A few recommendations for the oral

- The oral is in English: don't forget to say "hello" and "goodbye", and show that you can be polite in English;
- During your oral, you have to present the passage, which means that you may have to explain it, discuss it, expand (=develop) on it, analyse it, put it into perspective, etc., in an organised way, using a rich and accurate (FR: juste) language, for about half the duration of the oral (so let us say you should aim for a speech lasting about 10 minutes);
- For each of the passages, you should have a structure in mind possibly based on the following guidelines:

• In your introduction, introduce the play quickly (in two or three sentences: this entry on MND in the OALD might help), and talk about your outline (FR: plan);
• For the body of your presentation, decide on an outline depending on what material you can use (things you remember about the excerpt, aspects that need to be discussed, etc. - use your notes and read the extracts again and again! ). Two or three themes should serve as headings for your two or three sections. (examples of themes: exposition, characterisation, directorial choices, audience reaction, language, mood, comedy vs tragedy, order vs chaos, etc.)
• in your conclusion talk about how the excerpt fits in the whole story (or what you know of it) if you haven't done it in your intro and say how what happens in it will affect the following scenes; give your personal view on what this is all about; etc.

- In all cases, don't forget you are talking about theatre and that it implies that the text has to be rendered for an audience, so you should talk about possible directorial choices, audience (expected) reactions, Elizabethan perceptions,  etc.
- Don't be afraid to talk about what you are not sure of, or to express your doubts and your uncertainties, they are perfectly normal and understandable. This of course does not mean you will not need to work and spend time thinking in order to grasp the meaning of the texts.
- Be ambitious and talk about the language (imagery, verses, register, etc.) a little.
- Obviously, much of what you say will revolve around the plot, that is to say the story. Good! However try to go deeper and also discuss how the story is told and perceived, what it means, evokes or feels like, what it tells us about the Elizabethans, and possibly about ourselves and human nature (and the correlated notions of free will, nature, love, etc.). Also, as we have mentioned several times, Shakespeare is interested in how  theatre and life interact, in the connection between the stage and reality elsewhere, in the parallels that exist between people, actors and characters; do not hesitate to explore these areas of Shakespearean theatre.