PresentationsWorkshop

CONCLUSION

ORGANISATION CHART:  INFORMATIVE PRESENTATIONS: MODEL

INTRODUCTION

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OBJECTIVE

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OUTLINE

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BODY

(POINTS POINTS POINTS)

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RECAP

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Language Signposting   

Categories of "signposts" :

  1) Introducing your subject

2) Sequencing

3) Referring to visuals

4) Ending a point

5) Moving to a new topic

6) Returning to a point

7) Summarising

Bicycle pump:

Frustration with cars and city life

Spend even more time in traffic jams

Buy second home in the country

Go to country every weekend

Vicious circle 1 – Linking Cause & Effect

Solar still

Night storage radiator

Repetition: Favourite words and

expressions used too much.

The Right Vocabulary:The Audience : Experts or laymen?

Jargon: Avoid it at all costs.

Misunderstandings: Words which look like words in your language.

Twinning Options

1 - Have exchanges mainly in the sports area – football matches etc.

2 - As well as the above the schools of the two towns can get involved in cultural exchange.

3 - As well as the above we can look at business and industry and see if real advantages can be found with cooperation.

The Voice

Maintaining Interest: Four points to consider.

1) Intonation in English is lower than in French  

2) Emphasis in English transmits more meaning.

3) Silence can be a useful tool.

4) Pace provides variety

Statement: Our research was done

using primate subjects.

Question: Could you let us know what species of monkey was usedRequest rephrasing:

Excuse me? I don't quite see what you mean?

Response: Ah, Well, In fact wedidn't use monkeys but a species of lemurian ...  

Rephrasing: What kind of monkey was used in your tests?

Framework: Handling Questions - Reformulation.  

Example:

Ending your presentation.

Invitation for questions

I'd be glad to answer…

If you have any questions I shall be happy to…

Any questions

 Signal to end Before I finish…

I think that covers everything…

So, coming to the end…

Summary To sum up

So, to summarise…

Thus the main points…

Conclusion Thus there are some excellent reasons…I'd like to leave you with this idea… In conclusion

(Recommendation) My recommendation is therefore…

So I would suggest…

I propose that…

In my opinion…

Close Thank you for your attention

Thank you for coming (listening) (participating)

I hope I have helped to clarify…

The Wold's biggest countries: Population and territory. 

   

  

Crime figures for the USA:

 

   

Paris (Orly) climate. Madrid

A weather chart.