- •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
29. Complete the presentation extract with the correct prepositions.
This graph shows our online sales figures for the EU market … (1) 2009. In the first quarter, online sales averaged … (2) 50,000 and 52,000 euros. In April, sales increased … (3) 61,000 euros and remained steady … (4) the end of the second quarter. In the third quarter we notice a sharp rise … (5) 61,000 to 87,000 euros, an increase … (6) almost 50 per cent. In October and November, sales fluctuated … (7) the 85,000 euro mark. This was followed by a slight decline in December, with online sales … (8) 10 per cent, reaching 73,000 euros … (9) the end of the year.
30. Unscramble the sentences to make typical sentences from a conclusion.
Well, / the end of / today / brings me / to / my talk / that.
Before I / key issues / go over / the / stop, / let me / again.
As a / means / let me say / for us / what this / final point.
Finally, / like to / issue / highlight / I’d / one / key.
To sum / looked at / product range / up then, / the new / first / we.
That / logistics / just about / to say / about / I wanted / everything / covers.
31. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
come back |
figures we have |
final point |
briefly summarize |
now approaching |
suggest that |
to highlight |
my opinion |
If I may … the pros and cons.
Based on the … , it’s clear that we must act quickly.
Well, I’m … the end of my talk.
Ok, I’d now like … the key figures.
Let me take one …
In … , we need a new sales strategy.
Let me … to the key issue.
I … we work together with our French partners.
32. Match the two parts to make final statements from conclusions.
1. To put it in the words of Albert Einstein, |
a. “Look for your choices, pick the best one, and then go with it.” |
2. I would like to finish my talk |
b. with an important question. |
3. Let me go back to |
c. about the new branch in Tokyo? |
4. So, now it’s |
d. get down to work! |
5. remember that story I told you |
e. what I said at the start of this talk. |
6. As the famous basketball coach Pat Riley said: |
f. “The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
7. Ok, and now let’s |
g. up to you. |
33. Complete the sentences with prepositions.
Based … what we know, we can optimize our procedure.
… my opinion, we should go ahead with the project.
Ok, this brings me … the end of my talk.
What does this mean … our business?
Let me just go … the key issues again.
We found … that our sales force needs more support.
Well, that’s all I wanted to say … strategic planning.
We saw that the delays were caused … technical problems.