The Great Wave up close: giving a gallery talk on a masterpiece
A gallery guide gives a short talk on Hokusai's Great Wave; students prepare and deliver an engaging talk on a work of art, movie or book.
C2Adults60 minPresentation
About this lesson
A C2 speaking lesson (presentation). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Presentation
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 60 minutes
- Topic
- Movies, books & the arts
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, True / False, Word order
- Key words
- What strikes me first is…, Your eye is drawn to…, in the foreground / background, to repay close attention, It's no exaggeration to say…, a woodblock print, to dwarf, ubiquitous
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Give a vivid, well-structured short talk analyzing a work of art, movie or literature
- Use descriptive and evaluative language to guide an audience's attention and response