The objective of the work is to bring out some strategies which are helpful in giving an effective PowerPoint presentation for senior students of English Faculty, Hanoi Open University
DECLARATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENT INTRODUCTION 4 Rationale .4 Aims of the study 5 Scope of the study 6 Method of the study .6 Design of the study 6 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 1.1 Definition of PowerPoint presentation 8 1.2 The structure of a PowerPoint presentation 8 1.3 Types of presentations 9 1.3.1 Based on the presentation’s purpose 9 1.3.2 Based on the presentation’s manner 10 1.4 The importance of PowerPoint Presentation skill 11 CHAPTER 2: THE STUDY .13 2.1 Survey on senior student’s habit of presenting .13 2.1.1 The subjects .13 2.1.2 Data collection 13 2.1.3 Questionnaire 13 2.2 The finding and discussion 14 CHAPTER 3: STRATEGIES TO GIVE AN EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION 17 1 3.1 Good content 18 3.1.1 Determine the aims of the presentation .18 - Analyzing the audience .18 - Choosing and narrowing topic 19 - Determining the purpose 19 3.1.2 Create an outline .20 3.2 Good design 21 3.2.1 Slide Structure 21 3.2.2 Fonts 23 3.2.2.1 Font types: 23 3.2.2.2 Font size: 24 3.2.3 Colors 26 3.2.4 Background 28 3.2.5 Charts 30 3.3 Good delivery 32 3.3.1 Audience’s attention 32 3.3.2 Nonverbal language 36 3.3.2.1 Gesture 36 Effective gestures: .37 Ineffective gestures: 38 3.3.2.2 Eye contact 39 - The power of eye contact 39 - What makes a speaker not have strong eye contact? .39 - How to use eye contact in presentation? 40 - Practise making eye contact .41 3.3.2.3 Voice .41 - Volume: 41 2 - Rate: 42 - Tone: 42 3.3.3 Signpost language 43 - What is signpost language? 43 - The role of signpost language 43 - How to use signpost language in presentation? .44 3.3.4 Rehearsal 46 CONCLUSION 48 REFERENCES 49 APPENDIX 50 3 INTRODUCTION Rationale We are living in a modern society where communication skill is indispensable Among different communication skills is public speaking skill which probably is the most difficult one Ability of giving a good presentation is extremely important for those who want to success When you are still on the school-desk, you need presentation skill to discuss or argue some point of view with your classmate When you are at work, in the future, you need this skill to report your work to your colleagues and manager, or introduce and sell some product to your customers If you are manager, presentation skill is even much more necessary It helps you to success in negotiating with your partners or inspiriting your staffs Together with technology development, MS PowerPoint program has also been developed Today, it has become so popular MS PowerPoint is a very strong tool supporting for presentations A PowerPoint presentation delivers a message much more effectively than a normal oral presentation because it is a combination of words, pictures and sound However, it is not everyone can give an effective PowerPoint presentation A person who is able to make a good oral presentation can make a bad PowerPoint presentation due to his design mistakes As a student at Faculty of English, Hanoi Open University, I have given several PowerPoint presentations before classmates and I have also been an audience for many times I see that even when we are senior students, we still rarely make an effective PowerPoint presentation Hence, in this study I would like 4 to focus on finding difficulties which senior students often meet and common mistakes they often do “Some strategies to give an effective PowerPoint presentation for the 4th year student of English Faculty, Hanoi Open University” is a very helpful and interesting topic so I decided to choose it for my Graduation Paper Aims of the study The objective of the work is to bring out some strategies which are helpful in giving an effective PowerPoint presentation for senior students of English Faculty, Hanoi Open University There are many strategies for giving an effective PowerPoint Presentation but in this study, I would like to focus on finding what difficulties senior students usually meet and which mistakes they often do when giving a PowerPoint presentation From that point, I would like to bring out some effective strategies to help students of English in general and the 4th year students of English at HOU in particular to overcome difficulties and avoid making mistakes My study focuses on 3 steps: - Step 1: Overviews basic PowerPoint presentation knowledge - Step 2: Presents a survey to get what exactly students find hard and which mistakes they often do when giving a PowerPoint presentation - Step 3: Proposes effective ways of giving a PowerPoint presentation based on the result drawn from the survey 5 Scope of the study PowerPoint presentation is not a small field for research Therefore, I would like to draw out some strategies of giving an effective PowerPoint presentation only My research aimed at senior students at Faculty of English, Hanoi Open University Method of the study In order to accomplish this thesis