Decide
the topic of your final presentation. See the homework of September
25 for the details.
After you listen to the video at
the link above, turn off the volume on it and play it again.
Practice reading it aloud, and pay attention to words that are
difficult to pronounce. Be sure you can pronounce the new
vocabulary, numbers and dates correctly. Concentrate on speaking
quickly (but not too fast) and connecting the words that appear
together on the screen. There should be no pause between words.
After you have practiced a few times, do it one more time and record
yourself. You don't need to send the recording to the teacher, but
it is important that you do the final step of listening to the
recording of your voice and thinking about your weak and strong
points.
If you
would like to review the voice training video that we watched, go to
this
link. Remember the three things he advised for warming up your
voice before an important speech:
1. relax
your neck, throat, shoulders, and stomach
2. hum
for ten minutes, and try to make your chest vibrate as you push your
voice lower
3. Say
"QE, QR" repeatedly. This warms up the muscles of your mouth and
jaw. Q makes your lips a small circle. E makes your lips a wide
horizontal line, and R makes your mouth open wide vertically.