[General] I'll divide tonight's....(45 words)

[Silverobama]

I will give a talk at Gary's English club. I'll say the following before I give the talk:

I'll divide tonight's talk into two parts. The first 90 minutes or so I'll talk about the chosen topic "How can one learn English without spending time in an English-speaking country?". The rest one hour for Q and A section or discussion about tonight's topic.

Please help me with the italic sentences.

More context:

a) The talk starts from 7:30 pm and ends at 10:00 pm.
b) I used "or so" because I might extend the talk to 95 minutes or may stop at the 85 minutes.
c) Q and A section means "Questions and Answers", I'll allow participants to ask me questions.
d) The so-called "discussion about tonight's topic" means "participants can talk about the chosen topic", too.

 

[emsr2d2]

[STRIKE]I will[/STRIKE] I'm going to give a talk at Gary's English club. I'll say the following before I give the talk:

I'll divide tonight's talk into two parts. For the first 90 minutes or so, I'll talk about [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] my chosen topic "How can one learn English without spending time in an English-speaking country?" no full stop here The [STRIKE]rest one[/STRIKE] remaining hour [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] will be a Q and A [STRIKE]section[/STRIKE] session, or a discussion [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] of/on tonight's topic.

Please help me with the italic sentences.

More context:

a) The talk starts [STRIKE]from[/STRIKE] at 7:30 pm and ends at 10:00 pm.
b) I used "or so" because I might extend the talk to 95 minutes or may stop at [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] 85 minutes.
c) Q and A section means "Questions and Answers". I'll allow participants to ask me questions.
d) The [STRIKE]so-called[/STRIKE] "discussion about tonight's topic" means "participants can talk about the chosen topic" no comma here too.

Wow! A 90-minute talk. Your participants have an impressive concentration span. At the English club I used to help out at in Madrid, the chosen person gave a ten-minute talk at the start.

 

[Silverobama]

Wow! A 90-minute talk. Your participants have an impressive concentration span. At the English club I used to help out at in Madrid, the chosen person gave a ten-minute talk at the start.

Hmm, every day we have an English club meeting. Every Saturday, the activity is called "Leture Night" or something. The host of it will give a speech which starts at 7:30 and ends at 10:00. However, we can also give a ten-minute talk on Tuesday night, which is called "Public Speaking Night". Everyone is supposed to give a talk for no more than ten minutes and then people will discuss about the topic of the speaker.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hmm, every day we have an English club meeting. [strike]Every[/strike] The Saturday meeting no comma here [STRIKE]the activity is[/STRIKE] is called "Lecture Night" or something. The host [STRIKE]of it will[/STRIKE] gives a speech [STRIKE]which[/STRIKE] that starts at 7:30 and ends at 10:00. However, we can also give a ten-minute talk on Tuesday night, which is called "Public Speaking Night". Everyone is supposed to give a talk for no more than ten minutes and then people [STRIKE]will[/STRIKE] discuss [STRIKE]about[/STRIKE] the topic of the [STRIKE]speaker[/STRIKE] talk.

Note my corrections above. Remember that we don't "discuss about" anything.

 

[Tarheel]

Silver, are you certain that the host gives a two and a half hour speech?

 

[Silverobama]

Silver, are you certain that the host gives a two and a half hour speech?

Pretty sure, yes. The host and the shop owner (one person) is my friend and we have activities every week. However, I don't know how the "keynote speak" handle their letcure. Will they do the same thing like I will be doing? Not sure about this. But the time is two hours and 30 minutes.

 

[Tarheel]

Pretty sure, yes. The host and the shop owner (one person) is my friend and we have activities every week. However, I don't know how the "keynote speaker" handles their lecture. Will they do the same thing that I will be doing? Not sure about that. But the time is two hours and 30 minutes.

Okay, but that seems pretty long for one speech.

 

[Rover_KE]

It would be far too long for me to sit through. (with my bladder).

 

[emsr2d2]

It would be far too long for me to sit through. (with my bladder).

Can you sit through it without your bladder?! :shock: