WHAT MAKES WHAT MAKES PRESENTATION PRESENTATION

EFFECTIVEEFFECTIVE

Tatiana MYKHAILENKO,Tatiana MYKHAILENKO,Editor-in-chief,Editor-in-chief,

Newspaper Newspaper English language and English language and culture weeklyculture weekly

“Three things matter in a speech - who says it, how he says it and what he says, and of the three, the latter matters the least.”

John Morley,English publisher, bibliographer and politician

Main qualities during talkMain qualities during talk• 1. Competence

• 2. Erudition

• 3. Enthusiasm and faith

“He who has faith has... an inward reservoir of courage, hope, confidence, calmness, and assuring trust that all will come out well - even though to the world it may appear to come out most badly.”

 B. Forbes, founder of the famous magazine

AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC SPEAKINGSPEAKING

What do we need to think about

when preparing a talk?

• Structure

• Collocations

• Grammar

• Pronunciation

• General tips

StructureStructure• Introduction: greeting, name,

position• Introduction: theme and organisation

of talk• Body of presentation (in three parts)• Summary of talk• Questions

Key phrasesKey phrases• Thanks for coming to my

presentation• I’m going to talk to you today• First, then, after that, Finally• Let me start with• Let me add

• OK, now what about..?

• Finally, a few words about

• Well, thanks very much for listening to my talk

• Are there any questions?

Grammar and Grammar and PronunciationPronunciation

• Tenses

• How can we improve our speaking?

• Chunking

• Stress

• Intonation

What is chunking?What is chunking?• Good morning, everyone./

• Thanks for coming to my presentation. /

• My name’s Tatiana Mykhailenko. / I’m editor-in-chief of the newspaper English language and culture weekly

Phrases for giving a presentation Phrases for giving a presentation

Introduction Good morning/afternoon everyone…

My name is…

Today I’m going to talk about _____

My presentation will cover 3 main points:

1. __________

2. _________

3. __________

TransitionsTransitions

• Let me begin with my first point______

• Let’s move to my second point______

• Let’s focus on my third point _______

Conclusion and ClosingConclusion and Closing To sum up, I talked about__________

1. _____2. _____3. _____

That concludes my presentation. Do you have any questions?I’m sorry we are out of time. Thank you very much.

TipsTips• Find out as much as

possible about your audience

• Rehearse your presentation, especially using the equipment

• Have a back-up plan

• Think about the first two minutes

• Be enthusiastic

• Introduce yourself

• Start with a joke

• Keep eye contact

• Vary the tone/speed/intonation of your voice

• Use clear visual aids

• Summarise your main points

• Be careful what you wear

• KISS – keep it short and simple

“Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple.”

John C. Maxwell,

America’s expert on leadership

Now let’s sum upNow let’s sum up

1. Name three qualities necessary for a presenter.

Competence, erudition and faith

2. What do we need to think about

when preparing a talk?

Structure, collocations, grammar, pronunciation, general tips

What is the structure of the talk?What is the structure of the talk?

• Introduction: greeting, name, position

• Introduction: theme and organisation of talk

• Body of presentation (in three parts)

• Summary of talk

• Questions

ReferencesReferences• 1. Seminars conducted by Jennifer

Herrin in 2007 • 2. Alan McNair ‘Public speaking.” –

articles and seminars published in the paper English in 2007-2008

• 3. David Lewis “How to get your massage across.”

• 4. The Internet resources

Any questions?Any questions?

Thanks for coming!Thanks for coming!Happy Easter!Happy Easter!