SOME LAST-MINUTE TIPS ON PICTURE DISCUSSION

Oh well, this blog is certainly deserted. To spice things up a bit, this is something for anyone who still visits this blog. I know it is very very last minute to post this on the eve of the oral examination, but it is meant for people who really want to do last-minute revision.

So anyway, here are some picture discussion tips (actually they are simply quite a lot of tips from Mrs Nazima collated together with some extra examples). The indentation could be a little (no, very) weird because I cannot do it properly with Blogger. You can recognise it by the kind of bullet.

Behold...

THE PICTURE DISCUSSION TIPS!

- Always start with the BIG picture (overview)
§ Time
§ Place
§ Weather
§ Event
§ Mood
- Zoom in on the specific details
§ Who
§ What
§ Where
- Include Personal Responses (Opinions)
§ Speculation
o What the character should do
o How the character is probably feeling
o Why the character did that
o What could have happened before
o What could happen after
o How it could have taken place
§ Inappropriate behaviour
o Fighting in public places
o Littering
o Smoking in Non-smoking areas
o Talking library in library/hospital
§ Good role models
o Giving up seats for the elderly, pregnant women or people carrying infants
o Picking up litter
o Helping weaker people to carry belongings
o Reporting suspicious behaviour
o Stopping others from being inconsiderate
§ Draw incidents from personal experience
o People whom you have seen
o People whom you know
o Yourself
- Always end with the BIG picture (Summary)
§ Theme issues
o Confidence
o Being considerate
o Bravery
o Fear
§ Topic
o Smoking
o Littering
o Emergencies