1. Students will participate individually. Each will bring some object to talk about. It can be some piece of realia (an authentic object from a Portuguese-speaking culture) or something created by the student, such as a picture, a model, a diaroma, a game, etc. As appropriate, students may talk about how the object was made, how it is used, what it represents, etc.
2. Students will introduce themselves and begin the presentation all in Portuguese. The presentation may be memorized but it is not to be read, nor are notes to be used.
3. The presentation is to have been prepared by the student, not by a teacher, nor taken directly from another source. Teachers may help with expressions, grammar and choice of vocabulary words.
4. The presentation should last between 2-3 minutes. Failure to stay within the time limit may adversely affect students’ rating.
5. At the end of the presentation, judges may ask some simple questions in Portuguese about the object.
6. Students will be judged on:
content (originality and interest)
presentation (projection and communicative effectiveness)
fluency (absence of hesitations)
linguistic accuracy (pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary)
adherence to time limit
responses to questions from the judges
Examples of possible objects from Portuguese-speaking cultures (Note: per the instructions above, the object does not necessarily need to be from a Portuguese-speaking culture; it may be something original that the student had made.)
uma cuia (para tomar chimarrão no Rio Grande do Sul)
uma pilcha gaúcha (roupa de gaúcho)
uma carranca (figura de madeira na proa dos barcos no Rio São Fransisco)
um livrinho de cordel (do Nordeste do Brasil)
uma rede
uma camiseta de um clube de futebol
um azulejo
um objeto de artesanato (cerâmica, renda de bilro, etc.)
uma lembrança de uma cidade específica (um galo de Barcelos, uma figurinha de barro de Recife, uma estátua do Cristo Redentor no Rio, etc.)
uma comida típica (doces, salgadinhos, etc.)