1. Oral Presentation Skills (L2: Visual Aids)
Dr Michael Cribb
Coventry University

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

4. 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

6. Visual Aids – design principles
Colourful
Pictures & Diagrams
Simple
Dynamic

7. 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?

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

9. Some examples

12. Too complicated

14. Visuals can also be 3-D

15. 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

16. 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 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.”

18. 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

19. 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

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

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