UPM-CALC/SEM2/2019-20/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 3 LPE2301 ACADEMIC INTERACTION AND PRESENTATION SCL WORKSHEET 3 WEEK 5 (CLOSING A DISCUSSION AND PAUSES) Name Matric No. Group Due date : Hoh Jia Da : 200480 : 104 : 15 March 2020 Exercise 1 Provide the appropriate language expressions for closing a discussion. Reaching a consensus E.g. Most of us have agreed that … 1. I believe we have successfully reach a consensus… 2. We seem to have reached a consensus on this issue… Summarising points of a discussion E.g. I would like to highlight some important points before we end our discussion today. 1. I’d like to finish by emphasizing on some points… 2. To recap, let’s look back at some important points… Concluding a discussion E.g. As a conclusion… 1. So, to sum up, … 2. To summarise… Page 1 of 2 UPM-CALC/SEM2/2019-20/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 3 Exercise 2 a) Watch the video on John F. Kennedy’s speech from the YouTube link given. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC1C4p0k3E b) Then, based on the video, insert double slash (//) to indicate thought groups in the text provided. Can we forge against these enemies// a grand and global alliance//, North and South, //East and West, // that can assure a more fruitful life// for all mankind? //Will you join in that historic effort? // In the long history of the world, // only a few generations have been granted the role// of defending freedom// in its hour of maximum danger.// I do not shrink from this responsibility //— I welcome it//. I do not believe // that any of us // would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.// The energy, // the faith, the devotion // which we bring to this endeavor// will light our country and all who serve it /— and the glow from that fire// can truly light the world.// And so, my fellow Americans:// ask not what your country can do for you// — ask what you can do for your country.// My fellow citizens of the world: /ask not what America will do for you//, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.// Adapted from John F. Kennedy’s speech, Inauguration Address https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/kennedy-inaugural-address-speech-text/ Submission: Submit the completed Exercise 1 and 2 in PDF format. Page 2 of 2
