How to use your body language and some relevant public speaking tips to give a talk or show a presentation

1. Colexio Plurilingüe Compañía de María
A CORUÑA
'BODY LANGUAGE and PUBLIC SPEAKING'
GUIDE NOTES
Body language makes up 93% of human communication. Elements to pay attention:
 Eye contact with the audience
 Facial expression (smile)
 Gestures
 Pauses
 Movements
 Posture
 Way of speaking (loudly, slowly and clearly)
Public speaking tips:
 Be prepared
 Command the space
 Show confidence
 Try to enjoy yourself
 Pay attention to your body language
 Project your voice
 Practice in front of others
 Slow down
 The audience is on your side
 Keep your hands visible to the audience
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ENGLISH ESO 1

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A CORUÑA
PRESENTATION FORMAT
1. INTRODUCTION
 Welcoming (Good morning/ afternoon and welcome to this talk/ Thank you for coming today/ My name is... and today I'm
going to talk about...)
2. SCRIPT
Structure of the talk (clear and in order):
 First part: To introduce the topic of your talk (Start with a question to the audience / Start with a short story / Start
with an object or an image that represents something related to the talk)
 Second part: Starting the presentation (First of all, I'll... / Secondly... / Then... / Next... / Finally,...) / Giving
examples / Introducing a visual (This represents.../ Have a look at... / This shows...)
 Conclusion: (To finish..., To sum up,..., In conclusion,..., I'd like..., As someone said...(famous quote), Finally, I'd like to finish
my talk saying that...)
 Thanking: (Thanks for listening / Thank you for your attention)
 Questions: ((Now, we have some minutes for your questions /Any questions? / Now, feel free to ask questions)
3. TALK GUIDELINES
✗ Read your talk loudly, clearly and slowly in front of the mirror
✗ Acting in front of your friends or parents (a fictitious audience)
✗ Recording and analyzing your strengths and weaknesses
✗ Eye contact
✗ Use pauses
✗ Don't read out every word written on your slides (tell)
✗ Don't speak fast
✗ Appropiate intonation
✗ Expressiveness and appropriate gestures
✗ Changes of tone (Never flat tone!)
✗ Don't turn your back on the audience (or talk to the screen)
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ENGLISH ESO 1

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4. TALK SUPPORT EXTRAS
Images, presentation, music, clips, graphics, objects, sketches... (additional material to make the talk more attractive)
5. DRESS CODE (appropriate clothes for the presentation)
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ENGLISH ESO 1