Mini TED Talk Project

Compose an original spoken script of at least 250 words in the target language on a previously studied topic.

Deliver a memorized five-minute talk using only photographic slides as speaking cues, not text.

Respond to audience questions in the target language during a one-minute Q&A.

Share the rubric before students begin scripting, since it grades timeliness, creativity, speech, grammar and vocabulary as five separate criteria.

Remind students that slides may only contain photos, not text, since the rubric expects a memorized talk rather than one read from the screen.

Use the public-speaking tips slide (open with a story, quote or statistic; keep eye contact; rehearse in a mirror) as a short mini-lesson before students draft their talks.

Informative public speaking — students deliver a memorized five-minute talk that teaches the audience something new about a chosen topic, opening with a hook such as a quote, statistic or anecdote.

Target-language script writing — students compose an original talk of at least 250 words in the language they are studying, then defend it live in a one-minute Q&A conducted in that same language.

Visual-aid discipline — students design a photo-only slideshow, using images as memory cues instead of a script to read from.

Rubric-guided revision — the five-criterion, five-level rubric (requirement compliance, creativity, speech, grammar, vocabulary) gives students explicit targets to check their script and delivery against before presenting.