Two of the boys are still undecided about the topic of their presentation. One of them giggled and told me that the subject they wanted would be too controversial: Bin Laden. I reassured them that if that was what they wanted, then it would be an excellent idea. BUT, they needed to be sure what the focus was. We don't want a description, just regurgitating wikipedia, it needs to be an analysis and use a variety of sources.
We talked about body language and then each of them had to stand at the front and give an introduction with peer feedback. Giving an opinion is difficult for most of them as their cultures don't encourage young'uns saying what they like. I also gave the class a vocabulary test. It was all vocab that's come up over the last 2 weeks but they didn't do too well so we ended up with them looking up the words on online dictionaries and comparing the definitions. Online dictionaries are very useful as you can hear pronunciation as well.
Tonight was the quarterly reunion with old colleagues. It's a good way to keep in touch and even before retirement we used to make sure we attended, particularly when we were on homeleave. It's not unusual to meet up with someone you haven't seen for 20-30 years and people had flown in from all over the world. It was particularly poignant as one of the regulars died last week and there were a number of eulogies before we toasted 'absent friends'. A good evening.
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