THREE-MINUTE STATEMENT
Making a short presentation may be even more challenging than making a term presentation: you have to present a compelling case within three minutes!

Useful tips

Preparing:
1. Think over the chosen topic and come up with an idea you feel strongly about.
2. Formulate a claim and make up a list of reasons why you are right in defending this claim.
3. Find convincing, up-to-date evidence to support your case.
4. Rehearse out loud keeping track of the time.

Presenting:
1. Start with an introductory phrase:
I’m going to talk about…; In my statement I will deal with…
2. Make a clear thesis statement (claim).
3. Produce 2–3 arguments (reasons), which you develop and support with examples.
4. Conclude with a sum-up relevant to your thesis statement:
So, all of the above shows that …
It appears reasonable to conclude that…
So we can conclude beyond reasonable doubt

MAKE A 3-MIN STATEMENT ON:

1. the correlation between population size and political clout

2. the dangers of neo-Malthusianism

3. the socio-political effects of population policies

4. the ramifications of a youth bulge in developing countries

5. the implications of gender imbalance for national security

6. the implications of the current demographic trends in Russia for its foreign policy

7. the causes of ramifications of migration processes in a region of your choice

8. illegal immigration and ways to deal with it 

9. migration issues in the Russian Federation

10. national immigration policies

MOCK EXAM CARDS