Speaking Tips

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TIPS ON PUBLIC SPEAKING Step 4 Signposting

Step 1 Planning and Preparation

Prepare! Prepare! Prepare!, because preparation is everything.  Before you start, ask yourself these questions: Why? (objective), Who? (audience), Where? , When and how long? How? (method) and What? (content) 

Then, brainstorm your ideas 

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And do some research

After that, select important information and summarize it

 TIP: Put it in your own words and don’t forget to write down source

Step 2 Structure

A good presentation has a clear structure, like a good book or film.

A Welcome your A short beginning introduction audience Introduce your subject and explain the structure A middle Body Present the subject An end Short Summarise your conclusion presentation, thank and invite questions

Tip: an outline will help you

remember

Step 3 Visual aids (photos, images, tables, etc)

“A picture is worth 1,000 words” Golden rule: use one image to give one message

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When you read a book, you know where you are (the chapter, the page, the section,..) but when you give a presentation, your audience does not know where they are- UNLESS you tell them Here are just a few useful expressions My presentation is about …

First, I’d like to talk about ..

Second, …

This picture/slide/photo shows

That’s the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening. Have you got any questions?

Function Introducing the subject Starting one topic

Giving an example

Summarising and concluding Ordering

Step 5 Delivery

Language Let’s begin by First, …

Now, we’ll move on to Next Let’s look now at For example A good example of this is In conclusion, Let’s summarise First, … second Firstly, then, next, after that, finally

While speaking, make sure your audience can hear you clearly.

Remember  use a loud and clear voice  speak naturally  make eye contact  vary pitch and tone  use appropriate words and grammar

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Whether we like it or not, public speaking it seems, is an inescapable part of the everyday, so remember. . .

Do’s

Be organized!

Breathe Speak clearly Make eye contact Practise your presentation with a partner or in front of a mirror Remember to thank your audience ________________ ________________ _________________

Don’ts

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 Don’t read your presentation  Don’t panic  Don’t look at the floor or the walls  Don’t make nervous gestures with your hands  Don’t keep saying umm, well, etc.  Don’t get lost in numbers or facts  __________________ 

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Assessment criteria 1. Organization 2. Content knowledge 3. Visuals 4. Language 5. Delivery STEPS TO SUCCESS: PUBLIC SPEAKING

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Assessment criteria Criteria 1 Fail

2 Poor

3 Acceptable 4 Good Student Student presents Audience cannot presents Audience has information in understand difficulty following information in logical, presentation logical presentation interesting Organization because there is sequence because student sequence which no sequence of jumps around. which audience audience can information. follow. can follow.

Student Student does not Student is demonstrates Student is at have grasp of uncomfortable with ease with full knowledge Content information; information and is (more than content, but Knowledge student cannot able to answer required)with fails to answer questions only rudimentary elaborate. explanations and questions. about subject. elaboration.

Student used Student occasional visuals to Visuals related Student used no used visuals that to text and Visuals reinforce screen visuals. rarely support text text and presentation. and presentation. presentation.

Presentation Student's has no more presentation had Presentation had Presentation has than two three misspellings four or more Language no misspellings and/or misspellings spelling errors Mechanics or grammatical and/or grammatical and/or errors. grammatical errors. grammatical errors. errors.

Student mumbles, Student incorrectly Student's voice incorrectly Student used a pronounces terms. is clear. pronounces clear voice and Audience members Student terms, and correct, precise Delivery speaks too pronounces have difficulty pronunciation of most words hearing quietly for terms. correctly. presentation. students in the back of class to hear.

Total---Source: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

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Points