4. HISTORY OF A PRODUCT

Hello everyone, my name is Marta and I will tell you today a little story of Converse shoes.

First, I will tell you why I have chosen that this topic. Later, I will make a summary of the story where there will be the origin of the brand, the evolution and more. And finally, I will make a small conclusion.

So start!

I chose this topic because in the book there was a small piece of history. I thought it would be interesting to extend it and find new things.

Converse is an athletic shoe company of the U.S.A. This company was created by Marquis Mills Converse. This gave rise to its name. They had many buyers because shoes were simple.

These shoes were spread all over the world thanks to Chuck Taylor, celebrity of the time. For this reason, has created the star of the shoes. As it was this famous model. At this time, people called the All Star brand. Thanks to the players of the NBA, the shoes left behind classic colors for coloring.

Converse became popular among the 70s and 80s. But shortly afterwards, had competence brands, for example Nike. And in 2003, Converse was sold to this company.

In conclusion, just say that Converse was well received, but was absorbed for their competence.

I hope you liked it and thank you!

The story of converse from mteixidor98

      OBSERVATION OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION

Did you use any resources? Yes. I use a Power Point

Were the resources relevant and attractive? I believe that the resources entrendre practical information.

Did you show/talk about the photos to the audience? Yes. I showed three pictures related to my topic.

Did you look at your audience most of the time? I think I looked a bit in public. But above all looked to the camera.

Did you read from your notes? No, I have not read

Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience?  I only point out the most important things of PowerPoint, so that they paid attention

Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Yes

Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? (First, then, secondly, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally..) Yes

Which ones? First, later, finally, in clocusion

Did you introduce interessting iformation to your audience?  I explained the information both interesting as I could

Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet/ books..? (Specify)    I extract the information from books and internet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Converse_(shoe_company))

Was your information more superficial or more detailed and original?  I think it was quite superficial 

Did you check your grammar?(verbs, word order...) Yes

Did you use rich/new vocabulary looking up the dictionary? (synonyms/new words/

expressions..) No

Did you use sentence linkers?(and, but, moreover, also, furthermore, although, how-ever...) And, because, but, just, for this reason, at this time

Did you use fillers? (well, you know, for example, one second, repeating a word...) Yes (for example)

Did you know how to pronounce all your words? Yes

Did you check the pronounciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? In a dictionary and I asked some friends 

Did you change your tone of voice or use a monotone all the time? I use the same tone of voice 

Did you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions?  I think I went too fast. This made me put more nervous and therefore hindered my pronunciation and the ability to hear with clarity 

You are your teacher! What mark did you get? I think it's one of the best presentations I've done this for years. But still, I get 4. Because I was too nervous and also I block. 

I'LL IMPROVE FOR THE NEXT ORAL:

1. Have more confidence in myself 

2. Preperar it more time and patience (in front of the mirror)

3. Greatly improve pronunciation

1. SUMMER HOLIDAYS

 

Hello my name's Marta and today I'm talking about my last summer. First I’m talking about my stay in Serdenya, second about Barcelona and finally about my return to Banyoles.

Well, we start.

First I went to Serdenya with my family. I stayed for ten days. In there, I went to the beach, visited the monuments, Alguer, the city Phoenician and Roman... I went to the beach in the mornings. This island, hides a lot of history. It was a very interesting and unforgettable experience.

Second, I went to Barcelona. I went to visit my grandfather. I stayed in my grandfather's house for three weeks with my cousins. In there, I did my holidays homework, I went shopping, and to the swimming to the pool...

Finally, I returned to Banyoles. In there, I met friends, I celebrated my birthday, I finished the homework and prepared for the school. It was a sense of routine. Thus, we can say that a few days were very strange.

This has been my summer holiday.

I hope you liked it.

MY CLASSMETES PRESENTATION:

JORDI:

London

Fishing

Burdeaux

Prepered for the school

BERNAT:

Banyoles: Belgium friends

Banyoles: La pesquera

Platja d'Aro

MIREIA FELIU:

Banyoles

Estartit

Banyoles

PAU:

Glougster

Platja d'Aro

Pre season of football

BLANCA:

Camp Nashoba North

Pals

Prepered for the school

POL:

Platja d'Aro

Normandy

Prepered for the school

ELENA:

France

Oviedo

Banyoles

MÒNICA:

L'Escala

Tossa

Camp

Pals

MIREIA NOGUER:

Irland

Haleibury

Banyoles

MARTA:

Alicant

Copenhaguen

Banyoles: Port Aventura i Sant Antoni de Calonge

ENRIC:

Banyoles

Switzerland

Banyoles

LAIA:

Estartit

Palamós

Mikonos

NÚRIA:

Campaments

Platja d'Aro

Banyooles

ESTHER:

Acampada

Campas

Granada 

Ibiza

JÚLIA:

Banyoles

L'Escala

Cruise

My last Summer:

Hello my name is Marta and I'm now talking about my summer.
First I talk about Valencia, the second about Roses, and finally the return.

I went to Valencia with my parents by the end  of July, because my sister had broken her leg. In Valencia I went to my parent’s house for my mother. Because my grandfather had a house there. I stayed in Valencia for four weeks. I went there to see different things., as monuments, squares, parks, the City Hall and many other things.

Secondly I went to visit my friends in Roses. I stayed there for a week. There I went go to the beach. And also the last day I went to the water park. It was fun. So there I spent my birthday.

Finally I went  back home in August. Then I prepared to start school and finished the summer homework. But before starting school, I went to celebrate the birthday of my little cousin. In a few days, my sister left.

Observation of your oral presentation:

Presentation:

Did you use any resources? Yes, I'm use the power point
Were the resorces relevant and attractive? No much
Did you show/talk about the photos to the audience? Yes but I did not


Body language and eye contact:

Did you look at your most of the time? Yes, I did
Did you read from your notes? No much

Did you any gestures/movent to hold the attencion of your audience? No

Structure:

Did you organize your ideas in orŧher of importance? No, I didn't

Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? Yes I did
Which ones? First,second, finally...

Content:

Did you introduce interessting information to your audience? No, I didn't
Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet/ books...? No, because is my holiday
Was your information more superficial or more detailed and original? Superficial

 Language:

Did you check your grammar? Ye, I did
Did you use rich/new vocabulary looking the dictionary?  No much
Did you sentances linkers? Yes, and, but...
Did your files?Yes, I did

Pronunciation & intoniation:

did you know how to pronunce all your words? Yes
Did you check the pronunciation witha dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? No much
Did you change your tone of voice or use a monotone all time? No
Did you use fillers? Yes, I did

Self-avaluation:

You are your teacher! What mark did you get? ;-) 
I think 4,8 or 5

Classmates:

Laia: summer camp, CAVA, Santa Cristina.

Blanca: England, Peru, Pals.

Mireia F: L'Albera, Estartit, Banyoles.

Jordi: England, Hamburg, I prepared for school.

Bernat: Can Toni, England, Platja d'Aro.

Mònica: Bournemouth, stage in a camp, l'Escala.

Marta: Poole, Italy, Roma, Tossa

Núria: Poole, Platja d'Aro, Pamplona/Vitoria/Saragossa

Mireia N: England, Platja d'Aro, Banyoles, Mieres.

Pau: Playmouth, Platja d'Aro, football season.

Enric: Banyoles, Sitges, Eslovenia, Banyoles.

Elena: Poole, St Petersburgo

Carlota: Turquia, Cadaqués

Esther: Camping, l'Albera, Granada.

(The powerpoint and podcasting, I don't upload for problemes)