The second generation of the web

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:22:55 +0000

Yesterday I had great experience! Giving a presentation in English is completely different from doing the same in Russian. To my mind, the main contrast was that I didn’t have to find substitutes for many native English words in Russian. And, of course, previously I didn’t have such an opportunity to speak for about 15 minutes :)

So, this is the presentation that was given:

Generations of the Web

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It is short, because I’m lazy :) If you follow this link, you will find the text of the presentation.

Presentation in English

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:32:03 +0000

Today I want to say a few words about presentations. I didn’t know that it’s so useful way for improving speaking skills.

There are several advices to follow:

You don’t need to be perfect. Even you’re making mistakes during the speech, if it allows to understand the topic, it doesn’t matter.
The more you repeat your speech during the preparation, the better you see shortcomings and can fix them before you’re on the stage.
The more you’re interested in topic, the more words will be remembered.
After the presentation you will be asked some questions. Of course, your answers will include the words you used in the presentation. It’s one more way to make vocabulary active.

All in all, if you speak in language you’re studying, it’s great! ;)

On Tuesday I’m going to make a presentation about the second generation of the Web. There are lots of ways I can use to cover this topic. Hope, I will write one more post about my experience. That will be the first time I give a presentation in English :)

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The second generation of the web

Presentation in English