ORAL PRESENTATION: HISTORY OF VANS

TRANSCRIPTION

Hi, my name’s Mònica and today I’m going to explain you some things about the product I’ve choosen for this work, Vans. First of all, I’m going to explain you a bit of Vans’ history, including it’s fundator ,the problems Vans had to get through over the years and how they got that success, then I’m going to show some of their products and classify them and finally I’ll explain you some curiosities about the company.

Let’s start then!

Vans is a textile company which got their name because of it's fundator, Paul Van Doren. This company was originally called Van Doren Rubber Company and they only produced clothes and shoes for basketball, bolleiball and wrestling. As they got a great success in 1983 not only with sport player's, they got a big acceptation in the market.

Although, Vans had a problem. They had a 12 milion debt that had to be solved in only three years. Fortunately, they overcame the problem successfully and even with more people interested in wearing Vans. Vans had a huge financial effort when in 1988 the owners sold Vans to McCown DeLeeuw Co., a company with importan investors who expanded Vans worldwide.

Vans became very popular when in 90's new models were sold and some bands like The Offspring, Pennywise, Green Day and Bad Religion used to wear them. They were usually associed with punk-pop or rock. A year later, some models of Vans appeared on Triple Crown Series, a prestigious serie of surf. Thanks to that, Vans became the first brand of skate style.

Nowadays, Vans don't only produce shoes as in the past. They also produce clothes, accessories and even videos with skate triks for skate fans. Vans had become popular all over the world. They are produced in many different colours, designs and styles.

Vans produces for women, men, and kids. The collections are california, where you can find a style of Vans, classics, where you can find the typical Vans, surf and snow, ideated for surf and snow sports.

The slogan of vans is “off the wall”. Off the wall was a saying that the skaters back in 70's used to say when riding pools. For them, it means think diferent from the rest, beeing creative and always expanding your mind.

In conclusion, the thing I like most about Vans is that they have a lot of varieties of their products. They're shoes are really comfortable and you can wear them in all seasons. In addition, their prices are really reasonable.
VIDEO AND PRESENTATION

VANS from Mònica Nogué

EVALUATION 

OBSERVATION OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION

Watch your presentation and answer the following questions:

Name: .........Mònica Nogué......................... TITLE: PRESENTATION ABOUT VANS
PRESENTATION	Did you use any resources? Yes I did. Were the resources relevant and attractive? I had a good structure so yes, they were.  Did you show/talk about the photos to the audience? Not much, I should have do it more.
BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT	Did you look at your audience most of the time? Yes I did.  Did you read from your notes? Just a bit, to know what was the next thing to talk them about.  Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience? Yes I did.
STRUCTURE	Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? Yes, I did.  Did you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? Yes I did. (First, then, secondly, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally..) Which ones? First of all, Then and Finally.
CONTENT	Did you introduce interessting iformation to your audience? Yes I did.  Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet/ books..? (Specify) Yes I did. I searched information in the internet.  Was your information more superficial or more detailed and original? Not really detailed but I think it was original.
LANGUAGE	Did you check your grammar?(verbs, word order...) Yes I did.  Did you use rich/new vocabulary looking up the dictionary? Yes, but not a lot.  (synonyms/new words/expressions..) Which ones? For example, I used the expression "I'ts a saying that skaters back in 90's used to say when riding pools".  Did you use sentence linkers?(and, but, moreover,also,furthermore,although,however...) Yes but always the same.  Did you use fillers? (well,you know, for example, one second, repeating a word...) No I didn't.
PRONOUNCIATION & INTONATION	Did you know how to pronounce all your words? Yes I did.  Did you check the pronounciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? No I didn't.  Did you change your tone of voice or use a monotone all the time? Yes I did.  Did you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions? With some breaks but I tried to speed in a fluid continuum.
SELF-EVALUATION	You are your teacher! What mark did you get? ;-) I think I get a 7.

I'LL IMPROVE FOR THE NEXT ORAL:

1. Speak a little louder and slowly. 

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