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Activity 23
                                                                                 • If necessary, in this first draft you
                                                                                   could mention that students can
                                                                                   edit the number of main ideas
                                                                                   or their length and not copy
                                                                                   them directly from the sub-
                                                                                   products in order to keep the
                                                                                   PSA short.
                                                                                 • Remind your students that if the
                                                                                   voice remains the same, but
                                                                                   there are changes in the voice
                                                                                   features and body language
                                                                                   within the lines they will say,
                                                                                   they will need to add the
                                                                                   indications, so they can present
                                                                                   it properly.
                                                                                 • Suggest your students say the
                                                                                   lines to calculate the allotted
                                                                                   time for each presentation.
                                                                                 • In real life, there is a process
                                                                                   of audio editing, since the time
                                                                                   allotted by broadcasters (either
                                                                                   in radio, TV or the Internet) is in
                                                                                   chunks of exactly 10s, 15s, 30s
                                                                                   or 60 seconds. There is no way
                                                                                   to go over even by one second.
                                                                                   However, your students do not
                                                                                   have that restriction, so if their
                                                                                   PSA finishes at, let’s say, 32s,
                                                                                   that’s not a problem.


              Activity 24
              • The effect that the PSA should aim for is two-fold. On one hand, it should motivate people to take action
               about the issue mentioned; on the other hand, it should be kept in mind so that even when people are not
               listening to the message, they are still motivated to take that action. For example, if you are old enough,
               you may remember a PSA campaign on Mexican TV that addressed parental violence towards children.
               The catchphrase is still remembered even if they no longer broadcast the PSA. That is how powerful a PSA
               message can become.
              • Remind your students that voice features should agree with the message. However, mismatches can have
               a purpose: for example, they add irony or sarcasm, or they may have a comical intention. Another thing to
               take into account is that PSAs can be serious or light-hearted.


















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