Oral Presentations
Hi Happy People!
How are you doing? I hope you are well.
This week, Our Speaking Club will discuss oral presentations.
In general, oral presentations are divided into three major parts, namely intoduction/opening, body, and conclusion/closing.
Below is a brief explanation on what to do during each part. (http://twp.duke.edu/uploads/media_items/oral-presentation-handout.original.pdf, 19 Fenruary 2016)
1. Introduction
- Introduce yourself if needed, providing your affiliation and/or credibility.
- Create an effective opening that will interest your audience: pose a question, give an amazing fact, or tell a short, interesting story.
- Reveal your topic to the audience and explain why it is important for them to learn about.
- Give a brief outline of the major points you will cover in your presentation
2. Body
- Explain your points. Give clear explanations. Provide sufficient evidence to be convincing.
- Use transitions between sections of your presentation (introduction, body, and conclusion) as well as between points in your main body section. e.g. first, second, next, after that, in addition, also, so, then, in conclusion, moving on to ...., the next point is....., the other idea is ....., etc)
- Use analogies and stories to explain complicated ideas and to build repetition.
3. Conclusion
- Signal your conclusion with a transition. (so, thus, in conclusion, in short, therefore, etc)
- Summarize your points.
- Refer to future action if needed.
- End with, “Thank You.”
- If answering questions, tell your audience, “I’ll now be happy to answer any questions.”
For detailed explanation, please download this book. http://www.treesmapsandtheorems.com/pdfs/TM&Th-3.0-summary.pdf
For those who do not prefer disquisition, please download this book. http://www.treesmapsandtheorems.com/pdfs/TM&Th-3.0-summary.pdf
To be able to do good oral presentations, in addition to our ideas and points, we need to know phrases or expressions to use during every part. Therefore, let's study the following articles.
http://www.bmstu.ru/ps/~sunnymood77/fileman/download/for%20Master's%20Degree%20Students/Presentation%20phrasebook.pdf. (very recommended)
http://blog.tjtaylor.net/content/uploads/Useful_English_Phrases_for_Presentations_TJ_Taylor_Blog.pdf
https://iroesner.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/useful-phrases-presentations.pdf
http://test.scripts.psu.edu/users/t/c/tct118/presentations/presentationskillsmaterials.pdf
Want to know some tips on doing oral presentations. Let's watch the following videos.
The following video contains advanced tips on oral presentations. Let's watch.
Ahaha. How do you enjoy them? I mean the videos. Haha
Our Speaking Club this week will focus on how to execute a good presentation. Please come and practice sepaking English with us.
See you folks.
