Adam Wyett
I am an ESL teacher based in Saint Etienne, France. I use Slides to share and present my presentations live while teaching group-classes in lo-tech environments.
Advanced English |
Too Late?
Warm-up | The Best Age
- According what you know or your personal experience, what is generally the best age for each of these things?
Warm-up II | The Best Age
- According what you know or your personal experience, what is generally the best age for each of these things?
- Finding a new friend
- Learning to swim
- Getting Braces
- Getting your first job
- Buying your first apartment
- Becoming a parent
- Taking retirement
Post-Reading | The Best Age
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Which decade of life do you think will probably be the perfect one for each of these things?
- Concentrating well
- resolving conflicts
- getting married
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making friends
- What is your response to each of the pieces of information in the article? Do they reflect the typical 'best ages' of people you know, or your experiences?
- Which of these reasons do you agree with for using diagrams and data in your written texts and presentations? Which are pertinent, and which are not?
- An argument with diagrams can be more convincing than ones without.
- There are a lot of statistics available, and therefore we should use them in our writing.
- Visual information looks attractive on the page.
- Statistics in the form of visuals can express a lot of information clearly.
- If I use statistics in my work, it's because I want to give the impression I've done some research.
- Complicated diagrams will make you look more intelligent, and that is why you are more convincing.
- How much trust do you have in the accuracy of government statistics and data, especially in areas like economic growth, unemployment rates, and crime statistics?
- In the age of "fake news" and misinformation, how can we ensure that data and statistics are used responsibly and truthfully in the media and public discourse?
- To what extent should data and statistics influence decision-making in politics, education, your profession?
Warm-up | Diagrams
Vocabulary | Research Language
Vocabulary | What is the difference?
Pronunciation | Verb / Noun Stress
decline, increase, research, survey, produce, record, conflict, protest, update, contract, advance, control, address, extract
- Can you identify these types of graphics?
- Which type would you use to illustrate the following information, and why?:
- Trends, e.g. the increase in e-commerce art sales over the past year
- Location, e.g. where most art collectors are located
- Raw data, e.g. the most important marketing channels by country and the click-through rate.
- Proportion, e.g. the percentages of purchasing collectors by age group
- Comparison, e.g. the preferred genre of contemporary art over time.
- What is the point of using visuals in your presentation? Why are some diagrams not appropriate?
- List what other types of diagrams exist. Which do you use/encounter in your papers / research?
Warm-up | Diagrams
Boxplots
Heat Maps
Stacked Bar Charts
Pictoral Chart
Venn Diagram
Warm-up | Describe this graph.
1) Reference to the diagram and brief description of content
2) detailed description or explanation of content
3) concluding statement
Warm-up | Features of a Description
Writing | Describing Trends
Writing | Describing Trends
Give a similar description for Kenya, Turkey or India.
Include:
1) an opening statement, 2) a broad description of the general trend, 3) a description of different parts of the graph, 4) a concluding statement including some evaluation.
Advanced | Too Late?
By Adam Wyett
