Oral Presentation Skills (L2: Visual Aids) Dr Michael Cribb Coventry University <aa6177@coventry.ac.uk>

Resources <aa6177@coventry.ac.uk> Handout – Oral Presentation Skills erHelloEveryone https://erhelloeveryone.wordpress.com/ padlet.com/soonah98/M05DEL For general comments and questions Quizlet Matt_Bric “Summer School 2016”

Visual Aids Any item that ‘aids’ the presentation Eg. slide, whiteboard, handout, object, video Can have a dramatic effect on audience: understanding of information Interest in presentation retention of information

Visual Aids – design principles Colourful Pictures & Diagrams Simple Dynamic

Easy for audience to see? Simple to make and use? Can use colour? Dynamic Pictures? Easy for audience to see? PowerPoint Handouts White /blackboard Videos OHP Other visual aids?

Be Careful PowerPoint can be too powerful! Don’t let it take over your presentation

Some examples

Too complicated

Visuals can also be 3-D

Using the visual Be careful: visuals can take away the eye contact Try not to talk while looking at the visual Adjust posture and gesture to “turn on and off the visual” For complicated visual, “walk the audience around” Use a pointer

Walking the audience round the slide A presenter could walk the audience round the slide like this: “This slide shows the stock market price for Sun Microsystems. Along the bottom we have the first few months of 2000. Up the right hand side we have the stock market price. The line shows price rises in black and price falls in red. As you can see, despite some falls, the stock market price has risen significantly since 2000.”

Activity Design an effective visual aid based on the information given Learning a language is difficult but there are three key elements especially when living in the target country. First, try to be bold. Speak with native speakers as much as possible and don’t be afraid to talk with them. Second, don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are the key to learning and if you fear making them then you’ll never learn. Finally immerse yourself in the ‘sea of English from morning to night’. That means from morning till night, read in English, listen in English, speak in English and write in English. And maybe by the end of your stay you might dream in English

Learning a Language It is best to be bold You should also try to speak with native speakers as much as possible It is important that you are not afraid of making mistakes as you speak Finally you need to immerse yourself in the ‘Sea of English’ from morning to night

Learning a Language Be bold Speak with native speakers Don’t be afraid of mistakes ‘Sea of English’

‘Sea of English’ Learning a Language Be bold Speak with native speakers Don’t be afraid of mistakes ‘Sea of English’