Presentation EAP Class
Presentation EAP Class
Summary
Main (summary,
Body conclusion,
recommendation)
Q&A
Structure of
Presentation
Introduction
1.Greet the audience
2.Introduce yourself!
3.Introduce the title
4.State your purpose
5.Give info on the length
and Q&A
6. Overview
Handling Visual Aids
How does it work?
Go into Even
Start Go into
more more
General specifics
details specifics
The most powerful
visual aids
Articulation
Chunking
Stress
Intonation
CLOSING
REMARKS
Ways to End
Share your
personal
feeling Use poetic
Tell a story
language
Summarize
Ways Bookend
to end
4 Stages to Conclude Presentation
STAGE 1: Announce the ending
Finally, I just want to … Let me end by …
If anyone has any questions or comments, we’ve We’ve got a few minutes more, and I’ll do my best
got a few minutes left to answer questions if you’ve got any
Talk, don’t read!
Memorizing Reading
Speech from a text
Speaking
Winging it
from slides
Q & A’s
Questions show people are
listening!
Know your audience!
Super Nerds
The Lost
Temporary Slacker*
* Super nerds who weren’t paying attention to your last slide, but feel a strong need
to understand and reorient quickly
What if I don’t know the
answer?
Repeat the
Open it to the Take detail and question if you
floor answer later don’t
understand
Coping with nerves!
• Practice using any equipment
• Plan B if technology fails you – eg. PPT
formats
• Recognising adrenalin gives you an
edge
• Pace yourself – most people speak too
fast if nervous
• Use crib cards with brief notes if you
need to remember lots of information
• Practice under pressure
• Deep breathing
Be overprepared
Be confident
Try and anticipate
Don’t be afraid to stop and think
The more you practice and run
through it, the more natural it
becomes