1. Interacting with the audience

2. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin
„Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin 

3. What do you think?
At the start of a presentation it is good to ask open personal questions so that the participants feel relaxed and get to know each other.
You can interact with the audience without asking a single question.
Offering the audience the possibility to ask questions any time during the presentation greatly fosters interaction.
If you don’t know the answer to a question, say so.

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Personalisation
Questions
Stories, images
Dialogues
Grotte judit
Sir Ken robinson stories

5. Interaction Visuals Involvement Stories, fantasy Images Body language
Addressing the audience
Rhetorical questions
Involvement
Anecdotes, quotes, news
Humour, imagery
Stories, fantasy

6. Humour and interaction
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Humour and interaction
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7. Humour Make fun of yourself and not others. Avoid old jokes.
Do not overreact your own jokes.
Change strategy if the audience do not react.
Connect it to the topic.
Time it well. Wait till the audience cool down.

8. Interaction and dialogue
Organising activities
Experiments Experiment.pptx
Quizes
Exercises
Asking and answering questions

9. Reducing tension
Using time to relax and think ahead
Creating a relaxed atmosphere
Making it more colourful and memorable – „the personal touch”
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10. Binary questions Has any of you spent a longer time abroad?
Who agrees with this opinion?
Functions:
getting used to participation
conducting a quick survey to illustrate a point Do
keep it simple
indicate and show how to respond

11. Closed questions When did Henry VIII live?
When did you start learning your L2?
Functions:
introduce a topic
illustrate a point Do
keep it short
sweep the audience with your eyes and designate the respondents

12. Open questions How could we improve quality assessment in schools?
What are the advantages to streaming?
Function:
ellicit contribution Do
set a strict time limit
ask the audience to work in small groups
keep to a pre-planned outline

13. Rhetorical questions Am I a native speaker at all?
What is the point then? English exists in many different forms.
Functions:
introduce/highlight new topic, main ideas
indicate the controversial nature of a point Do
use them in strategic places to emphasise info
not use them all the time

14. Conclusion Interaction creates It should
the channel for shared thinking
variety
a personal flare
It should
match the context
be planned carefully (timing!)
fit thematically to content
be made part of constructed knowledge

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„You have had many men in your life …”
Elizabeth Taylor:
„I’d have preferred having a lot of life in my men !”