Orals presentations!

Oriol: humour in spanish tv. Examples: Cruz y raya and Los morancos. In TV3: Plats Bruts, Polonia, Crackovia, APM, Vinagre... In Telecinco: CQC, Aida, Escenas de Matrimonio... In Cuatro: Friends, Estas no son las noticias, El hormiguero... In La Sexta: Se lo que hicisteis, Buenafuente, Family Guy...
I like it because I see most of theses programs or series and OÍ laugh a lot. Because of that, I really liked Edbthis topic. His pronuntation was good.

Chainez and Fiona: they talked about sitcomes. Tv series orginated in radio. They talked about what,s a sitcome and more examples. They talked about Cosby Show(1984), The Twilight (1959-2003), Fresh Prince (1990-1996) with Will Smith, and American Dad, (2005), by Seth MacFarlane.
This presentation was really good. Their pronuntation was really good and I liked it a lot.

Elisenda and Laia Salo: They talked about the realtionship between Darcy and Elisabeth. They described Elisabeth(prejudice of Mr Darcy, medium class) and Darcy (an unsociable man of upperclass and he is proud). they talked about the first meeting, the second meeting(when he helps her and touch her hand), third meeting(in the ball room), the fourth meeting(in Kent, he shows his feelings to Lizzy), the Fifth meeting(in Pemberley) and the Sexth meeting(in Longbourn).
I liked this topic because they talked about the love and it is really nice. Their pronuntation was good.

Neus and Marina Julia: They talked about love. Types of love: arranged marriages(Mr Collins and Charlotte), love at first sight(Bingley and Jane) and hate becomes love (Darcy and Elisabeth). Actually, there is the platonic love. Also they talked about Definitely, maybe, a really nice film, finally they put a trailer of Love Actually.
I liked this topic, because all the people feels love to someone else and it,s really nice to talk about them. Their prountation was good.

Marina Sarquella: she talked about love, reputation and class. Love: society influences in love(Ex: Collins and Charlotte), it's one of the most important work of English literature.
Reputation: a woman was ecpected to behave in certain ways.
Class: is related to reputation. Importance of class: Mr Darcy, Miss Bingley, Mr Collins and Wickam.
Her pronuntation was good. She didn't read from her notes. I liked it.



Adrià Carmona: he talked about the types of humour: verbal, physical, visual.
Verbal: comic adviser, blue humour, bull, epigram, irony.
Physical: slpastick, clowning.
And visual.
I really liked it because it was a funny presentation. his pronuntation was really good and the didn't read form his notes.



Alejandro Peña: He talked about Buenafuente. Tv channels: TV3, La cosa nostra; Antena 3, La Sexta. And also worked in the radio(cope of Reus and Ser) The Shows started witha monologue and we can't structure it!
His favourite sections is El Follnero and Bertovision.
I liked this presentation, because on the summer I watched every day Buenafuente. His pronuntaition was good but he read a little bit from his notes.



Adrià Alfaro: he talked about The Simpsons: satirical sitcome. Created by Matt Groening in
1989. Main characters: Homer(stupid and alcoholic), March(oppostie of Homer, clever), Bart(a great troublemaker), Liza(very intelligent) and Maggie. Second characters: Abraham Simpsons, Brandy, Lenny and Carl and Moe. Sripingfield is based in Portland.
his pronuntation was good and it was really funny. I really like his oral presentation.

Anna and Miriam: they talked about how to be a gentleman like Mr Darcy in our days. They adapted the behaviour of Mr Darcy to nowadays. They talked about how a gentleman has to be in a dinner. And also they put a video of the rules of dinner.
It was good, maybe it was short. But it was really interessant. I liked their oral presentation.

Carles and Clàudia: they talked about weddings around the world: indian weddings, arabian weddings.
Indian weddings: it beganing at night and finishes with a breakfast.
Arabian weddings: has a lot of partys etc.
Their pronuntation were really good and I really liked their oral presentation. It was very interessant because I didn't know anything about the weddings in the indian and arabian cultures. And also they didn't read from their notes.

Baldiri, Iñaki and Bernat: they talked about the life in 19th century and also about Pride and Prejudice. About the jobs and techonolgy, education, housing, food, clothing, society and costums and the conclusion. They put a video of Pride and Prejudice.
Their presentation was really good, I liked it a lot, it was very interessant. Their pronutation was good and they didn't read from their notes.

Computers

Now I'm going to talk you about the computers and about the modern times. Are the computers necessary to our lives?
On the one hand, I think that we can find the information quickly with Internet. Also, the technology industry gives work to a lot of people.

