Talent vs Skill.pptVIP

Talent vs Skill Talent - a special natural ability Skill - an ability to do an activity well - result of special training and a lot of practice Examples of Talents Singing Flexibility Academics Acting Classical music Sports Dancing Gymnastics Polyglot (learn a lot of languages) Examples of Skills Time management skills Communication skills Strategic or Critical thinking Organizational skills Effective listening skills Decision making skills Effective study skills Creativity Jackie Chan Lang Lang Wang Feng Sharing our Talents and Skills Frances is a nurse. She works in a hospital. One of her hobbies to do in her free time is to grow and care for plants. Once a month, she works with elderly people, teaching them how to grow and care for plants. Julie loves to read. She is retired and has 12 grandchildren. She is very good at telling stories. Twice a week she volunteers for story hour at the library. She tells stories and reads poems to young children. She shares her love of reading to others. Task: On a piece of paper, write your name and student number. Make a list of your talents and skills. Choose one among your list and describe it. Explain how could you use your talent or skill to help others. Present your talent or skill in class. Presentation of talent or skill may be done alone or with a classmate or with some classmates (at most 4 classmates). If you can not show your talent or skill in class, take a video of yourself doing your talent or skill then show the video to class. Each student, group, or video is given 3 MINUTES to present his/her/their talent or skill. Score: Description of talent: 15 points Presentation of talent: 25 points The mark of this task is a part of your final speaking exam. * * *