WEEK 8Community Evening

English Language Program

PRESENTATIONS

Next Tuesday: 10/28

“Discoveries” something unique about your country information about a unique hobby or activity you enjoy advice about a vacation that we should take, the sky is the limit!  

Your presentation should: Be no more than 5 minutes long (practice! ) Have some sort of visual aid (a picture, drawing,

Powerpoint, video, anything!) Avoid any content that could be potentially offensive

to our classmates

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.

GESTURES

Only use your hands to show:SizeEnthusiasm for your topicSymbolic actionLocation

Avoid:Pointing at the audienceLarge 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”: You know You know what I mean, Like.. Um.. Err.. Uh.. 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.

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!

MAKING EFFECTIVE INTRODUCTIONS

Hook Ask audience a question Tell them to imagine something Show a picture or video Give surprising statistic or fact

Self-introduction Good morning/afternoon/evening Give qualifications (job title, country,

organization) if not the same as everyone else in the room

MAKING EFFECTIVE CONCLUSIONS

Transition to signal the end of the presentation In conclusion, ________ (include a strong statement, similar to

a thesis, here)

To conclude, we can see that… To wrap up, it is clear that…

Summarize the main points of your presentation In this presentation, I started out with a

discussion of… I moved on to/showed you … Finally I ended with …

MAKING EFFECTIVE CONCLUSIONS

If necessary, reference your hook to bring the presentation “full circle”: Let me return to [the question I asked you] at

the beginning. Let’s think about what we saw at the beginning Once more, imagine …

Leave a lasting impression or final thought This could be another meaningful quote or your

own idea As the last thing your audience will think about

before you go – make it count!

MAKING EFFECTIVE CONCLUSIONS Thank your audience and invite questions

This concludes my presentation and I thank you for your attention. I would be happy to answer any questions you might

have. Does anyone have any questions? Are there any questions at this time?

TEST REVIEW

Vocabulary p. 54 (character traits) p. 64 (positive/negative descriptions) p. 74 (prefixes) p. 78 (make & get)

Grammar Relative clauses Wish So + such Past perfect