Presentation1 PowerPoint Presentation Final Exam Group presentation A full presentation using academic language, formal speech and so on is required Students present in group of three within 10 12 minutes Some sugg.PowerPoint Presentation Final Exam Group

PowerPoint Presentation Final Exam Group presentation A full presentation using academic language, formal speech and so on is required Students present in group of three within 10 12 minutes Some sugg.PowerPoint Presentation Final Exam Group presentation A full presentation using academic language, formal speech and so on is required Students present in group of three within 10 12 minutes Some sugg.

Final Exam: Group presentation: A full presentation using academic language, formal speech and so on is required Students present in group of three within 10- 12 minutes Some suggested themes for students to choose are: launching a new product, introducing a new company, marketing a new learning program, reporting the result of a research, presenting pros and cons of working area, raising a problem then giving solutions, etc (Ss are going to prepare individual topics (business issues and social issues) They are going to pick up one randomly on the testing day Sample presentation at Havard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewVCnfMGnFY Compare presentations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8eLdbKXGzk 1.2 How to be a good presenter Leave nothing to change Check everything before you are due to speak – room, seating, visibility, acoustics and equipment Know exactly how to start Plan the first minute of your presentation down to the last detail Try to memorize your opening words This will help you to sound confident and in control Get straight to the points Don’t waste time on long boring introductions Try to make at least one powerful statement in the first two minutes Talk to your audience Many of the best presentations sound more like conversations So, keep referring back to your audience, ask them questions, respond to their reactions Know what works Certain things are always popular with an audience: personal experiences, stories with a message, dramatic comparisons, amazing facts they didn’t know Use them to the full Be concise Keep your sentences short and simple Use deliberate pauses to punctuate your speech Speak naturally Don’t be afraid to hesitate when you speak, but make sure you pause in the right places Remember, you are not an actor trying to remember lines A certain amount of hesitation is actually quite natural Know your audience Speak for your audience, not yourself Take every opportunity to show how much common ground you share with them Address their goals, their needs, their concerns Treat your audience as equals Never talk down (or up) to your audience Treat them as equals, no matter who they are Be yourself As far as possible, speak to five hundred people in much the same way you would speak to five You will obviously need to project yourself more, but your personality shouldn’t change Take your time Whenever you make a really important point, pause and let the full significance of what you have said sink in before you move on The eighteen-month plan, which by now you should’ve all had time to look at, outlines / reviews / sets out in detail our main recommendations Basically, what we’re suggesting / asking / reviewing is a complete reorganization of staff and plant I’d now like to turn / draw / focus my attention to some of the difficulties we’re likely to face I’m sure there’s no need to draw out / spell out / think out what the main problem is going to be But we need to seriously ask / answer / address the question of how we are going to overcome it The basic message I’m trying to get through / get across / get to here is simple We can’t rely on government support for much longer Disappointing end-of-year figures underline / undermine / underestimate the seriousness of the situation And the main conclusion we’ve thought / got to / come to is that massive corporate restructuring will be necessary before any privatization can go through Have you ever wondered why it is that Americans are easier to sell to than Europeans? And why nine out of ten sales gurus are American? You have? Well, if I could show you what stops Europeans buying, would you be interested? I read somewhere the other day that the world’s highest paid executive works for Disney and gets $230 million a year Now that’s about $2000 a minute! That means he’s currently making more money than Volkswagen How many people here this morning hate going to meetings? Just about everybody, right? Well, imagine a company where there were never any meetings and everything ran smoothly Do you think that’s possible? Have you ever been in the situation where you’ve had to negotiate with the Japanese? I remember when I was working in Nagoya and everybody had told me the Japanese don’t like saying no So in meetings I just kept saying yeah to everything And they hated it It turned out yeah sounds like no in Japanese! TASK Choose one of the ‘signpost’ expressions from the box above for the following situations: When you want to make your next point When you want to change direction When you want to refer to an earlier point When you want to repeat the main points When you want to give a wider perspective To move on ( to your next point) To To turn to To To go back to To To To recap (on) To to expand on this When you want to a deeper analysis To elaborate on thiss To When you just want to give the basic To summarize To When you want to depart from your plan TO digress ( just for moment ) To To conclude To When you want to finish your talk TASK 3: T4 Once you know the nine basic signposts, you can build them into the points you make to give direction and coherence to your presentation Complete the following signpost phrases and sentences using the notes to help you Say them first Then write them down The first one has been done for you as an example Moving on / question / the US market Moving on to the question of the US market, Expand / the figures / last year, I’d like / recap / the main points Let’s go back / question / clinical research methods Digress / a moment, let’s consider / alternatives Going back / a moment / the situation last year, Let’s turn now / our targets / the next five years I’d like / turn now / our projections / year 2005 Go back / the main reason / our collaboration / the Germans I’d like / expand / that / little, before we move on Let’s go back / a moment / what we were discussing earlier Let me expand / some / the main points / our proposal Elaborate / that / little / those of you / aren’t familiar / Russian business practices, If I could just move on / some / the problems we face / Central / Latin America, I’d like / conclude / I may / repeating what I said / the beginning / this presentation TASK If you have problems during your presentation, don’t panic Pause Sort out the problem and continue Here are the eight most common problems people face Match what you think with what you say:   WHAT YOU THINK WHAT YOU SAY I’ve got my facts wrong! a So, let’s just recap on that Too fast! Go back b So, basically, what I’m saying is this … I’ve forgotten to say something! Too complicated! Make it simple c Sorry, what I meant is this … d Sorry, I should just mention one thing I’m talking nonsense e So, just to give you the main points here How you say this in English? f Sorry, let me rephrase that Wrong! Try again g Sorry, what’s the word / expression? I’m running out of time! h Sorry, perhaps I didn’t make that quite clear   Notice how some of the words are stressed in each phrase Repeat the phrases until you feel comfortable saying them 1. I’ve got my facts wrong! •“Sorry, what I meant is this ……….”   2. Too fast! Go back •So, let’s just recap on that   3. I’ve forgotten to say something! •Sorry, I should just mention one thing   4. Too complicated! Make it simple •So, basically what I’m saying is this ……   5. I’m talking nonsense! •Sorry, perhaps I didn’t make myself clear   6. How you say this in English? •Sorry, what’s the word/expression I’m looking for? (the audience is always willing to help)   7. Wrong! Try again •Let me rephrase that 8. I’m running out of time! •So, just to give you the main points here ... Final Exam: Group presentation: A full presentation using academic language, formal speech and so on is required Students present in group of three within 10- 12 minutes Some suggested... periods of time, and this is a good reason for making a presentation succinct, well-structured and interesting Aim for 45 minutes as a maximum single-session presentation UNIT 2: Getting Started... hang in the air a moment longer, smile, say Thank you and then sit down 1.3 Preparing a presentation Preparation is the single most important part of making a successful presentation.  This is