PRESENTATION IN A FOREIGN

LANGUAGE?
Challenge?

PREPARING AND DELIVERING

A PRESENTATION

Defining the task and the learning

outcome
Explaining the layout and the
organization of the presentation
including useful phrases
Specifying the key questions to be
answered in the presentations

DEFINING THE TASK

Preparing an advertising campaign by

an advertising agency for the
management of the company
concerned
Panther Air, E-Book, Safe Haven
Students are divided into groups of 4-5

PRESENTING IN ENGLISH

GENERAL GOALS REGARDING

THE CONTENT

Why prepare and deliver a

Lingusitic goals:
presentation?
practicing all language
systems
Creating understandingvocabulary,
of the(grammar,
topic
discourse
and phonology)
and
Demonstrating knowledge
of the topic
skills (speaking, reading,
listening)our
Convincing the audiencewriting,
in buying
product
Moving the audience to action

GENERAL OBJECTIVES
REGARDING PRESENTATIONAL
ASPECTS

Learning to organize information in a

coherent matter
Developing an effective thesis for an oral
presentation
Practicing the use of logical and
emotional appeals
Understanding the importance of
transitions in adding coherence

NOTES ON PRESENTATIONAL
ASPECTS

Content
Right quantity of information
Pitched at the right level for the audience

Structure
Well organized, a clear beginning, middle,
ending
Organization to be transparent

Delivery
Vary the variety, tempo of your voice
Body language signaling confidence
Good eye contact with the audience
Effective use of visual aids

Language
Check details of grammar,
vocabulary
Language helping people remember
the said

USE YOUR VOICE

Learn word
partnerships & phrases

Make a pause

Stress for purpose

Vary the tone of your

voice

EXPLOITING VISUALS

...quick snapshots

...highly memorable

...speak for
themselves

BACKGROUND COLOURS - BAD!

TEXT SIZE AND COLOURS BAD!

The first step in the digestive system

can actually begin smell or see
something that you just before the food
is even in your mouth. When you have
to eat, you start to salivate in
anticipation of eating, thus beginning
the digestive process.

COLOURS AND ANIMATION

contrast between background and text

no clashing or unpleasant colours

no aggressive animation

Main building blocks of a

presentation
OPENING
OUTLINE TALK
MAIN BODY PARTS
SUMMARIZE MAIN MESSAGE
CONCLUDE TALK
INVITE QUESTIONS

Range of possible phrases

Outlining the talk

Ive divided my talk into five main parts:
First(ly) second(ly) third(ly) fourth

Ground rules

If you have any questionsplease feel free

to interrupt.
Ill be glad to answer them at the end of my
talk

Useful phrases - Signposting

Starting your first part

To start with, First of all, then Firstly,

Finishing a part
Well, thats all I have to say about
So that, then, is

Starting a new part

Lets move on now to
The next point Id like to make is

Useful phrases - Signposting

Referring back
As I mentioned earlier
If you rember, I said at the beginning

Referring forward
As we will see later,

Referring to visuals

On the next slide you can see

This chart gives a comparison of

Useful phrases - Summarizing

Introducing your last point

And finally, Lastly,

Summarizing
So now, Id just like to summarize the main
points. Let me sum up.

Concluding, inviting questions

Concluding
In conclusion,
Well, that brings me to the end of my talk.
I hope you have found my comments useful.

Inviting questions and comments

And now, if you have any questions, Ill be
glad to answer them.
Does anyone have any questions?

Checking that the questioner is satisfied

Does that answer your question?
Inviting further questions
Are there any more questions?
Ending
If there are no more questions or points, Id
like to thank you for your attention.

Final thoughts

no short cuts to making a good

presentation.
practice and preparation takes you a
long way towards performing it well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6
2Kyu5mz6iI&feature=fvwrel

Tehnical guidelines

the required length: 10-12 slides

1 2 slides / min of presentation
cca 4 5 bullet points per slide
font size 36 / 28 / 24
font style Times New Roman or Ariel
(sanserif)
the required duration: 6-8 minutes

Specifying the key questions

to be answered

The campaigns key message?

Special features of the product
(USPs)?
Target audience?
Media (ad, TV, radio spot)?
Promotion?