Presentation skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson 1 

Read the first 20 minutes (requirement of the school)

If you did not bring a book, just this once go to project gutenberg, click on browse, click on popular books and choose one

After the 20 minutes you have to write down a short summary of what you have read in your notebook

Preparing your presentation

First step 

Look up your topic online, identify three main things you want to talk about

Look for supporting pictures

Stonehenge

What is it?

What was it used for?

Myths

Steps to making your presentation

Outline the Content: Plan the structure, including introduction, main points, and conclusion, ensuring a logical flow.

Gather Information: Research and collect data, statistics, or stories that support your key points.

Create Visuals: Use slides and images to enhance your message.

Design the Presentation: Select a clean design template, organize text, and ensure consistency in fonts and colors.

Practice: Rehearse your presentation to build confidence and refine your delivery.

Prepare for Questions: Anticipate possible questions from the audience and prepare responses.

Presentation skills

Powerpoint

Your Powerpoint presentation should at least contain the following slides:

- a title slide including what you are presenting about, (and probably a photo/picture)

- a contents page including what you are going to talk about during your presentation

- a couple of slides containing information about the topic/subtopics

- a slide containing the question whether there are any questions

- a final slide with some sort of conclusion

Powerpoint (2)

Powerpoints can only a title on the page + pictures

Powerpoints should contain pictures/photos to support your presentation

Powerpoints should be in (correct) English.

How many slides should you aim for

7-9 slides

Including: Introduction, conclusion and question slide

When will you hear about your grade?

When the final presentation has taken place 

You are allowed to come up to me at the end of the presentation lesson, to at least get an indication of whether or not it is a passing or falling grade.

What is expected from the class during the presentations? 

You listen respectfully during someone else's presentation.

Alone, you think of 1 question you could ask the student who is presenting. 

How to give a good presenation

In this lesson you will find tips and useful words and phrases to prepare for your Speaking test: a presentation.

Welcoming your audience

Welcome to my presentation, today … I am … from … and …

Welcome, my name is … and I am a student of …

Good morning/afternoon, everybody, welcome to … my name is … and …

 It’s good to see you all here.

How do you start a presentation and how do you introduce the topic

• Today I am going to talk about...

• Today we’re going to talk about …

• My presentation is divided into four main sections.

• Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally …

• I’m going to … take a look at… [or] talk about… [or] examine … [or] demonstrate …

• I’d like to talk about / I’d like to present to you today is …

• This morning/afternoon I’ll tell you something about the background … [or] give you some facts and figures …

Keep your audience interested

• Ok … indeed … right … sure …

• I’d now like to move on to …

• I’d like to turn to …

• As I mentioned before, we …

• That’s all I have to say about …

• Now I’d like to look at …

• So, let’s move to …

• This leads me to my next point …

• [pause for a few seconds, this will alert your audience too]

Explaining pictures

• This picture shows you …

• Take a look at this …

• If you look at this, you will see …

• I’d like you to look at this …

• As you can see in this picture ...

• This clearly shows …

• From this, we can understand how / why …

Summarising

• That brings me to the end of my presentation. I’ve talked about …

• Well, that’s about it for now. We’ve covered …

• So, that was my presentation. In brief, I …

• To summarize, I …

• Right, that’s all I wanted to say about …

More difficult language can be found on the next few slides

The qualities of a good presentation

Clear structure

Organise your presenation logically

Make sure to prepare your presentation carefully in steps

First, start with a introduce

Introduce your main topics on a new slide 

Include pictures as a visual reference so you don't get lost

Skip what you do not remember

End with a conclusion before asking for questions

Engaging opening

Say an interesting fact about your topic (you could easily look that up online)

Do this before starting your other main points

Examples of engaging openings

The ‘Greatest’ Briton (Winston Churchill), the ‘British Bulldog’, was in fact half American

The battle of Culloden ended the clan system

The person in supersize me nearly doubled his risk of coronary heart disease

Stick to relevant content

To make it interesting only tell what you find interesting (and possibly the audience) about a topic 

So skip dates of birth -> presenting is not about being complete but talking about what is interesting about the topic to you

Effective visual aids

Opt for clear and visually appealing slides, engaging images 

Make sure they are relevant to the topic

Engaging delivery

Either be enthusiastic while presenting or pretend

Maintain eye contact, use expressive gestures and vary your tone of voice to keep your audience glued to the edge of their seats. 

Strong conclusion

Last impressions linger! Summarize your main points and leave your audience with a clear takeaway. End your presentation with a bang, a call to action or an inspiring thought that resonates long after the conclusion.

Strong conclusion

Show one final picture on your conclusion slide and explain the relevance

Share one more interesting fact about your topic