systematically and adequately, I have acquired all the literature resources from many sources of data such as the internet, magazines, newspapers and books in the Library of Faculty of English and Modern Languages, Hanoi Open University as well as the National Library I implemented a survey with subjects who are senior students of English Faculty, Hanoi Open University Personal observation consulted and discussed by my supervisor in the process of researching also contributed much to the completion of this thesis Design of the study My study is divided into 3 main parts: 1 Introduction includes: - Rationale - Aims of the study - Scope of the study - Method of the study - Design of the study 2 Development includes 3 chapters: Chapter 1: Literature review - Definition of presentation 6 - Types of presentation - The role of presentation skill Chapter 2: The study - Habit of giving PowerPoint presentation of senior students of English Faculty, HOU - The findings and discussion Chapter 3: Some strategies to give an effective PowerPoint presentation 3 Conclusion and References summarizes all the main points in the whole graduation paper 7 CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Definition of PowerPoint presentation - What is a presentation? There are many definitions of presentation Following are some typical definitions: - A presentation is a practice of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner - A presentation is a kind of communication between the speaker and the audience - A presentation is a way of communicating ideas and information to a group A presentation carries the speaker’s personality and allows immediate interaction between all the participants - What is a PowerPoint presentation? A power point presentation is a presentation which is carried out with the support of PowerPoint, a presentation software program 1.2 The structure of a PowerPoint presentation Like other kinds of presentation, a PowerPoint presentation includes three parts: The introduction: - Greeting the audience - Tell your audience the topic of the presentation - Tell your audience the purposes of the presentation - Show your audience how the presentation will be developed 8 The body: - Present the first key points - Use supporting ideas for this point - Present the second key points - Use supporting ideas for this point - And so on… The conclusion: - State the main points again - Evaluate the importance of the information - Formulate some conclusions and/or recommendations 1.3 Types of presentations 1.3.1 Based on the presentation’s purpose - Informative presentation: An informative presentation is a presentation on a realistic factual matter destined to raise the informative and cultural level of listeners An informative presentation should be based upon a wide range of adequate and credible sources - Persuasive presentation: A persuasive presentation is a speech aimed at influencing values, ideas, beliefs and attitudes of the audience Pragmatically, a persuasive presentation is used to convince people to get a different idea, attitude and belief, react to something, consider doing things they were previously unwilling to do - Entertaining presentation: Entertaining presentation focuses on the overall theme of the entertainment speechwriting occasion The presentation is oriented to entertainment, so that the 9 audience could get relaxed, react to the presentation in a hearty way, and enjoy every minute of the entertaining speech - Inspirational presentation: Inspirational speech is a speech presented by a professional speaker or by a renowned authority/leader in front of large homogeneous audiences such as corporate staff, etc in order to encourage them, reveal the true sense of leadership and enrich them with some approved formulae of commercial and professional success 1.3.2 Based on the presentation’s manner - Written presentation: Written presentations may include story, manual, report, book, newspaper article, letter, diary (for one person), scroll, booklet, pamphlet (for small group), questionnaire, survey (for small or large group), advertisement and chart (for large group) - Oral presentation: Oral presentations may include interview, report, conversation (for one person), discussion group, seminar, debate (for small group), advertisement, lecture, talk show, song, debate, choral speech, lesson (for large group) - Visual presentation: Visual presentations may include project cube, page sized chart or diagram (for one person), cartoon, photographs, display (for small group), poster, timeline, web page, map, large diagram, puppet show, overheads (for large group) 10 ... to focus on finding difficulties which senior students often meet and common mistakes they often ? ?Some strategies to give an effective PowerPoint presentation for the 4th year student of English. .. helpful in giving an effective PowerPoint presentation for senior students of English Faculty, Hanoi Open University There are many strategies for giving an effective PowerPoint Presentation but... 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