Presentation Guidelines and Practice
WOW
C1 level
Content
Think of a topic that will be interesting to your audience.
Check with your teacher that your topic is appropriate.
Think of some main points covering the most important aspects of your topic.
Organisation
An INTRODUCTION containing: the topic of your whole presentation;
some background information to show why the topic is important;
a sentence describing the aim or purpose of your presentation;
an outline of the main points you will talk about;
a sentence telling the audience when they can ask questions;
Organisation
Some MAIN POINTS containing:
ordering words or phrases;
the main idea and the reason why this main idea is important;
details of each point;
Organisation
A CONCLUSION containing: some words showing that you have finished your main points and are now moving on to the conclusion; a reminder of the purpose of the presentation (optional)
a short summary of the main points (optional)
an invitation for the audience to ask questions;
Interation
Make eye-contact with your audience;
Use hand movements to help you to explain things;
Optionally, you can ask the audience simple questions;
The audience will ask you questions at the end of your presentation, so you will need to interact by answering them.
Style and Tone
Don't use English which is too formal;
You can make funny comments, as long as they are funny, and not rude.
If there are any words in your presentation that you think your audience, including your teacher, will not understand, explain them.
Language
Practise your presentation with someone who can correct your grammar.
If you don't know how to say something in English, find out!
Check that you can correctly pronounce all the important words in your presentation.
Fluency of speech
Use small cards with notes to remember what to say next;
Practise your presentation to improve your fluency;
If someone asks you a question and you need some time to think of an answer, use fill-in expressions;
If you can't understand a question, ask them to repeat or ask in more detail.
Planning your Presentation
Introduction
What is the topic of your presentation? Why is this topic useful and interesting for your audience?
Optional interactivity: Write a question that you can ask the audience that will highlight their need to listen to your presentation.
What is the background (why did you choose this topic?)
What is your objective (what do you want the audience to know at the end of the presentation?)
Presentation script (Introduction)
Welcome to my presentation. My name is...
The topic of my presentation today is...
The reason that this topic is useful for you is ...
I am going to talk about .....things. These are, firstly,...
Secondly,....
Next/Finally I’m going to talk about....
Finally I’m going to look at...
Please feel free to ask me questions at any time. This presentation will last for about ..... minutes.
Main Points
Summarise the first main point in 5 words or less.
Summarise the second main point in 5 words or less.
Summarise the third main point in 5 words or less.
If you have a fourth main point, summarise the fourth point in 5 words or less.
Presentation script (Main points)
Firstly,
That’s the end of the first point.
Now I will move on to the second point, which is about....
That’s all for the second point.
Next,....
That's all for this point.
My fourth point is.....
That’s the end of the final point.
Conclusion
Write a sentence showing that you have finished.
Write a reminder of the purpose of the presentation.
Summarise the main points in a sentence.
Invite the audience to ask questions.
Presentation script (Conclusion)
In conclusion, in this presentation my objective was to....
I have covered .......main points, firstly,...
Secondly I talked about....
Next we discussed....
Finally we looked at....
I hope you have found this presentation useful. Thank you.
Questions, please. Yes?
If there are no more questions, that is the end of my presentation.
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