- •Part I Let’s get started
- •Introducing yourself
- •Structuring a presentation
- •Hot tips to “jump start” your presentation
- •Dealing with nervousness
- •Visualize success
- •Today’s topic is …
- •Indicating the end of a section
- •Tips on presenting to an English-speaking audience
- •Visual aids
- •Describing a visual
- •Introducing a visual
- •Saying numbers
- •Talking about trends
- •Some advice to describe trends on graphs and charts
- •Concluding a presentation
- •Handling the question and answer session
- •Powerful techniques
- •Some additional techniques to help communicate the message
- •If we took at imagery first, what’s the difference between simile, metaphor and analogy?
- •Love your audience … not everyone is like you
- •If you are an Extravert, you probably …
- •If you are an Introvert, you probably …
- •If you are a Sensor, you probably …
- •Presentation activities for different personality types
- •Multiple intelligences
- •Some presentation activities for “intelligences”
- •Part II Test yourself
- •1. Match these less formal phrases with the more formal phrases in the table.
- •2. Complete sentences 1 – 8 with the correct form of the verb and a sentence ending from the box below.
- •3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
- •4. Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.
- •6. Replace the highlighted words in the presentation with words or phrases from the box.
- •7. Match the two parts to make typical sentences from the introduction.
- •8. Match items from the three columns to make attention-grabbing openings.
- •9. Put the words in the right order to make sentences.
- •10. Match examples of jump starts (a –g) with the techniques 1 – 7.
- •11. Make signpost sentences using elements from each column.
- •12. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- •14. Choose the correct verb to fit the sentence.
- •15. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- •16. Match the two parts to make sentences used to refer to media.
- •17. Match the two parts to make sentences.
- •18. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb – adjective construction from the box.
- •19. Complete this presentation with words from the box.
- •20. Choose the correct word to fit the sentences.
- •21. Match the two parts to make sentences used to talk about visuals.
- •23. Use the notes to make sentences in the past simple or present perfect.
- •24. Read the following sentences and check whether rise and raise have been used correctly. If not, correct the sentences.
- •25. Choose the correct verb to fit the sentences.
- •26. Put the sentences that describe the graph in the correct order.
- •28. Sometimes it is necessary to interrupt the visual by explaining the reason behind the fact (the cause) or its consequence (the effect). Use the words from each column to make sentences.
- •29. Complete the presentation extract with the correct prepositions.
- •30. Unscramble the sentences to make typical sentences from a conclusion.
- •31. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
- •32. Match the two parts to make final statements from conclusions.
- •33. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
- •34. Look at the clues in brackets and underline the word which should be stressed in each sentence.
- •35. Match the two parts to make sentences.
- •36. Complete the dialogue with phrases from the box.
- •37. Complete the sentences with verbs from the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
- •38. Test yourself. See how much you’ve learned about giving presentations in English.
- •39. Look at the text below containing three small ones.
- •42. Complete the gaps in these presentation extracts
- •43. Choose the best adverb or adjective for each sentence.
- •44. Complete this presentation extract with the correct prepositions.
- •45. Look at the graphs and complete these presentation extracts, using the correct form of the verbs in brackets
- •46. Now, look at this graph and complete sentences 1 – 6, describing the sales. What tenses did you use and why?
- •47. Read the statements below and write a rhetorical question that could go before each of them.
- •48. Read the statements below and write a rhetorical question that could go after each of them.
- •49. A Yale University study identified the following words as the twelve most powerful words in the English language. Why do you think these words are powerful?
- •50. Choose the best response (a, b or c) for questions 1 – 8. Then define the question and the strategy the presenter uses to answer each question.
- •Part III Full presentations Presentation 1
- •Presentation 2
- •Presentation 3
- •Presentation 4
16. Match the two parts to make sentences used to refer to media.
1. On the next page |
a. from this picture, the design is absolutely new. |
2. My next slide shows |
b. customers have complained about the service. |
3. As you can see |
c. how much the market has changed. |
4. Let me just show you some |
d. I’ll show you or latest poster. |
5. To illustrate this |
e. at the figures on the next page. |
6. Let’s now have a closer look |
f. which shows the market development in 2008. |
7. Here we can see how many |
g. interesting details. |
8. I have a slide |
h. you will see a photo of the new XTK model. |
17. Match the two parts to make sentences.
1. What I’d like to do |
a. important advertising is for us. |
2. I’d like to highlight the |
b. for our success? |
3. So, what are the reasons |
c. this model is selling quite well in the US. |
4. I’d like to point out how |
d. turnover last year was excellent. |
5. It’s interesting to note that |
e. is to discuss the latest sales figures. |
6. I should repeat that our |
f. is the quality of these programs? |
7. what we can’t do is |
g. main problem areas. |
8. So, just how good |
h. increase our budget. |
18. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb – adjective construction from the box.
extremely dangerous |
absolutely safe |
incredibly cheap |
highly interesting |
absolutely interesting |
absolutely necessary |
completely useless |
surprisingly good |
What we should remember is that this chemical process is ….
It’s … to improve the quality of our products if we want to win new customers.
This is … point.
We will be pleased to hear that our turnover last month was …
Unfortunately, we found out that some of the rest results are …
I’m pleased to say that the crash test shows that the system is …
Right now this item only costs $1.50 – I think that’d …
19. Complete this presentation with words from the box.
let’s talk about |
draw your attention |
have a look |
it’s quite remarkable |
|
you’ll see |
the figures also show that |
we can explain |
on the one hand |
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I’d like to … (1) to the regions where poverty has been reduced. If you look at the bar chart on the left, … (2) that the proportion of global population living on less than $1 a day has dropped. … (3) in South Asia the proportion of extremely poor people has been reduced from 41 to 31%. … (4) how much progress has been made by China. … (5), poverty has increased in many parts of Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. How … (6) this uneven development? To answer this question, we’ll … (7) at the latest study from the World Bank. First, … (8) the figures that indicate global process.