several slide talk on a day in your life
      • Know your audience and speak to them
        • Rainbows and Rainbows
        • Green Baseball caps
    • Lying
      • Word
        • white lies
          • nasty lies
          • statistics
          • BroSis charts spreadsheet
          • Not statistics, rather a bold faced lie
            Bold-faced Lie
          • Types of charts
            • Amount
              • Column
              • Bar
              • Line
              • Area
              • Surface
            • Percentages
              • Pie Charts
              • Donuts
              • Stacked Column (all same height)
              • Stacked Bar (all same length)
            • Both of the above
              • Stacked Column (varying heights)
              • Stacked Bar (varying lengths)
              • Stacked Pyramids, Cones et al.
            • None of the above
              • Scatter
              • Stock (Hi-Lo)
              • Polar/Radar
    • Programs
      • Word
        • Headlines (Überschrift)
          • Headline (Überschrift) 1 when sent to PowerPoint makes a new slide
          • Headline (Überschrift) 2 - 9 when sent to PowerPoint is content on a slide
          • Standard Text does not get sent to PowerPoint
          • Headline (Überschrift) 1 - 9 automatically produce TOC in Word
      • Powerpoint
        • Headlines
          • Headline (Überschrift) 1 when sent to PowerPoint makes a new slide
          • Headline (Überschrift) 2 - 9 when sent to PowerPoint is content on a slide
          • Standard Text does not get sent to PowerPoint
          • Headline (Überschrift) 1 - 9 automatically produce TOC in Word
        • Sending to Word
    • Outlining
      • Brainstorming
      • Organizing
      • Sending to PowerPoint
    • Read for class discussion: Outlining
  • Homework
    • Pronunciation Exercise (take five pairs and write example sentences for them)
    • Day in Your Life Presentation
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October 25, 2010   GROUP A  &  November 01, 2010   GROUP B
  • Theory
    • Fonts Classifiers
      • Pair Groups
        • Roman (Aufrecht) / Italic (Kursiv;Schräg)
        • serif (Häckchen) / sans serif (ohne Häckchen)
        • proportional / mono
      • Resolution [d.p.i. (Auflösung)]
        • Greater than or equal to 300 d.p.i. use Serif
          • Books - Glossy Magazines
          • Magazines
          • Newspapers
          • Laser and Ink Jet Printers
        • Less than or equal to 300 d.p.i. use Sans Serif
          • Faxes
          • Cash Receipts - Computer Monitors
      • Serif
        • Long Passages of Text
        • Easiest to read
      • Sans Serif
        • Short Passages of Text
          • Headlines
          • Titles
        • Harder to read
      • Italic
        • Quotations
        • Hardest to read
      • mono
        • Typewriter
        • Command line output
        • Harder to read
        • What you're used to
    • Color & Patterns
      • Schemes
        • Rainbow
        • Rainbow in Kreutzberg
        • Traffic Lights
        • Black (and cats) is BAD
        • White (and DOGS) is GOOD
        • Red, White and Blue
        • Schwartz, Rot, Gold
      • The audience
        • Germany
          • Hot - Red
          • Cold - Blue
        • USA
          • Hot - Yellow
          • Warm / Hot - Red
          • Cool / Warm - Green
          • Cold - Blue
          • very Cold - White
        • Green hats in China
      • Chess pieces
    • PowerPoint
      • Standard Headings
      • Backgrounds
      • Transitions
      • Headlines ONLY
    • Read the following for class discussion:
      • We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint
      • Torture continues in the "War on Terror"
    • A Closer Look: Pronouns
      • Cases and other forms
           
        Pronouns
        Cases Other Forms
        Nom Dat Acc Gen Poss Refl
        I me me mine my myself
        you you you yours your yourself
        he
        she
        it
        (they)        		 him
        her
        it
        (them)        		 him
        her
        it
        (them)        		 his
        hers
        its
        (theirs)        		 his
        her
        its
        (their)        		 himself
        herself
        itself
        (themself)
        we us us ours our ourselves
        you you you yours your yourselves
        they them them theirs their theirselves
        themselves
        who whom whom whose whose --

        • Genitive case
          • Genitive Case is used with "of" when showing possession.
