UNIT 2 – TODAY’S TOPIC IS…

English Public Speaking & Presentation (Advanced)Week 5Professor Hayashi

Today’s Class

• Attendance & Prep Sheet Check• Review• Listening• Signposting• The Main Body of a Presentation• Practice!• In Class Presentations

REVIEW

• The final part of the introduction deals with the organization of the talk – what are the 3 main details you should address?

- timing- handouts- questions

Review

• What kind of techniques can you use to get the audience’s attention?

- ask a rhetorical question- start with an interesting fact- tell them a story or anecdote- give them a problem to think about- use an analogy/humor/personal experience- do a demonstration/survey/quiz

What is the Checklist for Introductions?• Attention WISEOWL• What does it stand for?Attention GetterWelcome the AudienceIntroduce YourselfState Your TopicExplain why your topic is important/credibilityOutline the structure of your talkWhat comes whenLet the audience know about organization

REVIEW

Warm-Up

• In a partner, QUICKLY go through the quiz on page 15

Listening – Pg. 16

• Exercise 2, 3 on page 16ANSWERS –Exercise 21.I’d like to do2.purpose; major developments3.want to do4.objective

Listening – Pg. 16

• ANSWERS – exercise 31. The purpose of my talk today is to update you on new

developments in R&D.2. What I want to do is to present alternatives to existing

booking procedures.3. My aim is to show you how to cut costs in IT support.4. The objective of my presentation is to give you an overview

of the British job market.5. Our goal is to determine our sales targets for next year.6. I am here today to report on my/our company’s

investment plans

What is signposting?

• Words/phrases that help guide the audience through the presentation

SIGNPOSTING

Signposting

• Page 18 – Exercise 52. So, let me give you a brief overview…3. This now leads us to my next point.4. Let’s move on to the next point.5. Let’s now turn to the next issue.6. So much for …7. So that’s the background…8. As I said earlier …9. Let me now come back to what I said earlier

Signposting

• Page 18 – Exercise 62. This brings us directly to my next question.3. This leads to the next point, which is price.4. Let’s turn now to the issue of customer service.5. As I mentioned before, I’d like to give you a brief overview

of our activities.6. I’d like to come back to this question later.7. Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier.8. As I said earlier, I’ll be focusing on our new sales strategies.

EXPRESSIONS WITH AS

• Exercise 8, page 192. As you all already know, Tony Dale is our new

marketing manager for print media.3. As I said at the beginning of my talk, we can’t

operate from our local airport because we have no permission.

4. As I explained ten minutes ago, we have to choose between two options.

5. As you can see on the slide, sales have increased by 10% since the beginning of the year.

EXPRESSIONS

Expressions

• Page 20 – Exercise 101. are.. having2. identify3. deal4. cope5. prevent6. accept7. don’t solve8. will run

CHECKLIST FOR THE MAIN PART OF A PRESENTATIONBriefly state your topic again.Explain your objective(s).Signal the beginning of each part.Talk about your topic.Signal the end of each part.Highlight the main points.Outline the main ideas in bullet-point form.Tell listeners you’ve reached the end of the main

part.

BEST

SHOT

Presentation Practice

• Make a 5 minute presentation on the assigned topic.• Each person in your group should present, so divide the

information first• Try to use signposting and some expressions we learned

today!• Oh yeah…… HAVE FUN with it!!!