LUISS Guido Carli

Public Speaking for International Relations students

Unit 5: Meetings

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Subskills:

A. Exploiting external information to support/deconstruct arguments;B. Responding to and asking complex questions; E. Expressing and supporting informed opinion;G. Preparing appropriately for a specific public context.

Course objectives

The students will be able to... Subskills 1. contribute to group discussions even when speech is fast and colloquial. 5. suggest alternatives to hypothetical proposals. 6. answer questions about abstract topics clearly and in detail. 8. provide clarification of a complex point using reformulation and paraphrase. 10. support their opinions using linguistically complex language. 12. contribute fluently and naturally to complex or abstract topics. 13. provide a detailed elaboration on external information. 16. use linguistic techniques to encourage others to participate. 17. clarify points they are trying to make using complex language. 18. respond to, and exploit, more formal and diplomatic language.

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A. Terminology

1. Make a list of 10 words that you would expect to find in a text about demographics

2. Define the words in taboo mode for your group

3. In pairs match the definitions to the terminology that you will find here. A timer is on the left!

4. List the ten terms here and write your own definitions for reference later:

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B. Your demography

1. What is the population of your country exactly?

2. What challenges is it facing demographically?

3. What is the situation of its neigbouring countries?

4. Using the terminology from A.4 above research the country your professor has allocated to your group. You will refer to this task at the end of the seminar

YOUR NOTES:

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C. Video viewing

Hans Rosling (Swedish pronunciation: /hɑːns ruːslɪŋ/; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker. He was the Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute. He held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks in which he promoted the use of data to explore demographic issues.

A. Watch the first part of the video and take notes here:

B. Watch the video again and fill the gaps in the sentences:

1 And they __________ away then.2 [But this second] grows with seven, eight __________, and then they will end up here.3 Every __________ is a country.4 It's only by child survival that we will stop __________ growth.5 There is nothing -- but a __________ war of a kind we've never seen -- that can stop this [growth] from happening.6 But the world has changed, and it's overdue to upgrade that __________ and that taxonomy of the world, and to understand it.7 And their __________ now is, of course, to buy a bicycle, and then later on they would like to have a motorbike also.8 And the population will double in one __________.9 So these [poorest] two billion will, in the next decades, __________ to three billion, and they will thereafter increase to four billion.10 And the most successful of the developing countries, they have moved on, you know, and they have become emerging __________, we call them.11 The __________ of the old West in the new world is to become the foundation of the modern world -- nothing more, nothing less.12 And our teacher told us that the __________ world, 1960, had one billion people.13 The colors show the __________.14 Remember when this blue box was all alone, __________ the world, living its own life.15 And in 1960, all __________ were saving to try to buy a Volvo like this.16 It's a new __________ where we take emotion apart, and we just work analytically with the world.17 This was the __________ level at which Sweden was.18 And of course, there's been economic __________ in the West.19 The whole emerging world joins the Western world with good child __________ and small family size, but we still have the poorest billion.20 And these lower or middle income countries, the emerging income countries, they will also __________ forwards economically.

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1. Describing graphs

1. Match the verb with the trend it is describing on the left.2. Try to complete the table as much as possible with matching nouns for the verbs 3. What adjectives and adverbs could combine with 2 nouns and 2 verbs from each trend?

Trends Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs1. Going up bottomed out, reached a

lowAn improvement A gradual

IncreaseQuickly soaring

2. At the top rise, increase, grow, go up, improve, jump, surge, shoot up , soar, rocket

3. Going down fluctuate, zig-zagged, flutter

4. At the bottom remain stable/constant, stay at the same level, stabilize

5. No change reach/hit a low (point), hit/reach its/their lowest point,

6. Low points fall, decrease, drop, decline, go down, slump, plummet

7. Frequent change

reach a peak, peak., reach its/their highest point

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4. Take turns describing these graphs together:

a. Population in millions

b. Top 5 biggest cities by population (millions)

c. World population in billions

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5. Complete the following descriptions of the graphs above:

Text 1:The bar graph compares the population in ________ metropolitan areas during 1970 and 2010 while the table outlines the top five cities with the _________ population. Finally, the line graph compares __________and ___________population distribution from 1980 to 2010.

Generally speaking, the population ____________ in Bombay and Jakarta was faster than that of other cities and Tokyo had the highest residents in 2010. Moreover, a ___________ number of people started living in urban areas than in rural areas after 2005. According to the bar graph, more than 15 million people lived in Tokyo in 1970 and that was ___________ than that of New York and Shanghai. Population in Bombay was ___________ than that of Tokyo and Jakarta had only 2.5 million residents, the___________ among the five cities. The population in Tokyo ______________to 27.6 million in 2010 and this was the city with the highest population. However, population growth in Bombay and Jakarta, almost 5.5 times, was higher than any other city listed. The table data shows that New York was the most populous city in the world in 1950 with exactly 12.5 million people. London and Tokyo stood at the____________ and third position in this list while Moscow with its 5.3 million people was in 5th position. In 2010, Tokyo ____________ the rank followed by Bombay and Lagos. Finally, globally 3 billion people lived in rural areas in 1980 while less than 2 billion in cities. In 2010, the number of city-living-residents _____________ to over 4 billion while it was slightly over 3 in villages.

