Introduction to Academic English Business and Economics Students Presentation Skills Introduction to Academic English for Business and Economics Students Week 8, Lesson 1 (UAEU, 2017)

Presentation Skills In this lesson you will: Prepare and organise your presentation Identify good non-verbal skills to connect with your audience Give effective feedback to your team to improve their presentations

Task 1 Voice Accuracy Non-Verbal Skills Content Linkage Timing Fluency With your team, brainstorm what the words below mean. Use the Presentation Skills hand-out to record your ideas. Voice Accuracy Non-Verbal Skills Content Linkage Timing Fluency   (cliparelibrary.com, 2017) IAEB: Boylan

Task 2 Watch the first part of this video with no sound. Improving Non-verbal Skills Take notes on what problems the presenter has with non-verbal skills. Use these headings. eye contact gestures posture Watch the second part of the video with no sound. With your team discuss: What has changed? Why is this better for the audience? (PMPRecruitment.co.uk, 2017) IAEB: Boylan

Task 3 Look at this presenter. Brainstorm what he is doing well. Think about: posture gestures eyes use of visuals (UAEU, 2017) IAEB: Boylan

Preparing for the Presentation: Roles Look at the presentation roles for a group of 4 or a group of 3 in the handout then: decide who is going to be which speaker (A, B, C or D) read what information each role needs to focus on start organising each part of the presentation (Presentationpro, n.d.) IAEB: Boylan

Preparing for the Presentation: Slides Decide on the style of your team's PowerPoint: font style font size background etc. Design the handover slide Start planning your PowerPoint slides (1-4 slides each speaker). Use this link as a reminder Worst Presentation Ever (softicons.com, 2017) IAEB: Boylan

Homework: Next lesson bring: a draft copy of your slides notes to go with each slide Remember this deadline is part of the Midterm exam marks. (SchoolMessenger Prescence, 2017) IAEB: Boylan