Test-Oral Prsentation

ORAL PRESENTATION
PINLABS
UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA
Fakultas Ilmu Budaya
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ORAL PRESENTATION
Direction
Part 1 (2 minutes): Questions in interviewing personal data such a name,
address, education, hobbies, work experience, etc.
Part 2 (3 minutes): Questions on describing personal opinions toward a given
Issue such as danger of smoking, violence, deforestation, pollution,
etc, justified by simple, logical arguments.
Part 3 (5 minutes): Questions on extended discussion to find the best arguments
towards opinion of the issue presented in the academic writing and
the short ready passage.
Model Questions
Part 1 : Interviewing the personal data
Part 2 : Describing Opinion
Part 3 : Discussing a problem
* Read the following short passage. Find the main problem described in the passage and
give a short, brief description of the problem and your commits with the best arguments.
* The arguments to support your opinion about the issue presented in the academic
writing are still open to debate, lets try to find more logical arguments toward your
opinion.
Question 1
Part One: Interviewing Personal Data
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Could you introduce yourself? *

What is the most recent school or university you attended?
If you are university student, what is your major?
If you are employee, what is the name of institution or company and the position you
held?
5. What kind of job do you want in the future?
6. What is the most unique characteristic do you have?
* Basic Question
The interviewer can choose the following questions in no. 2-6
Part Two: Describing Opinion

You really know the danger of smoking but your own father is a smoker. What might be
the best way you will do to stop him smoking?
Part Three: Discussing a problem
Childhood obesity goes global
Childhood obesity is rapid becoming a global epidemic. The US continues to lead the
way, with as many as 37% of its children and adolescents carrying around too much fat.
But other countries are rapidly catching up. According to statistics presented at the
European Congress on Obesity in Finland, more than 20% of European youngsters
between the ages of 5 and 17 are either overweight or obese. Asia lags behind the US
and Europe in its obesity statistics, but Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, and the Philippines
have all reported troubling increases in recent years. Up to 10% of Chinas 290 million
children are already believed to be overweight or obese, and that percentage is expected
to have doubled a decade from now. So across Asia too, childhood obesity is on the rise,
and a less marked trend has been documented even in urbanized areas of sub-Saharan
Africa.
Question 2
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held?
* Basic Question

If you are given a change to live abroad, which country do you choose? Why?
Light years ahead
Uganda may be one of the worlds poorest countries, but it has been blessed with a
climate that is almost perfect. With sunshine going spare, one Ugandan electrician
believes he has the solution to the countrys power shortage low-tech panels that can
run anything from a radio to a mobile phone. But even cheap technology is hard to sell in
a country where half the population lives below the poverty line and there are few
effective marketing and distribution channels. It is believed that the only solution to
spreading solar energy more widely is government subsidies, because the initial costs of
the solar power panels are beyond most household budgets.
Question 3
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* Basic Question

If you are awarded a prize, which prize would you choose?
Cell-phone and drivers
Several countries, including the UK, have recently implemented measures to ban the use
of hand-held cell phones by drivers. Researches claim that the risk of accident during or
just after a cell-phone conversation is four times higher than would be expected in normal
driving conditions. Studies have shown that calls are much more distracting for the driver
than listening the radio or talking to passengers. The problem is that drivers are not aware
of this and as a result are not aware of the real dangers that this activity poses.
Question 4
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held?
* Basic Question

You are a teacher in one of remote areas in Indonesia. There is no access to the internet.
How will you improve your knowledge?
Generally modified crops
Cabaceiras is a town of around 5,000 people situated in Brazils northern state of Para.
The people are mostly small-scale vegetables farmers, with specialist, traditional
knowledge handed down over hundreds of years. But now the natural purity of their
produce is under tha threat from one of the 21 st centurys most controversial technological
issues: genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Previously one of the worlds largest
exporters to remain GMO free, the Brazilian government has now decided to allow the
biotechnology industry to sell GM seed to the countrys farmers. Many people in Brazil
feel the acceptance of transgenic crops is a dangerous move. Before this decision, Brazil
was the worlds largest exporter of GM-free soya.
Question 5
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* Basic Question

