- •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
- •Visual aids
- •Tips on presenting to an English-speaking audience
- •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
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?
The Yale 12: discover(y), guarantee(d), love, new, results, save, easy, health, money, proven, safety, you.
Put the words from the Yale 12 list into the gaps in the presentation extract below.
(1) ……………. Are going to (2) ………………. The (3) ……………... features we have incorporated into our updated software package. As you will (4) …………….., the software is very (5) ……………… to use and (6) ………………. From extensive testing have (7) ……………….. its success. Its enhanced parental controls offer increased online (8) …………… for children and also monitor the length of time spent online. You can compare these times with the World (9) ……………… Organisation’s (WHO) maximum recommended times. In fact, we’re so confident that we (10) ……………… that our software will (11) ……………… you both time and ………………. .
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.
When you say ‘pay freeze’, what do you mean exactly?
I don’t know.
So, you’re asking me about the worsening of your employment conditions.
Let me put it in another way, …
Why did you spend so much money on marketing? What was the budget for the spring catalogue? And what is the total budget for this year?
What is your question exactly?
You’ve raised three points there. Let me take them one by one. First, the marketing budget.
So, you want to know how much money we spent. Well, that’s difficult question.
It’s too expensive.
What’s your question exactly?
So, you’re asking me about pricing structure.
No, it’s not.
I’m really not happy with the way you went about this. What went wrong?
So, you’re asking about what errors we have identified in the system.
I’m sorry you’re not happy.
Nothing went wrong actually.
Don’t you agree that the second option is actually better?
No, I don’t.
So, you would like me to run through the advantages of the second option in more detail.
You’re asking me whether I agree with you or not.
I’d like to ask a question about your third option.
I’ll be addressing that point later in my presentation.
That’s not relevant at the moment.
I don’t want to answer that now.
So, that’s the engineering plan, but what about the budget?
The budget’s not my job.
I don’t know anything about money.
Our financial director Michael Braun is probably the best person to answer that, Michael?
Could you tell me about your company’s differential edge?
No, I can’t understand you.
I didn’t get that. Could you repeat your question in other words?
Sorry, no, my English is not good enough.