Focus On Presentation

Some things that I will focus on while giving my presentation are to use the same cues that I would to the listening audience as I would to the reading audience. The way I would do this is to use a thesis statement, transitions, summaries and visual aids. Using these different techniques will help keep the audiences attention. I know that when I am listening/watching a presentation, the most interesting ones are when the presenter uses props and keeps things simple. Wordy and congested presentations are often dull and boring. Other techniques I will use are to rehearse the presentation and deliver it in a professional way.

Working with partners can at some moments be very frustrating because I would like to know what is going on, and know that everything is getting done. However, with the presentation we are doing now in class I like having partners. It allows more help and imput. I am working with two people who seem just as dedicated as me in the progress of this report. I think things will work out just fine.

Complications Presentations Research Plan

The Day in the Life of an EMT

• History/what an EMT is, define the role.......you tube video
• Training/Schooling needed
• First Day on the Job (experience)
• Career Length
• Salaries
• Working Hours
• Promotion Oppurunities
• "Days Work"
• Conclusion-Sum it up

EMT/Ambulance: Brainstorming

Here are some question that I thought of....

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• What schooling is needed?


• What are the different sirens used for?


• How do EMT's decipher which medication to use?


• How do they decipher who needs to be taken by Ambulance?


• Is there a certain time limit that EMT's have to get to a scene?

• Do you need to be in a certain physical/age requirement?


• What is an EMT's schedule like?


• Who decides who drives the Ambulance?


• What type of training is needed to drive the Ambulance?


• Why is Ambulance spelled backwards?


• Do EMT's get grossed out at all?

Idiomatic Verbs Used in English

As I was looking through the St. Martins Guide to witting trying to figure out what to write on; I came across a topic that I don't nessecarily have a problem with, but I thought was interesting. What I discovered were idiomatic verbs. These words and phrases are used frequently in the English language; but typically only natives to this language actually get the meaning of them. They are two or three word (or phrasal) verbs, and typically combined a verb with a word that appears to be a preposition or an adverb, that cannot be understood literally. To better get an idea of what idiomatic verbs are check out the examples bellow.

hand in means submit
hand out means distribute
look into means investigate
look out for means watch carefully
run away means leave without warning
walk out means abandon
want out means desire to be free of responsibility

If someone from another language were too try and interpret these saying literally they would be confused and most of the time wrong. English speaking natives, generally will give the correct or above mentioned interpretations. I thought this was an interesting topic, because I never really thought about these words in this way. I have always just assumed them not to be an issue, and everyone knew that they weren't intended to be taken literally.