Stephen van Vlack
Sookmyung Women`s University
Division of English Language and Literature
English for International Communication
Spring 2007
Week 11 - English Today - The Cultural Legacy
Guidelines for Presentations and Reports
Crystal (2003) mentions ten different areas of modern culture and human existence, what he calls `cultural legacies` which have been and still are dominated by the English language and maybe the culture of inner core nations. In this presentation, students, working in groups of two or three, will give twelve to fifteen minute (not one second longer) presentations on the cultural legacy they have been assigned to do. In ths presentation groups need to be careful not to repeat or in any way summarize the contents of the text (Crystal, 2003; chapter 4). Rather, it is expected that groups go out and find interesting data and examples of and about their cultural legacy. This can include the historical development as well as current statistics related to distribution and use of the cultural legacy globally as well as specific examples and or the position of the cultural legacy in the Korean/Chinese/Finnish contexts. Groups are advised that the information they need is probably best acquired form the Internet. In this instance, Korean/Chinese/Finnish websites are certainly encouraged for use, but their content will need to be shown and presented into English. Specific examples are also useful materials for this presentation. The sources of all the information taken from the web need to be cited appropriately in the presentation. This means that it must be made clear which information comes from which source, so citations must be inserted into the presentation in the appropriate places. You will also need to have a reference list at the end of the presentation. These presentations need to be factually based and as such necessarily more formal than the ones previously done.
Presentation reports are due on the final day in which all the presentations are delivered (Friday, May 11th). As should be obvious by now the report should contain more detailed information than the presentation.
Good luck and have fun investigating your area!