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- 2. Announcements (DDCC) WEEK TOPIC NOTES 11Oral Presentation TUTORIAL: Assessment 2 Presentation *Assessment 2 due for submission 12 Impromptu Speech *No lecture this week – recording will be on eLearn *Lecturer training on 15 November 13 Debate 14 Revision Week
- 3. Announcements (August 2022 Intake) WEEK TOPICNOTES 10 Oral Presentation TUTORIAL: Assessment 2 Presentation *Assessment 2 due for submission 11 Impromptu Speech 12 Debate *No lecture this week – recording will be on eLearn *Lecturer training on 15 November 13 Paraphrase & Reference 14 Revision Week
- 5. The Beginning The beginningof a presentation is the most important part. It is when you establish a rapport with the audience and when you have its attention. Get the audience's attention and signal the beginning. • Let's begin. • Shall we start? • Let's get the ball rolling. • Let's get down to business. It is important to greet the audience by saying something like: • Hello ladies and gentlemen. • Good morning members of the jury. • Good afternoon esteemed guests • Good evening members of the board • Fellow colleagues Mr. Chairman/ Chairwoman • Thank you for your kind introduction Introduce oneself (name, position, company) • Good morning, my name is Lawrence Couderc. I am a student at the INT and I would like to talk to you today about some of my findings in a study I did on… Structure of An Oral Presentation The Middle or The Body • Content What information should you give in your speech? All your information should support your purpose. In most cases you will have to limit the content, as time is usually precious! • Quantity How much information should you give? Enough to clearly develop your ideas. Don’t forget to illustrate through examples. • Sequencing your ideas. Here are a few possibilities for organizing your ideas: logical; chronological order; from general to specific; from known to unknown; from accepted to controversial; cause/effect; problem/solution. Whatever sequencing you choose, the headings should be all of the same grammatical form. • Keeping the audience's attention The beginning and the end or the first and last parts of a talk are what listeners will remember best. Think of ways you can keep the audience's attention throughout the rest of the speech.
- 6. Structure of An Oral Presentation Theend of a talk should never come as a surprise to an audience; it needs special consideration. Your talk should include four parts: a brief reminder of what you tried to show in your speech and how you tried to do so, a short conclusion, thanks to the audience for listening, and an invitation to ask questions, make comments or open a discussion.
- 7. Visuals It is importantto prepare your audience for what they are going to see. This keeps the audience on their toes and gives you the opportunity to position your visual correctly. • Let's look at the current distribution of the market, as you can see... • I'm going to show you now the most recent figures available... • My next slide concerns the method by which... Remember to draw the attention of the audience to the points that you wish to highlight but avoid redundancy by describing everything that is in the visual! • As you can see.... • The first line of figures is the most revealing... • Notice/observe how the increase has had an effect on the... • What is important here is the way that... You can also try to rephrase your point to give it emphasis, giving the audience time to absorb the information. • In other words the number of employees has a direct effect on the... • Or to look at it in another way every time you... • That is to say no matter what technique is used, the results remain