Presentation English

Informative Speech & Gestures

Week 4

Kuei-Min Huang, PhD

Today’s Outline

Review on Posture and Eye Contact Informative Speech Gestures (if time)

p. 14, In Groups of 4

Good evening. My name is .

Today, I’ll tell you above my favorite subject - Science. Science is a subject everyone has to study in primary school education.

3 steps in Presentation

1. Tell them what you are going to tell them.

2. Tell them.

3. Tell them what you have told them.

Why these 3 steps?

Informative Speech

Giving an informative speech is like teaching.

The success of your speech depends on whether the audience learns what you wanted to teach.

Speech Skill

Eye contact – for checking audience’s comprehension

Episode 1

What is the topic of her informative speech?

How many points does she have? Now watch the video again, and

complete the grid in p. 16

Speech Preparation

For informative Speech, you will use a quadrant to help you prepare a presentation on the city you recommend visiting

Exercise, 3 people in 1 Group

Step 1- Plan: use the handout to help you brainstorm

Step 2 – Prepare: Use photographs or draw pictures yourself

Step 3 – Practice: Concentrate on your posture and eye contact

Step 4 – Perform: Next week

Gestures

Number/ Sequence Emphasis/ Focus Illustration/ Location Comparison/ Contrast

Using Gestures

Find a partner Student A please look at p. 23 Student B please look at p. 24

Homework, p.22

I’ll upload the recording to ‘ 我的電子學習平台’ by Friday.

You can download it and practice at home for p. 22 step 2.