PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH Giving an effective speech with confidence Richard Pinner [email protected]
IntroductionOverview
• Talk about what we will do in each lesson• Look over the syllabus• Explain about the presentations• Explain about any homework• Ask questions
Introductions• Introduce yourself and explain why you are here• Your name• What do you do• Why you need to learn about giving presentations• Your experience of presenting (in English or in Japanese)
Good practice• Talking about good practice in Presentations• What makes and effective presentations• Dos and Don’ts • Golden Rules
Meet your partner• Most of the speaking you do
will be to your partner.
• Please try to speak in English.
• Help each other
• You need to practice English
OverviewClass Topic Content
Week 1Introduction: Welcome to the course, overview of the lessons. Talking about good practice in Presentations.
Everyone will introduce themselves and explain why they need to learn about presenting in English.
Week 2Technical Tips: Looking at PowerPoint and other presentation software. Do’s and don’ts of slide design
The ‘Beyond Bullet Points’ approach
Week 3 Technical Tips: Slide master view, animations and tricks of the trade. Some useful information about setting up your presentation
Week 4 Planning the presentation: Overview, outlining, thinking about the audience, aims and how to get ideas across
Week 5 Building the presentation: Adding content, structuring, notes for presentingWeek 6 Giving the presentation: Body language, revising, preparing.
Week 7 Time to present! Cohort A 1st presentation Peer review and evaluation
Week 8 Time to present! Cohort B 1st presentation Peer review and evaluation
Week 9 Feedback on the presentations. Workshop and review.
Review the ideas we have learned and remember what we have forgotten
Week 10 Prepare for final presentations Workshop and refresher session
Week 11 Time to present! Cohort A 2nd presentation Peer review and evaluation
Week 12 Time to present! Cohort B 2nd presentation Peer review and evaluation
Week 13 Wrap up Review the work we have covered and how to continue improving after class
Introduce yourself
Your name
What do you do
Why you need to learn about giving presentations?
Your experience of presenting (in English or in Japanese)
Priorities• Knowing your subject well• Answering questions• Structuring the presentation• Speaking loudly and clearly• Having interesting visual aids• Having good body language• Making eye-contact with the audience• Not going over time• Having a good hand-out• Keeping the audience’s attention• Making the presentation interesting
Good practice• What do you think
makes a good presentation?
• Make a list of Dos and Don’ts
• Write down some Golden Rules
Good practice• Structure – Introduction/overview– Conclusion and summary
• Audience– Consider having some kind of participation or at
least leave time for questions• Timing• Communicating the message clearly
I’m glad I took
Richard’s course
Next week
Technical Tips: PowerPoint and other presentation software. Do’s and don’ts of slide design