Presenting a Museum Object Orally (group 1)

1. Aspects of English needed

1.1. Grammar: use past tenses

1.2. Vocabulary: know the words for materials (what the object is made of)

1.3. use strong adjectives

1.4. use a logical narrative construction and keep the best to the end

1.5. use ironical or comic sentences to capture the attention

1.6. use tenses of description (BE+ing)

2. What? (content)

2.1. Place of the object (where it was found)

2.2. Date: when the object was used

2.3. Date: when the object was found

2.4. People: who used it then

2.5. People: who studies it now and why

2.6. Function/use: what it is used for

2.7. Description: what it looks like

2.8. Historical significance: why the object is in a museum

3. How? (form)

3.1. Use anecdotes / stories

3.2. Use interviews/dialogues

3.3. Show the object !

3.4. Pacing: not too fast, use pauses

3.5. Use constrastive stress for important information