UPM-CALC/SEM1/2020-21/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 3

LPE2301 ACADEMIC INTERACTION AND PRESENTATION

SCL WORKSHEET 3

WEEK 5 (CLOSING A DISCUSSION AND PAUSES)

Name : ZHENG MENGJIE

Matric No. : 205019
Group : G20
Due date : 22 November 2020

Exercise 1

Provide the appropriate language expressions for closing a discussion.

Reaching a consensus

E.g. Most of us have agreed that …

1. After listening to all of you, I think we reached a consensus that…

2. It can be concluded from our discussion that we all agree with …

Summarising points of a discussion

E.g. I would like to highlight some important points before we end our discussion
today.

1.Finally, I want to remind you of something that we need to emphasize in this discussion
2. Let me take a minute to sum up the main points of the discussion.

Concluding a discussion

E.g. As a conclusion…

1.On the whole, our opinions are…

2. After all, we can conclude that…

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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.

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