            • Three dogs are running in the park. The brown and white dog belongs to the Jones.
            • The brown and white dog is one of theirs.
          • Accusative Case is used with "of" when showing inclusion in a group.
            • Three dogs are running in the park. The brown and white dog is in the middle of the pack.
            • The brown and white dog is one of them.
        • Singular / Plural pairs
          • that / those
          • this / these
          • which / which
          • what / what
        • Here / There pairs
          • this / that
          • these / those
      • NO grammatical gender
        • He is he (i.e. Junge ist ein "er".)
        • She is she (i.e. Mädchen ist eine "sie", nicht ein "es".)
        • Also feminine are:
          • Ships
          • Ideals
            • Lady Liberty in New York Harbor
            • Justice on top of court houses
            • Cities, States
              • NOT its physical aspects (streets, roads, buildings, hills, seasides &c.)
              • rather the collective of her parts and their interactions
        • It is it (i.e. Tür ist ein "es", nicht eine "sie".)
        • Do you Care?
        • You care, but 'dunno'!
          • he/she
          • s/he
          • they
            Singularly They
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    November 08, 2010   GROUP A  &  November 15, 2010   GROUP B
    • A Closer Look Homework: Pronoun Exercise (to download and prepare for today)
    • Classwork
    • Homework for next time
      • As explained in the outlining.doc above:
        • Make 20-25 topic cards ( 3 X 5)
        • Make three - five relationship charts based on your cards
      • Prepare (that means write) an introduction for the visual in the above PowerPoint.pdf file: two to three sentences
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    November 22, 2010   GROUP A  &  November 29, 2010   GROUP Btop
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    December 06, 2010   GROUP A  &  December 13, 2010   GROUP B
    • A Closer Look Homework: Sports' Phrases Exercise (to download and prepare for today)
    • For each of the Presentations
      • Download to turn in for grade: Critique sheet to show you know the technical aspects of a presentation
      • Download to turn in before presentation for grade: Three questions to get you to think about the presentation
      • Download to turn in after presentation for grade: Three questions to show that you got answers to your questions from the presentation
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    December 20, 2010   GROUP A  &  December 27, 2010   GROUP B
    • Classwork
    • Presentations
      • Download to turn in for grade: Critique sheet to show you know the technical aspects of a presentation
      • Download to turn in before presentation for grade: Three questions to get you to think about the presentation
      • Download to turn in after presentation for grade: Three questions to show that you got answers to your questions from the presentation
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    January 03, 2011   GROUP A  &  January 10, 2011   GROUP B
    • Presentations top
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      January 17, 2011   GROUP A  &  January 24, 2011   GROUP B
      • Presentations
        • Download to turn in for grade: Critique sheet to show you know the technical aspects of a presentation
        • Download to turn in before presentation for grade: Three questions to get you to think about the presentation
        • Download to turn in after presentation for grade: Three questions to show that you got answers to your questions from the presentation
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      January 31, 2011   GROUP A  &  February 07, 2011   GROUP B
      • Presentations
        • Download to turn in for grade: Critique sheet to show you know the technical aspects of a presentation
        • Download to turn in before presentation for grade: Three questions to get you to think about the presentation
        • Download to turn in after presentation for grade: Three questions to show that you got answers to your questions from the presentation
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      Presenter Presenter Presenter Title of Presentation Platform 1st Preview (5 pts) 2nd Preview (5 pts) Jan 03 Jan 10 Jan 17 Jan 24 Jan 31 last date
      Leckchurer Test Subject   Too Late for this semester - No Presentation other                
