Project+Outlines

Together with your team. Choose a case study for your research. Your project should be about a case study you are interested in and related to the different branches of business. Topic suggestions: > * // **Teams** // must be formed in the first two weeks of hte year and // **Proposals** // must be communicated to your teachers before the end of October.
 * 1) **Teams and Proposals:**
 * Microcredits (Yunnus)
 * NGO Organizations
 * Financial crisis
 * Business Gurus
 * Marketing effectiveness
 * Corporate image
 * E-commerce
 * The business of education
 * Business and the third world
 * Emerging markets and technologies
 * BIG COMPANIES: THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
 * PECULIAR COMPANIES: HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING “DIFFERENT”

2. ** Research: ** Investigate background information about the case to study. Your research should:
 * use more than three reputable sources, alll of them in English, The aim of the research is that you read articles, watch interviews and a variety of multimedia resources in English, It's not an exercise of translation, but a summary and explanation of your findings to the rest of the class.
 * use oral sources as well as written ones, videos, news, photos,...
 * include background information about your topic, (i.e: definitions, causes and effects, graphs,..)
 * be well written using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation (use spellchecker!!!)
 * include a glossary of important expressions used.
 * You will have to send the written speech by email before the 10th of December to be able to give you guidelines. These are not individually provided but in an indexed document including the 4 or 5 different speeches in your group.
 * Using your unican email addresses
 * Including an __Introduction__ ( with a presentation of the group members), a __glossary__ of important vocab you have learnt, it will also help the audience to follow your presentation), a division of the __contents__, and the __references__ you have used for your research.
 * Times New Roman 12, **double-spaced typing (2 sides A4 =5' talk)**

3. ** Oral Presentation ** : Each team will have 30 minutes to complete their presentation. Reading won’t be allowed, you will have to explain the case in a simple way, using the appropriate language to deliver oral presentations, linkers…, visual aid will help you.

Recommendations:
 * Plan your research: Introduction, body, conclusion.
 * Divide the issues you’ll deal with among the members of your team.
 * Use web tools for collaborative work, particularly interesting if it’s difficult for you to have regular meetings.
 * Use prezi or power point to deliver your presentation.
 * Choose the language from the oral speech rather than from the written one.
 * Practice your presentation in front of a mirror and record yourself.
 * [|Some advice on how to deal with oral presentations]
 * Don’t forget to summarize and use discourse linkers.
 * Avoid complex structures and expressions.
 * Avoid complex words typical from the News and substitute them with words everybody can understand.
 * Use a glossary to anticipate difficult words, that will also help the audience to understand you.
 * Practice what you are going to say with any [|text to speech] __[software]__ to correct your pronunciation.