Transcript APS308-weeks 3& 4

Structuring your presentation
Structuring your presentation
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What can make a presentation difficult to
understand?
Do your presentations normally have a typical
structure?
If so, what is it?
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Go through (v): search through or examine
methodically:
She started to go through the library to find
that book.
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Cover (v): deal with (a subject) by describing
or analysing its most important aspects or
events
This course covers subjects about making
presentations.
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Issue (n): an important topic or problem for
debate or discussion:
the issue of racism
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Indicate (v): point out; show
Figures indicate a 2% increase in
unemployment in the south east.
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Move on to (phr. v): to change from
one subject to another when talking or
writing:
Can we move on to the
next item for discussion please?
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Guide (v): help
I never follow recipes exactly when I cook.
Recepies only guide me.
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Structure a presentation (v. phr.): arrange a
presentation according to a plan; give a
pattern or organization to the presentation
You need to structure your presentation
before you start to prepare your speech.
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Watch video 2.1 and compare the speakers’
answers and experience with yours.
Watch video 2.2 the presentation of Marcus
Stevenson and do the activity 3 on your
coursebook page 10.
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Before you watch video 2.3
consider these questions:
At which stages of the core
structure will you tell the
audience
a) what you are going to tell
them?
b) What you have told them?
c) Your key points?
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The Core Structure
Introduction
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Message 1
Message 2
Message 3
Conclusion
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Watch video 2.3 and do the activity 5 on your
coursebook p. 11
Watch video 2.4 and do the activity 6 on your
coursebook p.11
Lastly watch the expert view video 2.5 and
compare his views with yours.
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Match the structures used in a presentation
with its sections the activity 1 on your
coursebook p. 12
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Now watch video 2.6 and check your answers.
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Do all the activities on pages 12 & 13.
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Study the useful phrases on page 14 of your
coursebook.