      handle01 handle02   Tata Nano - Time permitting (lottery) other               R
      handle03 handle04   Sustainability and Marketing other       X       E
      handle05 handle06   Corporate Social Responsibility other     X         V
      handle07 handle08 handle09 BoA - Time permitting (lottery) other               I
      handle10 handle11 handle12 Too Late for this semester - No Presentation other               E
      handle13 handle14 handle15 Gramification - Time permitting (lottery) other               W
      handle16 handle17   Islamic Economic System other         X      
      handle18 handle19   Desertec - Time permitting (lottery) other                
      thelikum davidstaedter handle23 Formula One Car other         X      
      handle24 handle25 handle26 Nord Stream other       X        
      Khodor handle20   Learning to learn other             X  
      handle28 handle29 handle30 Taipeh other             X  
      handle31 handle32 handle33 Guerilla-Marketing other     X          
      handle34 handle35   PCBs other             X  
      handle36 handle37 handle38 Outsourcing other     X          
      handle39 handle40   OLEDs other         X      
      handle41 handle42   Advertising - Time permitting (lottery) other                
      handle43 handle44 handle45 Alternative Fuel other       X        
      handle46 handle47 handle48 cradle to cradle other             X  
      handle49 handle50 handle51 Offshore wind park Alpha Ventus other       X        
      handle52 handle53   Ocean Power Plant other       X        
      handle56 Abdullah handle55 e-Waste other           X    
      handle57 handle58 handle66 Burj Khalifa - Time permitting other             X  
      handle59 handle60   Leadership - Time permitting other             X  
      handle61 handle62   Apple Inc. - Time permitting (lottery) other                
      handle63 handle64 handle65 Facebook other       X        
      First Preview Requirements for a "C":
      • Outline
        • share w/ me
        • show collaboration
          • track changes
      • Suggested Sources
      • Platform
      Second Preview Requirements for a "C":
      • share précis w/ class, so they can prepare three questions

      Suggested Topic   Possible Platform
      Facebook, helping spy on others   google.docs
      Banking: too big to fail, Deutsche Bank - not Greece   skydrive
      Mobile Navigation   zoho
      Viral Marketing   mobileMe
      Social Networking   sneaker net
      Internet Technologies   prezi.com
      Web 2.0 & the Cloud    
      Bottom Feeders    
      Search Engine Optimization    
      Security    
      Music and Film    
      Collaboration    
      Browser OS    
      Advertising Avatars    
      Ramifications of non-Latin web names    
      Dark Nets    
      Gaming History    
      Religious Economics    
      Your Theme (to be vetted)    
      Student List
       Students with priorty
       Students "at own risk"
      LASTNAME Firstname LASTNAME Firstname
      ABOU ABBAS Youssef Ali BEIER Katharina
      ARIK Musa BIEGALL Florian
      ATIK Aysegül BUCHWITZ Enrico Tobias
      BACH Jessica CAMOGLU Kadir Ediz
      CIBIK Ibrahim EI-KHADRA Abdur-Rahman Rami
      COSKUNER Ercan MAHR Jonas
      HELIKUM Tobias MAYER Ulf
      KARAGÜL Cihan PAGEL Paul
      LAUVA Robert SCHLAPPA Andreas
      MÄHLER Sascha SIEBENEICHER Tom
      NASSER Rami SPRIEWALD Deniz
      SAH IN Burhanettin TOPCUOGLU Bahri Murat
      SALEEM Adnan ÜNAL Filiz
      SANTOSO Alfonso USSING Jasmine Katharina
      SCHÜLZKE Stefan UZUN Turgut
      STÄDTER David WANDELT Nico
      STREICH Gesina Friederike ZIMMER Oliver
      TERCAN Özgür HÜBNER Robert
      WAHBI Nader KAYABASI Emre
      YILDIRIM Firat LEHMANN Steven Lothar
      BIRICIK Ferhan WEINHOLD Maximilian
      DISLI Özhan WOZNIAK Thomas
      KAMARIEH Khodor Daniel DURMAZ Hediye
      KARADAG Abdurrahman EGGERT Daniel
      MOHAMED Younas ERCAN Serdar
      SIEBEN Maximilian GÜNEYLI Gizem
      ABDULFATTAH Hanan ISIK Özgür
      BECKORD Alexander ABANOZ Ceren
      AYDIN Kamil FRANKE Martin
      BARID-POURREZA Nima KHADDAM AI-JAME Abdul Rahman
      EFE liter SABANCI Abdullah
      GÜN Irfan SCHULZ Tobias
      GÜRSEL Gürkan VUJICIC Zdravko
      HUSSAIN Shah Mohammed YAMAN Nadia-Rana
      KÜP Abdullah YAZICI Sahin
      ÖZCAN Gürkan    
      REMMO Ahmad    
      YILDIRIM Cem    

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