What should you do if you are a doctor and your patient is asking for euthanasia to end
His / her life?
Urban Transportation
Urban transportation is a major problem in the countries of the European Union, where
over 75% of the population lives in towns and cities. It is becoming increasingly difficult
to reconcile individual needs and expectations of personal mobility with the quality of
life of their inhabitants. Transport is already one of the chief contributors to health and
environmental problems in urban regions, and increasing level of congestion mean that in
some cities the average speed of traffic at peak times is slower than it was in the days of
the horse and cart. In addition, exhaust fumes are a major contributor to rising levels of
CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, as well as being a source of carbon monoxide and
particulate matter. With experts forecasting an increase of 30%, urban transportation
systems have to face the challenge of meeting citizens needs for mobility through the
development of innovative and sustainable methods of transport.
Question 6
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held?
* Basic Question

Should television still exist in the future? Why?
Being on time
In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a
class, a meeting, etc. however, this may not be true in all countries. An American
professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in Brazilian university. The
two=hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and end at 12 p.m. On the first day,
when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came
after 10 a.m. Several arrived after 10.30 a.m. Two students came after 11 a.m. although
all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness.
Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students behavior.
Question 7
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* Basic Question

There are many students graduated from university each year. However, the
unemployment always increases. Do you think why it always happens?
New eating habits
Statistics show that the way people live determines the way they eat. American lifestyles
have changed. They now include growing numbers of people who live alone, single
parents and children, and double-income families. These changing lifestyles are
responsible for the increasing number of people who must rush meals or sometimes skip
them altogether. Many Americans have less time than ever before to spend preparing
food. Partly as a consequence of this limited time, 60% of all American homes now have
microwave ovens. Moreover, Americans eat out nearly four times a week on the average.
At the same time, Americans purchase increasing quantities of sweets, snacks, and sodas.
Question 8
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* Basic Question

Big cities need green areas in order to reduce pollution. What will you do if your home
will be ruined for the green area?
Language: is it always spoken?
Most of us know a little about how babies learn to talk. What happens, though, to
children who cannot hear? How do deaf children learn to communicate? Recently,
doctors have learned that deaf babies babble with their hands. Laura Ann Pettito, a
psychologist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, has studied how children learn
language. She observed three hearing infants and two deaf infants. The three hearing
infants had English speaking parents. The two deaf infants had deaf mothers and fathers
who used American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with each other and with their
babies. During 10, 12, 14 months, children really begin to develop their language skills.
Many deaf people feel that ASL is a real language. They believe that hearing people
should learn it, just as they learn other languages.
Question 9
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* Basic Question

How far do you agree with pornography bills if you are one of the artists, who is being
issued?
The importance of grandmother
Some people at the conference studied different societies. They explained that in many
cultures, having a grandmother in the family made a significant difference in the childs
chance of living. In fact, the grandmothers presence sometimes improved a childs
change of survival even more than the fathers presence did. In other words, it was
sometimes more important for a child to have a grandmother than for a child to have a
father! The biologists and anthropologists explain that although grandmothers no longer
have children, many grandmothers are still young and active. As a result, they have the
time and energy to help with their grandchildren. This extra help may be an important
factor in reducing the mortality, or death, rate among young children.
Question 10
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* Basic Question

In the future, it will be more small islands are claimed by other countries near Indonesia.
What should government do to protect our islands and cultures of being claimed by other
countries?
Study and study
Recently, children have more learning activities indoor such as having language course,
music course, and other courses than playing outdoor with their friends. Moreover,
technology makes them more familiar with play station or video games and computer
rather than traditional and moving games such as hide and seek. It reduces children
interaction with their peer. They have no choice because parents are asked them to do so
and facilitate them with recent technologies at home.

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