Business English Presentations 1

Skype English School
Learning Beyond the Classroom
By Anna and Dawn

Learning Objectives
To know the different types of presentations
To know and be able to use appropriate presentation vocabulary
To be able to plan and deliver a presentation

Types of Presentation
Press conference
Briefing
Demonstration
Product launch
Lecture
Talk
Seminar
workshop

Presentation Overview
Audience – how many? Who they are? How much they know about the subject?
Logistics- the venue and facilities
Plan your presentation – content and structure
Write some key notes
Visual aids – prepare interesting pictures, diagrams
Rehearse – run through it so that it becomes familiar

Delivering
Nerves ! You will probably feel nervous at the start of your presentation. Try to relax and speak slowly and clearly.
Audience Rapport – Try to engage your audience, be interested in your subject look around and make eye contact.
Body Language – Stand when you deliver your presentation
Voice Quality – Speak with a clear voice and don’t forget to vary your intonation
Visual Aids – use your visual aids confidently
Audience Reaction – be prepared to deal with all types of questions

Language
Keep your language simple– use words and sentences that you are comfortable with.
Clarity – Active verbs and concrete words are much clearer to understand than passive verbs and abstract concepts. Avoid jargon unless you are sure your audience is familiar with it.
Signalling – indicate when you have completed one point or section in your presentation

Language
Introducing the topic
Let me start by
I’ll start by
First of all, I’ll
Starting with
I’d like to begin by

Language
Summarising a section
I’ve told you about
We’ve looked at
That’s all I have to say about

Language
Introducing the next section
Let me turn now to
Let’s move on to
Turning to
I’d like now to
Next
Let’s look now at

Language
Providing Examples
For example
A good example of this is
To illustrate this point

Language
Providing Examples
I’ll deal with this later, if I may but for now
I’ll come back to this question later in my presentation
I won’t comment on that now
We’ll examine that question in more detail later on

Language
Summarising
Let’s recap, shall we?
I’d like to sum up now
Let me summarise what I have said
Here are some of the key points
In conclusion

Summary
Planning – Plan your presentation carefully
Objectives – Think about what you want to achieve.
Audience – know your audience
Content- Choose interesting content
Approach – “tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them”

Skype English School
Learning Beyond the Classroom
By Anna and Dawn