English Presentation The Introduction By Kuei-Min Huang, PhD

Today’s Outline Review the Story Message: Restaurant Recommendation The Introduction

Present your Speech in Small Groups Form a group of 3-4 people Take turns to present your speech on ‘Restaurant Recommendation’.

The Introduction Greeting What Why Overview 1. Main Point 1 2. Main Point 2 3. Main Point 3 Transition This is where you get your audience’s attention and preview your story

The Introduction Greeting What Why Overview 1. Main Point 1 2. Main Point 2 3. Main Point 3 Transition Get the audience’s attention Tell why your info is important to them Tell what your topic is Pre-Viewing

How to Recognize Introductory Phrases Listen to the audio and fill in the blanks in p.64 Circle the Greeting, double-underline the WHAT, put the [why] in brackets, and underline the whole OVERVIEW.

Introduction Persuasive speech helps audience make a decision. Watch Episode 6 1. What was the topic of these three speech? 2. Try to fill in the table in p.67

Speech Preparation Choose a topic: focus on comparison A vs. B Introduction: Greeting What & Why? Overview

Topic Ideas Being single vs. being married Being female vs. being male Being teachers vs. being students Living in countryside vs. living in city Living with parents vs. living alone Product A vs. Product B Country A vs. Country B

After choosing your topic… PLAN! Introduction: Greeting What & Why? Overview

Prepare your media PPT Posters Draw pictures/diagram on the board It’s only an introduction, so make sure it’s shorter than 1 minute!

Practice Write (type) your speech. Not more than 10 sentences!!! Make sure you know all your words, and intonations. Memorize your speech.

Fight your Stage Fright Confidence in the Topic Confidence in the Message Confidence in the Delivery Confidence Backstage

You know it’s coming! It’s normal to be nervous! Just remind yourself: you know the topic, the content, the message and you have practiced for over 100 times! Keep yourself busy before the speech starts.

Perform to the whole class