But, on the other hand, I think that there are a lot of people that have "technologydependence", that the first thing that they do when they arrive at home is turning on the computer, or the Play Station 2, Play Station 3, Play Station Portable and other ones.
I also think that we don't need tecnology to survive, it isn't a need. The society makes it a need.
It's true that it gives work to many people and because of that nobody wants to be a farmer and we need farmers, because they provide us the raw material that we need tu survive.

Self- evaluation

1- watch your presentation and answer the following questions:
NAME & TOPIC: The literary movements of the 18th and 19th centuries.


Presentation:
-Did you use any resources? Were the recources elegant and attractive?
To do this presentation I had to search the information, but I based my oral presentation on the knowledge that I have.

Body lenguage and eye contact:
-Did you look at your audience most of the time?
I think that I've done it.

-Did you read from your notes?
A little bit.

-Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience?
I think yes. I añways was moving my arms.

Structure:
-Did you organize your ideas in order of importance?
I think that all I have said was important,and because of that I only have said the most important things.

-Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear?
Yes. I used "in other words" and similars.

Language:
-Did you use check your grammar? no
-Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary? yes
-Did you use sentences linkers? yes
-Did you use fillers?

Pronunciation & Intonation:
-Did you know how to pronunce all your words? Did you ckeck a pronuntiation with a dictionary, a classmate, or a teacher ?
Most of them, the others I check it with a dictionary and a classmate.

Did you change your tone of voice or use monotone tone all the time? did you speed in a fluis continuum or with breaks and interruptions?
I tink that I didn't change my tone of voice but the presentation was flowed.

First Oral Presentation

Hello everybody!!
As you know Jane Austen was born in 1775 and she died in 1817.
But I won't to talk you about Jane Austen's life, but I'm going to talk you about the literary movements that there are in the 18th and 19th centuries.

18th century: Neoclassicism and Illustration
In the 18th century there is a very important movement, the Neoclassicism. It is based on the classical art(Greece and Rome). It appears in opposition to the Baroque and Rococo. Its characteristics are:
- the reason is more important than the feelings.
- the works have to be teaching.
- they don't like poetry because it expresses feelings.
- the theatre has to do the three units: action, time and place.
- the favourite genre is the essay.
This movement is really influenced by the Illustration.
There was a very important wirter and philosopher, Jean - Jaques Rousseau, and he said that the society of this period made the wickedness of all the people. And the only way to transform the mankind was the education, an education system base on the reason.
But this is only for man. Rousseau and the ohter philosophers thought that the woman had an others obligations, in other words, they exclude the women of their education plans.
They thought that the women had to be educated to be a good wife and a good mother. And also the women had to be accomplished. Because, without that, they didn't find husband and it was one of the most aims in woman's life in 18th century.
But Jane Austen wanted a more liberal educatin for the women. Opinions that are reflected on her works. This is an evidence of the Romanticism.
In this century there are a lot of important philosophers like: Voltaire, Diderot, Hume, Kant etc.
And also there are a lot of important writers like: Goethe or Gray.

19th century: Romanticism
In the 19century there was another important literary movement, The Romanticism.
It characteristics are:
- feelings are more important than the reason.
- Idea of liberalism.
- they are imperfect and unfinished works, with open ends.
The romantics broke with the rules which reduce their freedom. They wanted to find the superstition, sinister places etc.
They didn't write about Greece and Rome, but they wrote with a nationalist spirit. For example: Jane Austen wrote about a society that she knew perfectly.
They thougth that the feelings were really important and because of that they wrote stories in which the feelings have a very important role, and the characters wanted to express them. For example: Pride and Prejudice talks about th feelings of Elisabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley, Lydia and Wickam and they wanted to express them to each other.
There are a lot of important writers in all Europe:
In France: Zola, Flaubert.
In Spain: Beneito Pérez Galdós and Leopoldo Alas "Clarín".
In UK: Charles Dickens.
In Russia: Dostoievski and Tolstoi.
In the Romanticism, we can find literary movements like realism or naturalism.
- Naturalism: Proponents of this movement believe heredity and environment control people. Writers: Zola and Crane.
- Realism: this movement is based in the reality of people. They write about the poverty and day by day problems. Writers: Flaubert, Tolstoi and Honoré de Balzac.
These are the most important movements, but also there are other ones like nationalism and symbolism.

HUMOUR

Is humour necessary to survive ??
Humour is a human quality that has a very important influence in our lives.
On the one hand, I think if you have bad times in your life, you have to laugh a little bit. It will make you feel better.
If you have a good time in your life, you always are laughing, and you are positive an smiling. I believe that we work better if we are in a bad mood. I can confirm it because there are many experiments about that.
On the other hand, I think that there are many situations which we can't be smiling or positive, because they aren't funny.
In conclusion, I believe that humour is essential in our lives to survive. Without humour we can't face day by day problems.