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ENG101ALesson 12
Oral Communication Skills
Your experience in giving presentations
Make notes on your answers to these questions. Then form a group of 4, and present the main points of your ideas to your group.
Language of Introductions
Greeting
Hi. Hello. Good morning. Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Chuhai College of Higher
Education. It’s an honour to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.
Language of Introductions
Name
My name’s Cecilia Li. I know I’ve met some of you, but just for the
benefit of those I haven’t, my name’s …
Language of Introductions
Position
I’m a Year 2 Journalism student. I’m the Finance Manager. Let me start by saying just a few words about
my own background. I got into the College in 2014, and started my degree programme on Chinese language and literature…
Language of Introductions
Title/topic
I’m going to …
I’d like to …
I want to …
I intend to …
talk about …
present …
explain …
describe …
discuss …
brief you on …
inform you about …
Language of Introductions
Title/topic
The subject/focus/topic of my talk presentation paper (academic) speech (usually to public audience)
Language of Introductions
Purpose
We’re here to: decide … agree … learn about …
Language of Introductions
Purpose
The purpose of this talk is to: update you on … put you in the picture about … give you the background to …
Language of Introductions
Purpose
This talk is designed to: prepare you for ... provide you basic information on …
Language of Introductions
Length
I shall only take 20 minutes of your time. I plan to be brief. This should only last 20 minutes.
Language of Introductions
Outline
I’ve divided my presentation into four parts/sections. They are …
The subject can be looked at under the following headings: …
Language of Introductions
Outline
We can break this area down into the following fields: Firstly/first of all … Secondly/then/next … Thirdly/and then we come to … Finally/lastly/last of all …
Language of Introductions
Questions
I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.
If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.
Please interrupt me if there’s something which needs clarifying. Otherwise, there’ll be time for discussion at the end.
Attention-getters
The attention-getter is designed to: intrigue the audience motivate them to listen attentively
While there are infinite possibilities for attention-getting devices, it is important for you to spend time creating and practising the attention-getter.
Most importantly, an attention-getter should create curiosity in the minds of your listeners and convince them that the speech will be interesting and useful.
Conventional wisdom on structure
1. Tell people what you are going to say
2. Say it
3. Tel them what you have said
Linking words/transitional phrases
1. May I begin
2. at such short notice
3. As you know
4. purpose
5. up to date
6. First of all
7. Next
8. Finally
Linking words/transitional phrases
9. Priorities
10. draw your attention
11. As far as
12. as a whole
13. On the contrary
14. On the other hand
15. In other words
16. to sum up
Conclusions
Signalling the end Summarising Concluding Recommending Closing Inviting questions
Conclusions
Signalling the end
That brings me to the end of my presentation. That completes my presentation. Before I stop/finish, let me just say … That covers all I wanted to say today.
Conclusions
Summarising
Let me just run over the key points again. I’ll briefly summarise the main issues. To sum up, … Briefly, I have talked about …
Conclusions
Concluding
As you can see, there are some very good reasons for us to …
In conclusion, … I’d like to leave you with the following
thought/idea.
Conclusions
Recommending
So, I’d suggest that we … I’d like to propose … (formal) In my opinion, the only way forward is …
Conclusions
Closing
Thank you for your attention. Thank you for listening. I hope you will have gained an insight into …
Conclusions
Inviting questions
I’d be glad to try and answer any questions. So, let’s throw it open to questions. I think I’ll stop there to leave time for questions. That covers the main points. If you have any
comments or questions, I’ll be happy to hear them.
Time is getting short so I’d better take questions now.
Any questions? (informal)
Non-verbal communication
1.What does body language include?
Movement Don’t stand completely still – a little
movement between table and board, or between notes and audience, is more interesting
Don’t move around too much, or the audience may watch you instead of listening to you
Non-verbal communication
1.What does body language include?
Posture Try to keep your posture upright but relaxed Look straight ahead, not down at the floor or
up at the ceiling
Non-verbal communication
1.What does body language include?
Hands Use your hands to emphasise what you say It is safer to keep hands out of pockets – in
some cultures this shows disrespect Hold a pen or pointer if you feel more
comfortable – but don’t play with it.
Non-verbal communication
1.What does body language include?
Eye contact Maintain good eye contact with different
people in the audience Don’t just look at one person
Non-verbal communication
1.What does body language include?
Facial expression Use facial expressions (e.g. smiles) to
emphasise your feelings
Non-verbal communication
2.Think of some situations where you have only used body language to communicate.
a) What was the situation?
b) Where were you?
c) How successful were you in communicating?
Non-verbal communication
Version 1 Version 2
Appearance Scruffy Smart
Movement Static, several nervous gestures
Dynamic
Posture Hunched Upright
Hands – position
Hands -- gestures
In pockets
No helpful gestures
Visible and active
Clear helpful gestures
Eye contact None A lot
Facial expression Depressed Concerned, enthusiastic