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ORAL PERFORMANCE useful ideas – MATURITA

MIND MAPS – PART ONE

Vážení učitelé,

rádi bychom vám postupně nabídli několik užitečných nápadů pro procvičování  ústního projevu žáka k maturitní zkoušce z anglického jazyka i k dalším jazykovým zkouškám. Naší snahou je, aby nápady/metody,které řada z vás již ve výuce běžně využívá, byly levné (bez nároků na tisk) a snadno využitelné.

Lanuae teachers usuall use mind maps to help their students learn vocabular and/or plan “topic”

presentations. However, mind maps can be used for a much larer rane of activities, e.. to:

take notes (recallin ideas/vocabular etc.)

improve creativit and capture ideas

compare (e.. pictures)

clarif thouhts

summarize

ain an overview see topics in context

plan a speech

expand topics to see more detail

Mind maps can be a helpful tool for exam preparation and memorization, i.e. as stud maps summarizin

vast quantities of information. The use of interconnectin branches, colours, raphics and kewords promote

retention of information, promptin visualization of the map and the retrieval of the information when it counts!

Main functions of a mind map

To organize, reorganize and lter the thoughts and ideas

To analze and structure information, to identif relationships between ke points

To produce and present information in a transparent wa

To build vocabular

Main principles for creating a mind map

Students should:• Note down points startin from the centre and workin outwards (create sub-themes)

• Look for relationships

• Use lines to show connections between thins

• Keep the points brief (use ke words)

Benefts

Simplicit – eas to use

Associative – an idea probabl has man linksVisual – eas to remember 

Radial – allows to work in man directions

Overview – helps to see the overall picture and

relationship between issues (sub-themes, ideas, etc.)

Ideas for a good mind map

It is useful to:

-position the main idea in the centre-use lots of space (to add thins later)

-use colour and capitals when useful (to make it

more memorable)

-personalize the map

General structure/shape of a mind map

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Sunshine wheel

TOPICPICTURE

PHOTO

IDEA

...

sub-point

sub-points

sub-points

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sub-point

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CLASSWORK (Z/V level) Ideas for teachers

1 Taking Notes (presentin a new topic)

It is useful to start the “topic” lesson with handin

a blank sheet of paper (A4) to each student. First,

ask the students to write the main topic, e.. William

Shakespeare, in the centre of the paper. Do the same on

the blackboard or ipchart.

Brainstorming is a good way to motivate studentsand initiate the activity – ask students to give you asmuch information/vocabulary as possible and writeit on the blackboard round the central topic. You may also ask students to look for relationships and help you organize the ideas into sub-themes/topics,

e.g. family, childhood, London, work – plays, poetry.As the lesson proresses, students should note the ke

points as the arise on the main branches of their mind

map. When ou (the teacher) o into more detail on a

point, students should add sub-branches with appropriate

keywords. Where there are specic facts related to the

branch, students ma just record it in the text attached to

the branch. B the end of the lesson, students will have

a compact record of the topic which will enable them to

recall the whole lesson/topic at a lance.

 At the end of the lesson, you can check whether thestudents understood or followed your speech/paid attention by asking them to speak about the topic/ subtopic using their own notes.

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3 Presenting a topic (e.g. W. Shakespeare)

In April: Ideas for teachin oral performance and strateies – describing a picture, comparing and

contrasting two pictures

2 Building vocabularyMind maps for buildin vocabular

are sometimes referred to as

“vocabular networks” or “word

maps”. One popular use of 

such mind maps is oranisin

vocabular roups, e.. the

central theme is “food” and

the sub-themes are “meat”, “fruit”,

“veetables” etc. Another wa

miht be to associate the various

nouns, adjectives and verbs with

the central theme, e.. television,

programme, lm, switch on,

watch, interestin, borin...

WORD MAP

The lm as

boring 

 I liked the lm I have seen it tice

TALKING

 ABOUT VERBS 

 FILM 

 PEOPLE TYPES OF 

 FILMS 

to rent (a dvd)

to atch

 producer 

a lm directed b

director 

actor  John Depp plasSeen Todd 

comed

adj.

thriller  science ction

horror 

adj.

funn hilarious

scar

 ERA/PERIOD LIFE   Earl life Marriage  London  Later ears

 Death

STYLE 

 ALLITERATION wORD-PLAy 

VERSE 

WORK 

 Poems 

Sonnets

 Plas

TRAGEDy 

 ROMANcE 

 HISTORY 

COMEDy 

happy, huMouR 

MaRRIaGE, GEnDER 

confusIon

happy-EnD

ThE TaMInG of ThE shREw

as you LIkE IT

ThE coMEDy of ERRoRs

kaThERInE

pETRucIo

pLoTfaTE

MuRDER hERo

kInG LEaR 

oThELLohaMLET

haMLET, pRIncE of DEnMaRk 

ophELIa

GERTRuDE

...

pLoT

 INFLUENcE 

THEATRE 

LoRD chaMBERLaIn’s MEn

...

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Boys

sTaGE

POET

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