Presentation skills h4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

WELCOME

Tuesday 2 April

Bell ringer

Walls have ears

Bell ringer

Walls have ears - 

a warning to be careful as someone may be eavesdropping 

(= secretly listening to your conversation)

Today's plan

• Introduction: Presenting in general
• Instructions for presentation
• Watching: bad vs good presentation
• Reading practice

Presenting -why?

• In general: you need it in your (professional) life in one way or another.
• 21st century skills (communication, ICT skills, collaboration)
• Speaking test = giving a presentation.

Personal experience in Client Services job in London -> training courses for HR Directors

Scary; easier with more experience

21st century skills -> vision of school

Presentations in h4

Topic: from the list in Classroom

When: starting next Tuesday, final date: 22 May.

Deadline for slides: the lesson before you are presenting

How long: 3-5 minutes & questions/answers

Why: speaking grade in Magister 

Make a list of issues you want to talk about, for example: 

• What is the topic you are discussing ?
• Why did you choose this topic? 
• Why is this an important or interesting topic for you or others? 
• Look at this topic from different perspectives. What are your sources?
• What did you learn, studying this topic? Something remarkable?
• Make it more lively by telling a personal anecdote or a joke. 
• Use a closing statement to end the presentation.
• Ask if there are any questions.

How do you prepare?

• Listen to English podcasts about your topic.
• Read English websites about your topic.
• Watch English videos, documentaries or vlogs about your topic.
• Practise makes perfect: have a try-out for family or friends.
• Make sure your presentation is long enough, use a stopwatch when you practise in front of the mirror or family or friends.

Now look at this video. What do you think of this presentation?

Some tips

• Don't read from a piece of paper. Try to memorise your presentation.
• Make eye-contact with your audience.
• Write key words on a piece of paper to stay on track.
• Try to use your voice to keep the attention: speak slower, faster, higher, lower. If you dare: pause for a second to raise the tension.
• Ask (rhetorical) questions to get the listeners engaged. 
• Remember: you have studied the subject, so you know more about it than any one else in class!

Now it's up to you

• Do you have any questions concerning these presentations?

Make sure you know when and what you are presenting.

Start early with your preparation:

The better you know your topic, the easier it will be to remember what you want to say.

You can start studying your topic after we have worked on reading skills.

Reading practice

Workbook Reading Practice in Classroom.

We start with exam text 4: Internet: Boon or bane for kids?

Open the document on page 13.

Think about how to answer gap questions.

How do you answer gap questions?

1. I read the whole text.
2. I only read the sentence with the gap in it.
3. I just guess the answer.
4. I read the sentence before & after the gap.

What do you do if you don't know (one of) the words you can choose from?

Text 5 starts with an open question (18). How do you answer?

1. I answer in English
2. I answer in Dutch

Reading practice

(Continue) working for yourself: Workbook Reading in Classroom.

page 13 

Text 4: Internet Boon or Bane for kids

Answer 12 - 17 

Text 5: Fear itself

answer 18 - 25

01:39

Which tips would you give Ranjit?
Discuss in pairs and write ALL your tips here.

Write most important tips on the whiteboard to compare with the tips in the clip.

04:32

What was good about this presentation?
Discuss in pairs and write your comments here.

Tomorrow

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Prepare for presentation

Next week: first presentations.