Presentation Stategies
Preparation Stage Collect information Read magazines, newspaper, books, text books Search information on the Internet Organize information Use mind map to organize information Ask yourself ‘Wh’ questions, e.g. What? Why? Where? When? Who? How? Draft Write the draft of the presentation. A good presentation should include 3 parts, introduction, body and ending Prepare things for display Prepare things, e.g. paper, poster, PowerPoint, to display in the presentation Write cue-card Write the keynotes on the cue-card reminding yourself of the main points Practice Practise the presentation at home or with your friends before doing in class
How to organize a presentation? Start Use formulaic expressions, e.g. Good morning. / Good afternoon. Hello. / Hi! Introduce yourself, e.g. I’m XXXXXXX. Introduce the topic, e.g. I’m going to show you… We would like to report on …
How to organize a presentation? How to organize the content? Ask ‘Wh’ questions, e.g. What do you want to be when you grow up? Why do you want to be a XXX? Where will you go to work? When will you go to work? How do you prepare yourself to be a XXX? Only present the answers of the questions Write a brief conclusion for the topic
How to organize a presentation? How to end the presentation? Use formulaic expressions, e.g. This is the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy it. Any questions?
When you are doing the presentation Don’t Stand up straight Smile Look at your friends Speak loudly and clearly Be relaxed and speak confidently Use gestures and body language while speaking Read out the notes word by word Speak fast Look at the notes
What should an audience do? Listen to the presentation patiently Jot down the key points if necessary Encourage your shy friends to speak up Evaluate your friends’ performance using the peer evaluation form Give positive comments to your friends for improvement Clap hands when your friends finish the presentation