Giving a presentation is stressful for everybody. The last thing you want to worry about is the vocabulary you should use. Let’s practice that!
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Conversation practice - Giving presentations
- Have you ever had stage fright? Describe how you felt.
- How can you overcome stage fright? Do you have some performance anxiety tips?
- When giving a presentation you should slow down at the beginning to give your audience time to get used to your accent. Do you agree with this statement?
- Using pauses when presenting is very powerful. When should you use pauses?
- Many people say that when speakers apologise for their English, they seem unconfident. Others think it makes you sound empathetic and warm. What is your opinion?
- Body language is an essential tool in building credibility and connecting with your listeners. presenting. Do you agree?
Introducing yourself
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Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Introducing the topic
Listen to these speakers. How did they introduce the topics of their presentations?
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Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Structure
After presenting your topic, you will have to order the points of your presentation. Listen to this speaker and fill in the gaps.
- There are about five different ... that I can think ... that we can follow to try and ... some of these very difficult problems today.
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Here’s a great example in which the speaker says ‘What I want to address today is ...’ Take a look.
The first point
Listen to those speakers. How do they present their first points?
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The next points
Listen to this speaker. What phrases does he use to present his next points?
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The final point
Listen to those speakers. What phrases do they use to present their final points?
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Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Elaborating on your points
Listen to those speakers. What phrases do they use to expand on their ideas?
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Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Giving examples
Do you know any synonyms of ‘for example’? Listen to this speaker to find out.
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Here’s one more example, from FRIENDS.
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Did you know that the word ‘like’ can also be used to introduce an example? Take a look at these clip below.
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Ending the presentation
Listen to those speakers. Pay attention to how they concluded their presentations.
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Other useful phrases
How does this speaker say that she will talk about a certain topic later, not now?
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