Speaking Presentations 4

English Language ProgramFall 2014

Posture• What is good posture?

• Stand straight• Shoulders back (but not too far)• Steady head• Feet flat on the floor and a little apart

Why should you have good posture during your presentation?

Movement Smile before you begin talking. Change your facial expressions when you are

talking to show the meaning of what you are saying.

Don’t wiggle, touch jewelry, play with glasses, touch your hair, hide your hands, or stand frozen.

Move naturally as you stand and speak.

GesturesOnly use your hands to show:

o Sizeo Enthusiasm for your topico Symbolic actiono Location

Avoid:o Pointing at the audienceo Large or repetitive gestures

Practicing Facial Expressions

With a partner, practice these expressions, and see if you can guess what your partner is doing:

Look happyLook worried/nervous Look excitedLook interested Look angryLook unhappy Look neutral (no emotion)

Pesky Filler Words! Avoid using “filler words”:

o You knowo You know what I mean, o Like..o Um..o Err..o Uh..o Well…

Give your partner a quick talk about your favorite book or movie. Try not to use the filler words above.

Looking at the Audience

Look directly at your classmates, or at the top of their heads if you are uncomfortable looking at their eyes.

Looking other places can mean that you are not prepared or did not practice, or are not confident.

Walk to the front of the room, look directly at the class, stand straight and say “Good afternoon,” introduce yourself, (“my name is…”), and tell us what three things in life are that you need to be happy.

The ListenerRespecting other presenters is just as important as your own presentation.

What does a good listener do? What does a bad listener do?

Getting Ready Prepare your speech and notes. Practice your speech several times. Give your speech to a friend for practice. Give your speech to your mirror. Don’t read your speech directly from your notecard

or slides.Practice, practice, practice!

Powerpoint DOs and DON’Ts

With a partner, make a chart of things you should and should not do when using Powerpoint!

**Consider only the visual aspect of using Powerpoint (not the oral presentation)

Powerpoint TutorialVisit this site for a nice tutorial on using Powerpoint:

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/powerpoint

Powerpoint Techniques Assignment

Your task is to apply everything from our discussion about Powerpoint, and create a brief presentation about one of your favorite things in the world.

You may choose a favorite:o Place (city, country, amusement park, etc.)o Athlete/entertainero Foodo Animalo Other (please check with me)

Powerpoint Techniques Assignment

The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:

o No more than 6 slideso Pick a topic that is appropriate for class o Be sure to follow the “5x5/6x6” guidelines, and don’t use

significantly more text than images!

Powerpoint Techniques - Feedback

Thank you for your hard work

Common Issues:

Title slide Title rules Parallelism with words/writing Parallelism with page layout

Example of a Title Slide

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Example of a Title Slide

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Title should be larger than your name and centered near the top

Always write your name and class name on the title slide

Pictures are acceptable on the title slide (but they should relate to your topic!)

Title RulesMajor Rules for Titles & Subtitles:1. First letter is always a capital letter2. Do not write titles in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS3. Do not use a sentence for a title (a question is

okay)4. Capitalize the first letter of content words, but do

not capitalize the first letter of function wordsContent Words Function WordsNounsVerbsAdjectivesAdverbsWh- words (who/what/when/how, etc.)Pronouns (me, my, mine, etc.)

Articles (the/an/a)Prepositions (for, to, by, etc.)Conjunctions (and, but, so, etc.)

ParallelismIn Powerpoint, parallelism refers to using consistent:

Font sizes and styles throughout slides

Spacing between section in all slides

Word and verb forms for all lines or bullet points

Not Parallel This slide is not parallel

Because the font sizes are different And spacing

Grammatically, the bullet points are different Sentences Verb phrases nouns

Parallel Bullet PointsBullet points are good, but one slide should have

bullet points in the same grammatical format

Examples:

Subtitle•Noun•Noun•Noun

Subtitle•Verb phrase•Verb phrase•Verb phrase

Subtitle•Gerund phrase•Gerund phrase•Gerund phrase

Let’s go to the lab!I’m going to give you an opportunity to fix the mistakes in your Powerpoint for extra points on your assignment

1. Open your Powerpoint from your flash drive or the email you sent me last week.

2. Correct the errors that you have on your Powerpoint.

3. Give me your printed assignment back4. Leave the lab quietly and have a nice afternoon!