Making a Presentation about Your Home Country

Making a Presentation

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Presentation Topic

Your Home Country

Make a short presentation 5-10 minutes long

Send it to your eFacilitator for feedback (submit to Language Samples)

Send the final presentation a day before the class so we can upload it to the virtual

classroom before the class

Present it to your fellow learners in the Weekly Rendezvous of Week 6 (Monday 9

am or Tuesday 7:30 pm)

If you know how to use MS PowerPoint, you can support your presentation with a

slide show. If you don’t know yet, this is a perfect opportunity to learn it

Your Task

1Find meaningful

content 2Structure

your topic 4Practise!

Agenda

What you can talk about:

•history

•current situation

•how different it is from Canada

•nature

•food

Your Home Country

1Find meaningful

content

2Structure your topic

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

3 Parts of a Presentation

Make some notes

• An introduction consists of several steps:

Introduction

1. Get the audience attention and

signal the beginning.

2. Greet the audience

3. Introduce yourself

4. Give title and introduce topic

5. Give your objective

6. Announce your outline

http://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/oral_presentation_skills.pdf

Make some notes

1. Get the audience attention and signal the beginning.Introduction

•Right. Well. OK. Erm. Let's begin.•Good. Fine. Great. •Can we start?•Shall we start? •Let's get the ball rolling.

Make some notes

2. Greet the audienceIntroduction

•Hello ladies and gentlemen.•Good morning dear members of our course.•Good evening fellow learners.•Thank you for your kind introduction..

Make some notes

3. Introduce yourselfIntroduction

•Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce myself.•Good morning everyone, I'd like to start by introducing myself.•My name is...•I am a….

Make some notes

4. Give title and introduce topicIntroduction

•I plan to speak about...•Today I'm going to talk about...•The subject of my presentation is...•The theme of my talk is…•I will not speak about...•I have limited my speech to•My talk will last about 10 minutes

Make some notes

5. Give your objectiveIntroduction

•What I would like to do today is • to explain…• to illustrate...• to have a look at...

•What I want my listeners to get out of my speech is...

•If there is one thing I'd like to get across to you today it is that…

Make some notes

6. Announce your outlineIntroduction

•I have broken my speech down/up into X parts.•I have divided my presentation (up) into Y parts.

•In the first part I give a few basic definitions.•In the next section I will explain…•In part three, I am going to show...•In the last part I would like/want to give a practical example...

2Structure your topic

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

3 Parts of a Presentation

2Structure your topic

Now you need a transition to the next part:

Introduction

Body

Let us now move on to the next part….

Make some notes

Body Here are some aspects you should

consider when planning the main part of your presentation:

1. Sequence your ideas2. Use signposting or signal where you

are.3. Link ideas, sections/make transitions

Make some notes

Body 1. Sequence your ideas

Here are a few possibilities for organizing your ideas:•logical; chronological order;•from general to specific;•from known to unknown; •from accepted to controversial;•cause/effect; •problem/solution.

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting or

signal where you are.

Imagine you are driving along a road that you do

not know – signs will guide you to find your way.

This is the same for people listening to a

presentation: they need signals to guide them so

that it is easy to follow the presentation.

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting

Function Language

I'd like to start by...

Let's begin by...Introducing First of all, I'll...the subject

Starting with...

I'll begin by...

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting

Function Language

Well, I've told you about...Finishing one subject... We've looked at...

So much for….

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting

Function Language

Now we'll move on to...

Let me turn now to......and starting another Next...

Turning to... I'd now like

to discuss... Let's look

now at...

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting

Function Language

For example,…Giving an example To give you an example,...

To illustrate this point...

Make some notes

Body 2. Use signposting

Function Language

I'd like now to recap...Summarising Let's summarise briefly and concluding we've looked at…

If I can just sum up the main points...

2Structure your topic

Now you need a transition to the next part:

Body

Conclusion

These are my main points, now I would like to give a short summary…

2Structure your topic

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

Almost done: the last part…

Make some notes

Conclusion The last part consists of three steps:

1. A short conclusion2. Thanks to the audience3. A invitation to ask questions

Make some notes

Conclusion 1. Short conclusion

•I'd like now to recap...•Let's summarise briefly whatwe've looked at…•If I can just sum up the main points... •In conclusion I would like to say that...•My final comments concern...•I would like to finish by reminding everyone that...

Make some notes

Conclusion 3. A invitation to ask questions

•I'd be happy to answer any questions....•If there are any questions please feel free to ask.•Thank you very much for your attention and if there are any suggestions or comments…

2Structure your topic

Prepare your presentation step-by-step.

The following overview might help you.

•1. Get the audience attention and signal the beginning.

•2. Greet the audience

•3. Introduce yourself

•4. Give title and introduce topic

•5. Give your objective

•6. Announce your outline

Introduction

•1. Sequence your ideas

•2. Use signposting to signal where you are.

•3. Link ideas, sections/make transitions

Body

•1. A short conclusion

•2. Thanks to the audience

•3. An invitation to ask questions

Conclusion

Since your presentation will only be about 5-10 minutes long, it will be easy to practise it:

• Close the door and speak loudly! Imagine you are in front of an audience. • Time your presentation!

Practising in front of a partner might even better!

Talk to Yourself

4Practise!

Don't read your presentation. You can use short notes, but reading a presentation is unnatural; also, it makes it very difficult for your audience to follow.

Don't try to cover too much material. Remember you only have 5-10 minutes.

Important Don’ts

4Practise!

Important Do’s

Be organized!The more organized and focused your presentation is, the more relaxed you'll feel.

Breathe! (It helps you relax.)

Speak clearly, slowly and at an appropriate level for your audience.

Use vocabulary that is appropriate for your audience.

Your eFacilitators and classmates look forward to listening to your presentation as part of our Online Folklorama marathon during Week 6 Rendezvous.

Make sure that you contact an e-Facilitator if you have a PowerPoint slideshow to accompany your talk.

Ready to go?

Further Resources

• Further resourceshttp://people.engr.ncsu.edu/txie/publications/oral_presentation_skills.pdf http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/listening/presentations1.htm http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/listening/presentations2.htm

Video examples of bad presentations http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YivQYeI0vys&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBthvuOQpKc&feature=related

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