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Activity 22
                                                         22. Read the following note and two opinions
               • Help your students to                      on options for designing visual aids.  Opinion 1
                 recognize the fact that having             •  With your teacher’s help, comment on which   We could design a small
                 options for designing their                  opinion you agree with and your reasons for   column would have the
                                                                                             table with the data. One
                 own visual aids is important.                doing so.                     name of the country and
                 They should keep the                                                       the other would have the
                 purpose and addressee in                                                  number of languages spoken.
                 mindbecause the kinds of          Visual aids. Body language  Note:
                                                               hundred languages are spoken. Mexico is
                 aids they choose should                      In Papua New Guinea, more than 800   Opinion 2
                 address those factors of their                sixth on the list of countries with the most   I think we should use a map.
                                                                                           We could use different
                 presentation.                                 linguistic diversity, with 68 groups and 365   colors to indicate Papua
               • In this case, both options are                variants of languages, besides Spanish.  New Guinea and Mexico,
                 appropriate. Thus, make sure                                              and then we could add
                                                                                           circles with the number of
                 your students’ discussion                                                 languages spoken.
                 focuses on the aspects            session 8
                 previously commented on                FOR OUR PRESENTATION
                 (purpose/addressee).
               • If you have time, you may                 23. Look at your notes and design or research visual aids for your
                                                             •  Comment on the most suitable visual aid. If you are unsure of how to do
                 propose another option to                   presentation.
                 further the discussion and link               this, go back to the previous activity.
                 it to the following activity.               •  Have a look at the following diagram for some ideas you could use for your
                                                               presentation. Add other ideas you may come up with. Look at the example.
               Activity 23                                     Table with    Text      Animation Graphics  Mind   Other
                                                                                                           ideas
                                                       Flowchart  data  Images  slide  Map            map
               • If the equipment and time are                                    VISUAL AID: MAP
                 available, this is an excellent        NOTES
                 chance to foster your students’        Most endangered languages
                 digital skills when using              are spoken in the Americas
                 resources other than static            and South East Asia.
                 images. There are resources
                 on the web for creating easy
                 animations which can boost
                 the impact of a presentation.
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               • Remind your students that
                 each note may provide the
                 opportunity to use more than one visual aid.
               • Make sure your students understand all the options provided as ideas in the book.




























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