Addressing Audiences - Lesson 5

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Addressing Audiences

Year 1 - Level 4

Aims

- identify good characteristics of a speech or presentation

- give a one-minute presentation about a current event

- prepare the presentation about your dream job

Questions to consider:

1. What are the characteristics of a great speech/presentation?

2. Who are the greatest speakers that you can think of?

3. What is your dream for:  yourself, your friends and family and the world?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassinated by James Earl Ray on April 4, 1968.

What are other important historic events according 

to you?

Presentation Current Events

Go to the following website: https://www.theguardian.com/ and read an article or watch a video about a topic that you are interested in.

Prepare a one-minute presentation about the article or video.

- introduce yourself and the topic

- summarise the article or video in your own words

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Presentation Skills

Watch the video and answer the questions.

Presentation skills

• maintaining eye contact
• giving successful demonstrations
• facing the audience
• rehearsing his talks
• maintaining an open posture
• effectively using hand gestures

Presentation Skills

You should also:

• Structure your presentation (introduction, body and ending)
• Vary in tone and volume

Hand gestures improve your presentation when they are natural and underline what you're saying. 

Final assignment

Situation

You are currently living in London. You moved there for a job placement a few weeks ago. Part of the introduction process is giving a presentation about your dream job ( 5-8 minutes) . 

Instructions

Make sure your presentation is properly organised (introduction, body, conclusion) and contains the following information: 

- Description of your dream job and what you like about this job.

- Description of tasks.

- Description of job requirements.

- Description of education/training needed in order to get this job.