This presentation serves to give high school learners tips on how to conduct their oral presentations

1. ORAL
PRESENTATION
BY: MTYELE SIMPHIWE

2. An oral presentation is a process where one or
a group of individuals verbally address (speak
to) the audience on a particular subject, topic
or an issue.
The presentation may serve different purposes such as:
• For entertainment
• To educate others
• To inform or raise an awareness
• To debate or to present an argument
The English CAPS Document refers to oral presentation as
‘speaking’ which is defined as ‘using appropriate register,
style and voice according to the audience, purpose, context
and theme’ (CAPS, 2011). This is to assist the learners
acquire public speaking skills, enhance their confidence
and self-esteem and express themselves verbally.

3. • Unprepared
speech
• Prepared
speech
• Interview
• Introducing a
speaker
• Offering a vote
of thanks
• Debate
• Dialogue

4. Presentation can be done in 3
stages
1. Planning
2. Organising
3. Presenting

5. 1. PLANNING
• As a presenter you should “convince the audience about the
relevance of the idea” (Connect, 2019) by conducting a
thorough research on the topic to answer any doubt or
question asked by the audience
• While conducting a research, make use of referenced
materials to obtain important information. Refer to referenced
materials such as
• Articles
• Published books
• Online Statistics

6. PLANNING
CONTINUES
• What to do?
• Choose a subject/ topic
suitable for your
presentation (Feldman,
2016)
• The title should be short and
serve as key summary for
the presentation
• Use simple language

7. 2. Organising
 Feldman (2016) maintains that the presenter should
consider the who, what and why.
 This is where you consider your audience (who) and
whether or not the language chosen is appropriate
for the audience
 Gather supporting ideas to the topic (what)
 The what can be achieved by “choosing the main
points, supporting information and linking
statements” (Mourice, 2015) such as therefore, in
addition, nonetheless, consequently etc
 Seek reason for your presentation (why)
 This is where you “create a compelling message”
(Safarov, 2016) which serves as a message to be
conveyed.

8. Organising continues…
put your ideas and facts in good order
by “developing an introduction, body
and conclusion” (Maurice, 2015).
Introduction
 Greet the audience, introduce yourself and introduce the title of your
presentation
 Open your presentation with empathy to arouse the audience interest
and emotions
 You can achieve this by “sharing what interests them [audience] not
you” (Saif, 2016), which implies the speaker should connect ideas that
the listeners can easily relate to. Example- resort to current affairs
according to the context.

9. Body
-Tell your main speech or story with passion
-Create a link by connecting ‘then’ and ‘now’ (Saif, 2016) which can achieved by sharing
minimal information about your past experiences, transition and the present
-You may include statistics from research as evidence to support your claims
Conclusion
-The speaker summarises the main points of
the presentation
-Provide moral of the presentation or
convey the message or awareness you
intended to raise
-The final stage is where you “rehearse and
ask for feedback” (Saif, 2016) this where
you practice your speech/presentation to
your peers or parents and seek constructive
feedback.

10. 3. PRESENTING
Consider:
Voice
• Be audible,
• The speed of your voice should be kept
average,
• Maintain good pauses after making a
point and
• Tone should not be consistent
throughout the speech as it may vary
with different emotions

11.  BODY
• Arms should be well positioned
• The physical signals give stronger
meaning beyond the spoken words
• Maintain eye contact
• Preferably, the body must be
clothed in formal wear (the
speaker should also consider the
context)

12.  MOVEMENT
• Good upright posture and slightly move back and forth or side to side
• Good gesture- open hands, wave, rake fingers and express the energy and
enthusiasm
• Give lively facial expressions, example, if the speech is interesting the
speaker can smile

13. Reference list
CAPS. (2011). Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement English FAL Grade 10-12.
Government Print. Pretoria
Connect, A. (2019). Presentation Skills. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/Aglaiaconnect/presentation-skills-151719127
Feldman, B. (2016). How to Write Clickass Presentation that Converts. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/barryjfeldman/how-to-write-clickass-presentations-that-
convert
Maurice, M. (2015). Presentation and Presentation. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/mounirrafikaziz/presentation-and-presentation-skills-
44323770
Safarov, E. (2016). Presentation About Presentation. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/ElyarSafarov/presentation-about-presentation-66385365
Saif, E. (2016). Best Practices for Pitching to Judges Startup Weekend. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/esaife/best-practices-for-pitching-to-judges-startup-
weekend-doha-2016

14. THE END
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