Task 23. Prepare an introduction to a short talk on one of the following:

§Your company and / or its products / services

§Any company you know well

§An institution you know well.

Decide who the audience is. Make notes.

Do not write the whole text. When you are ready, practise your introduction. If you can, make a recording. When you have finished, answer the following question:

§Did you make a recording? If you did, listen to it now

§Does the recording sound well prepared and competent?

§Did you read everything you said from detailed notes?

§Did you talk using only brief notes?

§Did you speak clearly and not too fast?

§Did you outline the topic, structure and content of your talk?

§Did you refer to the audience questions and to discussions?

§How could you improve your introduction?

Task 24. Read the information below and identify the following:

a)the relationship between the main body of the presentation and the introduction;

b)a recommendation on one way to divide the main body of a talk;

c)use of signalling words and phrases.

Main body of a presentation

The main body of a presentation contains the details of the subject or themes described in the introduction.

The form of a presentation may vary taking the format that is most appropriate to its subject. First and foremost, this is true of the main body of the presentation: subject logic dictates techniques fully here, including the number of sections. Four logical, easily digestible parts, one moving to the next, are now standard.

Clearly there are many ways to divide the main body of a presentation and often different parts will themselves be divided into smaller sections of information.

MAIN BODY OF A PRESENTATION

background information

problem definition

possibilities

proposals

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Use of signalling words and phrases

Signalling to the audience where they are throughout the whole of a

talk:

§marking the start/finish of each key point;

§identifying every new idea, argument, topic;

§linking and sequencing information.

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