This document contains a three-part summary and analysis of a student's oral expression presentation on two literary works: 1. Pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary: Comments on the student's pronunciation of authors' names and stressed syllables, as well as suggestions to clarify grammar and word choices. 2. Communication skills: Positive feedback on presentation skills and gestures, with tips to improve transitions between points. 3. Negotiation of questions: Analysis of the student's responses to questions, with recommendations to focus more on the questioner and reframe general questions.

1. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
Start 00.38
Comments on synthesis ELE22 (Constable,
Frost), organised in three sections
1.pronunciation
2.grammar and vocabulary
3.communciation, fluency, negotiation
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

2. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
1. Pronunciation
It's very important to pronounce your
authors/artists correctly (Constable, Frost)
• Frost /ɒ/ the short 'o' of not or hot, also like
the longer /ɔ/ of author, call
• /ʌ/ the 'u' sound in duck is difficult in two
different contexts
a) when the spelling is 'o' it tends to sound /
ɒ/ or /əʊ/
other, one, wondered
b) when the spelling is 'u' it tends to sound
like the French /œ/ in oeuf or peu
but, muddy, just
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

3. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
• Word stress
SEcond
CONsequently
conSIDer
eXAMine (in, not ine)
ar-ti-col ARticle
divINE
05:50 idE-A
NOTiceable
CONstable
08:51 corresPOND
12.40 IN ACCurate
15.07 imPORtant
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4. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
• because the vowel is /ɔ/ not /əʊ/
• some confusion of i and ɪ (long and short
vowels)
leads/lids
feeling/filling
• he
09:32 (h)e underlines, (h)ighlights
14.37 at the (h) of his article
• intonation - too much rising intonation
since it is a painting
a famous Romantic painter
• scheme > rhyme scheme
• th
07.42 always the same (th)
15.24 authenticity
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

5. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
Grammar/Vocabulary
piece of art > work of art
an English newspaper > a news weekly
serves as a backdrop for the creation > for
creation
04.45 the article epitomises the two other
documents
06:12 Constable's painting
to be at one with nature in what makes her wild
and mystery
> to be at one with nature in all her wildness
and mystery
6.50 achieved thanks to a play on colours
> achieved through/via/by means of a play
on colours
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6. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
07.55 a feeling of something quite calm > a
feeling of calm and peace
10.42 that's maybe why (register) > that may
be why; perhaps this is why
12.07 to please to people > to please people
13.00 we can see > it is clear/apparent/easy to
see; it appears/it seems; the text suggests,
these lines point up; the viewer/reader is struck
by; a close reading/examination/analysis reveals
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7. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
13.38 consider nature as something
representing life > consider nature as a
representation of life, as the embodiment of life
forces
14.04 a discrepancy between what's exist and
what actually is
> between what appears to exist and what
actually is (?)
15.15 as the document B underlines it > as
document B underlines __
according to me > (according to Frost, this
author) in my view, to me, for me, in my opinion
how can I say? > how shall I put it?
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

8. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
Communication
Good presence: speaker looks comfortable, in
control, makes eye contact with different
members of the audience
Your gestures also seem under control -
occasionally we see you shake your fingers as
you look for a word, and sometimes you shuffle
your papers around too much, making us worry
that you have lost your thread. (11.38)
As I said in my introduction: as I said earlier, as I
mentioned earlier (sounds less like a reproach to
an inattentive listener!)
07.28 as I said in my introduction:
> to return to a theme I mentioned at the start
> this bring us back to a point I mentioned in the
introduction
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

9. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
08.26 we can wonder if this is real or idealised,
and this leads me to my second part. Is this
transition too artificial? If you think so, then
admit it
> Moving on to the opposition between idealism
and realism
> This brings me to the end of my first point, and
now I want to turn to . . .
13.16 this will lead us to my final part > my
third point, the third part of my presentation
15.42 last sentence needs to be more
convincing
This analysis has/these documents have raised
the important question of authenticity in art, how
we define and perceive reality, and how we
distinguish between what really is, and what only
appears to be.
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

10. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
Negotiation
18.30 Helena
the feelings he has felt > experienced
19:55 You were much clearer when you
started answering me here. Was it because
you'd simply had time to think, or because you
were concentrating more on me and my
understanding of the article? Helena's question
was very general, so you needed to reframe it to
make it more specific. I think you did this better
when you focused on me as your audience
rather than on the document - maybe it will help
you on the day to make eye contact with your
questioner.
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

11. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
21.00 Shona
I thought you answered this well - you
acknowledged my point, but stuck to your own
opinion
21.48 Shona 2
can touch > affect, move everybody
You showed more indecision here - I think
your doubts about the content of your response
made you indecisive about the words you chose.
'It's my point of view' > Of course, this is only my
personal point of view, other people will have
different approaches.
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte

12. CAPES Oral expression Spring 2009
epitomises
http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/
things which I have always thought epitomise
clarity and freshness and
Palmer and Hogan probably epitomise the
extremes of the two approaches, and in their
differing ways contributed greatly to
PERRIER, the French group which has come to
epitomise quot;designerquot; water
Daimler-Benz, the luxury-car maker which
seemed to epitomise the industrial prowess
He epitomises the polite, friendly grandfather
figure,
differences between feminism in the Western
world and the Third World because I think
Ireland epitomises that very well.
Shona Whyte www.unice.fr/whyte