Project: Global Youth Summit

March 20

A poster is "a visual presentation that showcases your scholarly research. The purpose of a poster is to present a piece of work that colleagues can easily view and which can stimulate an exchange of ideas between the presenter and the audience reading the poster. A poster is different from a paper or a talk, and so distinct techniques need to be employed in its preparation." (Writing Center Learning Guide of University of Adelaide)
Don’t wait for viewers to ask a question; say, “Would you like to hear about my research in about two minutes or less?” This frees them from having to read and figure it all out themselves. Then offer to answer questions.  If you don’t know an answer, admit it, speculate with the person, or ask what s/he thinks. Be sure to check to see if your listener understands the technical aspects of your explanation and if what you’re saying makes sense.
Be sure to speak loudly enough to be heard, slow enough that you think your are speaking too slowly, and without fillers like “um,” “uh,” “like,” “you know,” and “okay.” 
It helps to practice on your friends and family first!
Take a look at the Power Point Presentation about how to make a poster:

https://app.box.com/s/ht8vbcijhw8i4m78mz56vf6ir0jqbu9


Improve your pronunciation

In order to be prepared for your oral presentation, check your pronunciation in the following website:




March 12, 2019

Peer assessment
First draft of the essay

In order to help our classmates to improve their essays, please, read carefully your classmates' essay and do the analysis proposed

Authors (essay written by…)
Assessed by…
Water pollution
Corruption in Colombia 1
Corruption in Colombia 1
Corruption in Colombia 2
Corruption in Colombia 2
Corruption in Colombia 3
Corruption in Colombia 3
Climate change
Climate change
Water pollution




September 11, 2018

Global Youth Summit


Objective: at the end of this project, you will be able to write and speak about our world problems describing causes and effects and arguing some possible solutions.

Task:  Our University will be participating in Global Youth Summit organized by The World Bank Group (WBG) and its Global Partnership for Youth in Development (GPYD). This Fair is a space to discuss global concerns such as global warming, sexual discrimination, racism, child labor, poverty, among other topics, and to involve young people in efforts to achieve sustained, peaceful, and broad-based economic development. Twenty students from our University will be selected to travel to Switzerland where the Fair will be taking place (all expenses paid).  The only requirement to participate is to write an essay about the chosen glocal issue describing the problem, its causes, its effects and possible solutions, and to prepare an approximately five minute speech to present their analysis in the Fair.  

Steps:

Choose 2 or 3 classmate to work with you in your project. (maximum 4 students)

Reading, Writing & Speaking tasks



1. Choose a global concern you would like to address (You can be inspired by the 17 goals for sustainable development).
2. Read about your global or local concern in English.
3. Write a problem-solution essay 
Your essay should include:
• Introduction
• Causes of the problem.
• Effects of the problem.
• Possible solutions to this problem.
4. Be prepared to present your analysis in a forum.
Prepare your oral presentation by practicing your pronunciation and designing audiovisual to help contextualize your audience.

Important:
You must write your own essay (Do not copy and paste from other sources. / Do not use a translator.)
You must not read.  It is a spontaneous talk.
You must prepare audiovisual help to support your ideas.
The narrative must be coherent and the transitions from one topic to the other must be imperceptible.

Assessment


20% Communication (Message is clear and coherent)
20% Pronunciation/Fluency (Speaking is fluent and without major pronunciation errors)
20% Vocabulary (Ideas are well presented with appropriate vocabulary)
20% Grammar (Ideas are well presented with appropriate language choices)
20%  Audiovisual Help (Audiovisual Help is used to contextualize the audience)

References


http://www.opportunitydesk.org/2018/02/01/global-changemakers-global-youth-summit-2018-in-switzerland/

http://www.global-changemakers.net/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwqzZHNv6-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbLcz6TzgA

Credits
Proposed by Alejandra Jiménez Quintero (August, 2017) and adapted by Deisa Gómez (for educational purposes)



These are some of the applicants this year:







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