3. Effective Presentations
Planning
• Purpose
• Audience
– Needs and interests
– “Aim to be a speaker, not an oral reader: be
a speaker who really understands and
communicates with an audience” (Lucas,
2008)
• Setting
– Audience numbers?
– Facilities?
4. Effective Presentations
Organising
• Body
• Planning the presentation
• Organising the presentation
– Developing the body
– Introductions
– Conclusions
– Written and spoken English
– Outlining
• Delivering the presentation
(Comfort, 2010)
8. Effective Presentations
Spoken Written
Language Language
•Simple words •Complex sentences
•Short sentences •Passive voice
•Fragments •Longer words
•Personal pronouns
•Contractions
•Questions
•Repetition
10. Effective Presentations
• (1) Visual Aids (2) Non verbal (3) Q & A
session
– Visual Aids
– Support your words
– Simple and clear
– Visible
– Explain
11. Effective Presentations
• Non verbal Communication
• “communicating without words” (Pease,
2006)
– Personal appearance
– Facial expressions
– Eye contact
– Posture
– Movements
– Gestures
14. Effective Presentations
Reference List
Cheung, Y. L. (2008). Teaching effective presentation
skills to ESL/EFL students. The Internet TESL
Journal, 14(6).
Comfort, J. (2001). Effective presentations. Oxford:
Cornelsen & Oxford University Press.
Lucas, S. (2008). The art of public speaking.
Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Pease, B., & Pease, A. (2006). The definitive book of
body language. New York: Bantam.