3. Home Assignment:
1) Prepare an oral presentation of “10 Top Tips to guarantee you becoming a better presenter” sharing your ideas based on the video “Presenting and Public Speaking Tips”.
2) Do exercises 1–8 in the Workbook to Unit 12.
3) Make up the list of words you don’t know the meaning of.
Workbook
Unit 12 Presentation
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11. You have to give a presentation. Here are some things to do at the beginning of a presentation. Number them in the order you would do them. a Introduce the main points one by one. b Welcome the audience. с Introduce the first point. d Tell the audience the subject of the presentation |
2. Read this short introduction to a presentation. Check your answer to Exercise 1.
'Good morning, everyone. It's nice to see so many of you here today. I hope you can all hear me OK.
The subject of my presentation today is our marketing plan for the next three years.
Basically, there are three main points I want to talk about. If you look at the first slide, you can see them listed there. First, I'm going to tell you about our new product range aimed at the teenage market. Secondly, I'll talk about each of the products and our plans for marketing them. And finally, I'd like to talk briefly about the competition.
OK, let's start with the first point, our new product range ...'
3. Read the introduction from Exercise 2 aloud.
4. Find and underline the phrases that the speaker uses to do the things in Exercise 1.
5. The speaker used these phrases in the rest of the presentation. Write the number of each phrase under the correct heading.
Thank you for listening.
Let's move on to ...
Are there any questions?
This diagram shows ...
So. in conclusion ...
As you can see ...
My next point is...
If you look at the next slide ...
Connecting the points
Referring to AV aids
Finishing
From “Business and Commerce”
6. Look at some ways of ending a presentation. Which ones do you think are good ways of ending? Which are not good? Why?
Ask the audience if they have any questions.
Stop talking, say goodbye and leave.
Write a list of the main points of your talk on the board/flip chart.
Thank the audience for coming.
Give a very brief summary of what you said and how you feel you achieved your objectives.
Give handouts to die audience with the main points of your Talk on them.
If possible, tell the audience where you will be for the next few minutes so that individuals can come and speak to you.
8 Ask the audience if they have any criticisms of your talk.
7. Look back at the notes you made in Exercise 6. Prepare a short introduction for your presentation. Use the introduction in Exercise 2 to help you.
8. Be ready to give your presentation based on Exercise 6 next class. Use the information on introductions and conclusions in this unit and follow these steps:
Plan what you are going to say.
Practise your presentation with a friend.
Ask your friend to give you feedback.
Give your presentation to some other students.
9. The extracts from the presentation are given below. You have to complete each blank with a word or phrase from the list below. Use each item from the list once only.
purpose First of all, up to date on such short notice priorities Let me start to sum up On the contrary, Finally, As you know, as a whole On the other hand, Next, In other words, As far as draw your attention |
(1) by welcoming you all, especially since this meeting has had to be called (2) .
(3) .., our latest project has been the target of intense speculation in the media during the last few days, and the (4)………….. of this presentation is to bring you (5)………..on what has been happening.
(6) .I'd like to refresh your memories as to the background of the project. (7) …, I'll give you a broad outline of what we've achieved so far.
(8)……….,- I'll try to give an indication of what our (9)………… will be over the next few months.
If I can (10) ........ to the month of July, you will notice that there was an unexpected fall in overseas sales.
(11)......... domestic sales are concerned, you can see that growth has been
sustained. If we look at the figures for Latin America (12)……., and Mexico in
particular, we can see some quite encouraging trends.We don't fear competition. (13)……………., we welcome it.
We could open a branch there. (14)………….., we may be better advised to look
for a good agent to represent us.
This is a time when we must consider our options carefully. (15)……………, we
should not rush into making any decisions.
So, (16)………then, don't believe everything the media tells you. We've had a
few problems but the future looks bright.