Spreken A2/B1 20/9/2024

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Presentations

Some general tips

1. Keep it Simple, Silly

2. Start Strong: Grab your audience’s attention and hold it.

3.Tell Stories.

4. Use media to enhance your presentation.

5. Time yourself! ( + 1 min!)

6. Practise, practise, prastise!

How can you start the presentation?
What can you say at the beginning?

WELCOME

• Good morning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen/everyone
• Hi, everyone. Welcome to my presentation.
• My name is ...

How can you introduce the topic?
What do you say to present the topic?

INTRODUCING THE TOPIC

• Today I am here to talk to you about…
• The subject/topic of my presentation today is...
• I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about…
• My presentation is about ...

PRESENTING THE PLAN OF YOUR PRESENTATION

• My talk/presentation is divided into “x” parts.
  
• I’ll start with…/ First, I will talk about…/I’ll begin with…
  
• …then I will look at…
  
• …next…
  
• and finally…

How can you introduce your first topic?

STARTING POINT

• I'd like to start with some information about ...
• Let me begin with ....
• I’d like to give you some background information about…

What can you say when you are finished with one section and you want to move on to something new?

TRANSITION TO A NEW SECTION

• That’s all I have to say about…
• I’d now like to move on to the next part…
• Let's now discuss/talk about...

What can you say at the end of your presentation?

CONCLUSION / END OF PRESENTATION

• That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening/your attention.
• Thank you all for listening. It was a pleasure being here today.
• Well, that’s it from me. Thanks very much.
• That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thanks for your attention.

Voorbereiding - tips

1. Wees niet bang om fouten te maken -> het hoeft niet perfect als je maar kunt duidelijk maken wat je bedoelt

2. Lees regelmatig hardop in het Engels

3. Leer handige zinnen en uitdrukkingen (volgende slides)

4. Kun je niet op een woord komen, omschrijf dan wat je bedoelt

5. Begrijp of versta je iets niet? Vraag om herhaling

6. Gebruik Engelse stopwoorden

7. Gebruik je voorbereiding om een paar steekwoorden op te schrijven

Handige zinnen (1)

Je begrijpt/verstaat het niet goed:

- I didn't hear what you just said

- Could you repeat that please?

- I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean

- Can you explain what that means?

- Could you speak more slowly, please?

Handige zinnen (2)

Je kunt even niet op een woord komen:

- I'm not sure what it's called, but it looks like ...

- Let me describe it to you

- It's round/square/narrow/wide....etc.

- It's shaped like ....

- You can use it to ....

- It's made of .....

Handige zinnen (3)

Stopwoorden (om wat tijd te rekken):

- Hmmmm...

- Well, .....

- Actually, ...

- It's hard to say ....

- I don't know really

- Now, let me think .....

Handige zinnen (4)

Kiezen uit afbeeldingen:

- I prefer .....

- I really (don't) like/hate/love/enjoy/fancy .....

- That one is bigger/better/older/faster/more interesting than .....

- That one is the biggest/best/fastest/ most interesting ....