Oral presentation: Italy

 

 

 

 

Introduction

Good morning we are Alba and Judith and now we will explain different things about Italy. Well, first we wanted to talk about New York but we thought that was a bad idea because it's very global, and finally we decided to talk about Italy, for the simple reason that we were there last year for the end of term trip.

Ok, to begin we will talk about:

•                     The geographical situation of this country.

•                     Flag

•                     The climate

•                     The languages

•                     Traditions

•                     Food

•                     Interesting places

 

Map

In this picture you can see Italy, it is boot-shaped. On the right side is the Adriatic sea, on the left side is Mediterranean sea. In this country we can find the microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. The capital of this beautiful country is Roma!!

 

Flag

The colours of the Italian flag represent several things. Green colour represents the hope for an union of the country. On the other hand, white colour represents the Alps, and finally red colour represents the blood of the dead who died defending their nation.

 

Climate

In general the climate of this country is tempered, in the north the weather is colder than the south, because at the north there are mountains and in winter snow. In the south is hottest because there is coast.

Language

The most important language in here is Italian, but there are a lot of different languages for example:

-Occitan

-Tuscan

-Southem

 

Traditions

The most traditional dance is the tarantella. This dance is very active because you can’t stop dancing, as a result of you can’t move your legs. Tarantella from the south of Italy although this dance originated from Argentina.

 

The night of the end of year is called San Silvestre and the first day is called Capo Danno. A habit of this tradition that can't miss are lentils, this is equivalent to the twelve grapes. They say that if you eat a plate of lentils at midnight, you have a lot of money next year.

Another tradition is wear red lingerie on New Year's Eve. 

 

Food

The Italian food is Mediterranean with a special aroma and flavor. The traditional food, as you know is pasta, for example: ravioles, fettuccinis, spagetty... acompanied by sauces. Another of their specialities food is pizza.

On the one hand, the common desserts are the tiramisu, panna cotta, ricotta tart and in particular the famous ice cream! This ice cream is the most famous because the ice-cream man have retained this office as a family tradition.

Interesting places

Italy have got a lot of cultural sites, the most important we visited were:

–                    The Roman coliseum

–                    The Fontana Di trevi

–                    Sant Pedro's dome

–                    The amphitheater

–                    the Tower of Pisa

 

Conclusions

In short, this presentation wasn’t very hard because we had been there before. However, there isn't anymore accurate information, in Internet there are global information.

We have had a little problem with this country because we thought this country had the English language, but it isn’t and we have realized later.

We hope you haven't had a very bad time hearing us and if are there any questions you can ask us.

 

EVALUATION OF OUR ORAL PRESENTATION

 

Presentation (10%)

We have used a prezi and images, and of course that they focus and support on the topic. Moreover the oral presentation has occupied seven minutes. (10%)

 

Body language and eye contact (10%)

Judith and I have looked at the audience or in a fixed location most of the time, besides, we have done some gestures to signal the concepts in the prezi. Occasionally, we have read our notes because we were nervous. (7%)

 

Structure(10%)

We have introduced the topic with sentences to center every topic but we haven't done any questions about them. However, yes that we have organized the ideas in order of importance and we have used markers in our discourse.

In the conclusion we have given our opinion about this presentation and the errors that we have had.

(10%)

Content(40%)

In each presentation introduces new information, and we aren't going to be less, although we have given her global. However, we have given examples acompanied with images. After that, we think that the message is clear. (30%)

Language (20%)

In the our presentation has had a correct grammar and the vocabulary is varied, counting the connectors and fillers. (15%)

Pronunciation and intonation (10%)

The pronunciation has been good, but sometimes we have made a mistake because we have had nervous. In particular, sometimes we have used a monotone tone and we have had breaks. (5%)

FINAL MARK: 77%

Another time we should to control our nervous and go very safe. I think that we haven't done it bad and we deserved more score in class.

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