1. Week 2 – Getting Started
English Public Speaking &
Presentation (Advanced)
Professor Hayashi

2. Today’s Class
• Attendance / Prep sheet check
• Partner/Small Group Discussion
• Informal Presentation
• Listening
BREAK
• Introduction Practice
• Structuring a Presentation

3. Partner/Small Group Discussion
• Page 5 – Starter Exercise
- In PAIRS, quickly go through the discussion
questions (5 min)
- Next, make groups, fill out and present this
chart to the class:

4. Listening – Page 5
• Listen and complete the chart

5. Listening – Page 6
• Listen & complete the sentences
1. First of all
2. introduce
3. present
4. particularly; place orders
5. make it; notice
6. screen; topic
7. important; involved
8. aware; schedules
9. probably; human resources
10.department heads; I’ll need

6. Listening - Exercise 3
a. 3, 6
b. 1, 5, 8
c. 2,9
d. 4,7,10
order – b-c-a-d

7. Formal/Informal
Expressions – Pg. 7
1. Hi, everyone.
2. What I want to do today is …
3. As you know, I’m …
4. It’s good to see you all here.
5. In my talk I’ll tell you about…
6. Today I’m going to talk about …
7. OK, shall we get started?
8. I know you are all very busy….

8. Attention W.I.S.E.
• Attention Getter
• Welcome the audience
• Introduce your topic
• Say what the topic is
• Explain why your topic is relevant
• Choose a topic – e.g. The top 3 restaurants in Seoul, the ideal
boyfriend/girlfriend
write a quick introduction using the WISE formula

9. STRUCTURING A PRESENTATION
EXERCISE 6
2. showing you how the database works.
3. talking about EU tax reform.
4. bring you up to date on SEKO’s investment plans.
5. report on our financial targets for the division.
6. update you on the proposed training project.
7. looking at business opportunities in Asia.
8. begin by telling you what Jane’s group is working on.

10. Structuring a Presentation – Pg. 9
EXERCISE 7
1. start
2. Then
3. Finally
4. divided
5. all
6. After
7. areas
8. third
EXERCISE 8
1. for
2. into
3. of
4. at
5. on
6. with
7. about
8. to