Text 2: The bar graph compares the population ____________in five large cities between 1970 and 2010 while the table lists down the five most populous cities in the world both in 1950 and 2010. In addition, the line graph analyses the global population in rural and urban areas. Overall, Tokyo had the largest population in 2010 but the population growth in Bombay and Jakarta _____________ other cities. Finally, more people started to live in cities after 2005 despite a different scenario in earlier years. As the data suggests, Tokyo had over 15 million residents in 1970 which was three and ____________ times higher than that of Bombay and Jakarta respectively. New York and Shanghai had approximately 14 and 12 million inhabitants in this year. After two decades, New York witnessed a ___________ population growth while it was dramatic both in Jakarta and Bombay. It is evident that population growth in Jakarta and Bombay ____________all other cities. In 1950, New York, London, Tokyo, Paris and Moscow were the top five populous cities in the world. In 2010 Bombay, Lagos, Shanghai and Jakarta ranked in the list by eliminating all other cites except Tokyo which stood_______ on the chart with over 27 million citizens. Finally, the global urban population in 1980 was _________ 2 billion while 3 billion lived in villages. The population in cities ____________ ___________ and went over 4 billion in 2010 at which point 3 billion global population resided in rural areas.

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E. Meeting informally

1. In task B.4 you were asked to research demographic information about a European country. Using the notes you took there and making use of the language to describe demographic trends you need to meet with your fellow ‘country men’. You have been asked to have an informal meeting in order to address the demographic issue and uncover any ‘sticking points’ that need deeper research for future meetings

2. Please refer to the useful expressions for meetings in appendix 1 while you prepare your role.

3. The following roles must be covered. Delete the roles which are note relevant and prepare your notes in the box for your meeting:

a. Minister for the Department of Health and Social Welfare

b. Minister for the Department for foreign affairs

c. Professor of Demography at high ranking university

d. Head of the most predominant religious organization

4. Please keep in mind the acronym S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. :

Scene: remember that you are ‘performing’ to a live audience at all times. Lighting is always important!Participants: this is your audience, keep them involved!Energy: keep it contained, no wild gestures. Expressions and gestures should be intentional and clear.Alert: watch out for distractions and glitches in technology-be preprared to problem solve!Key: think of a musical key here and work on your language and voice as an instrument-pause and stress words! Study key terminology!Interest: Show that you are following, nod, smile-even when you are not speaking yourself!Nominate: call others by names or titles to include them when you need backup/information/more interaction.Goal: keep the aim of the interaction in mind at all times-some sidetracking is natural and good for bonding but can be time-wasting if too lengthy or frequent.

5. Make notes on one of your peers’ performance during the interaction using the acronym to guide your comments. Student A should observe B, B observes C, C observes D, and D observes A. Record your thoughts here:

6. Give feedback to each other on your ‘performances’

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Blend: Conducting research using a PEST analysis approach

1. You are working in groups of four for this blend

2. Look at the video and choose any single country to take brief notes on while watching of significant changes in

that country’s demography

3. Research the country using a PEST analysis (examples can be found online)

4. Each member of the group should research a specific part of the PEST

5. Save and graphs that you find for your own reference during the last session and the exam

6. Unite your findings into a single document

7. Save your all documents in your portfolio

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Appendix 1

Common English Phrases used in meetings

Getting someone's attention

Excuse me.May I have a word?If I may... I think...Excuse me for interrupting.Can I come in here? (This doesn't mean you're asking to enter a room, it is something we say when we want to interrupt someone.)

Giving opinions

I'm positive that...I feel that....In my opinion...The way I see things..If you ask me..., I tend to think that...

Asking for opinions

Do you think that..Mrs / Ms / Mr X can we get your input ?How do you feel about...?What do you think of ...? Do you have something you would like to add?

Commenting

That's interesting.I never thought about it that way before I get your point.I see what you mean.

Agreeing

I totally agree with you.Exactly!Good point!That's just the way I feel.I have to agree with ...

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Disagreeing

Unfortunately, I see it differently.Up to a point I agree with you, but...I'm afraid, I can't agree

Giving advice and making suggestions

Let's...We should ...Why don't we ...How/What about ....I suggest/recommend that ...

Clarifying

Let me spell it out...Have I made that clear?Do you see what I'm getting at?Let me put it another way..I'd just like to repeat that....

Requesting information

Please, could you...I'd like you to...Would you mind...I wonder if you could...

Asking for repetition

I'm afraid I didn't quite catch that. Could you repeat what you just said? I missed that. Could you say it again please?Could you run that past me again?

Asking for clarification

I don't quite follow you.What exactly do you mean? Could you explain to me how that's going to work?I can't see what you're getting at. Could we have some more details, please?Am I correct in thinking that ...?

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