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Structuring my oral presentation
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Welcome!
Hello! I’m glad to see you again.
Ann Marshal is helping me with my project’s
oral presentation. Today, Stacey and I are
meeting her, as she’s explaining to us the general
structure for an assertive oral presentation.
Join us in this learning experience!
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Good afternoon, Ann. It’s nice to meet you. This is
my partner, Stacey Howard.
I’m glad to meet you too. I hope to be useful in
your project presentation.
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According to what you have told Anthony, the
presentation should contain three parts, right?
That’s right, Stacey. Today, we are going to focus on
two main topics: planning and structuring the oral
presentation. Let’s get down to business!
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When planning an oral presentation, you have to
consider five important questions. The first one
being: what is the aim of my presentation?
Well, in this case, it’d be to get my project
accepted by the SENA committee.
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Exactly, Anthony. The second question is:
what is the title of my presentation?
Oh, we haven’t thought of it, really.
We’ll have to arrange that.
I’m sure you’ll find a good title for your
presentation. The third question to consider
is: who am I speaking to?
Do you mean if we are talking to the
decision makers, a group of experts,
etc.?
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You’re right! This is very important because it sets the
purpose and the tone of the speech. Our fourth question
is: what are the main points I want to make?
Oh, those are related to the objectives
of the project, I guess.
Sure, they are. But they’re related not only to the objectives of the
project as such, but also to the final purpose of the presentation
itself. And this question is closely related to the next and final
one: what do I want the audience to do after listening to my
presentation?
I see. That’s like the main purpose, right? To
get those people do something, in our case, to
convince them to accept our project.
You’re becoming experts pretty
fast! I like that. Let’s summarize the
questions we have learned.
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Remember, there are five questions
to consider when planning an oral
presentation.
• What is the aim of my
presentation?
• What is the title of my
presentation?
• Who am I speaking to?
• What are the main points I want
to make?
• What do I want the audience
to do after listening to my
presentation?
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Let’s get inside
Let’s get inside
Hi, dear apprentices!
We already learned the most important
factors to bear in mind when planning an oral
presentation. Now, we’ll have a look at the way
an oral presentation should be structured.
Well, as I told you, Anthony, when we talked on the phone,
a good speech must be divided into three main parts.
A beginning, a body and an ending, right?
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Well said, Anthony! The introduction or beginning is the
most important part to plan ahead because is here where
you get the audience’s attention (Storz et al, 2002).
And, what is important to bear in
mind in this step?
It’s very important to introduce yourself:
name, position, and company.
Then, introduce the topic of your speech, the
objectives and the outline that will be followed, so
you can be easily traced by the audience.
And finally, besides structure, it is helpful to follow the rule:
announce what you are going to say, say it, and finally, say
what you have said. Being relatively repetitive helps the
audience to remember your speech.
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And, what about the body of the presentation?
In the middle or the body of the presentation, it is
important to bear in mind five main aspects:
The body must be so well structured that you can adjust
it to any time restrictions that may occur.
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Content
Quantity
Sequence of ideas
Keeping audience’s attention
Signposting where you are
The ending of the presentation must include basically four parts:
a brief summary of what you showed in your speech; a short
conclusion derived from what you said; thanks to the audience and
an invitation for questions, suggestions or discussion.
Let’s summarize these steps!
Beginning: introduce yourself, introduce the topic and outline, and be relatively repetitive.
Body: content, quantity, sequence of ideas, keeping audience’s attention, and signposting
where you are.
Ending: summary, conclusion, thanks, and room for questions.
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Let’s get analyze
Let’s get analyze
Hello, dear apprentices!
Ann Marshall has helped us a lot by teaching
us how to structure our oral presentation.
A good idea to plan ahead your speech is
to draw an outline of your presentation.
Join us in discovering how to do it!
An outline is a key tool in any presentation. It helps to organize the
information you want to present. By following a clear and thorough outline,
your audience will understand better your points, and your goal will have
more chances to be achieved. (CWS, 2013)
Creating an outline is not as easy as it seems in the result. When you
look through an outline, you may think that the main points came first
and the evidence followed later. It is actually backwards.
That’s right, Stacey! Outlines begin with the evidence that’ll
support the claims identified later for the speech. Another
important fact to bear in mind is not to start writing the outline
from the introduction. It can be developed once you have your
contents planned.
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Evidence
Contents
Introduction
It’s usually ok to stick to three to five points. The more organized
your points are, the better they’ll get to the audience.
It is also important to think about the time limits and decide
what information is the most important to include in the
outline.
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Let’s talk
Let’s talk
Hi, again!
When talking to a native English speaker, you
may notice that some stress is put sometimes
in certain words and sometimes in others. This
happens for a reason.
Depending on the situation, stress may be due to one of these
reasons: adding new information, expressing opinion, showing
contrast, and using the verb “can’t”. Let’s see some examples
and the way they work. (Cook, 2000)
In this case, rain is the new information the speaker is adding.
It’s the center of the communicative purpose of the sentence
and as so, it is stressed.
Now, the stress gives the idea of expressing the opposite of
what your senses tell you. This is what we call opinion.
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To show contrast, the speaker puts stress on the words likes
and hates, as they’re the ones to be contrasted.
Finally, the use of verb can’t is always stressed, as it works as
the center of what the speaker wants to communicate.
References
Cook, Ann. (2000). American Accent Training
(2nd edition). New York: Barron’s Educational
Series.
Storz, Carl et al. (2002). Oral Presentation
Skills. Evry, France: Institut National de
Télécommunications.
The Center for Writing and Speaking. (2013).
Basic Speech Outline Format. Decatur, Georgia:
Agnes Scott College.
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Credits
Credits
Pedagogical Direction :
Paul Cifuentes
Carlos Amaya
Direction of Art :
Cesar Páez
ICT Leadership :
Yeison Ospina
Quality management :
Ingrid Flórez
Script composition :
Juan David Anduquia
Content support :
Juan David Anduquia
Multimedia Development :
Salome Figueroa
Ivan Lamprea
Daniel Murcia
Voices :
Equipo Regional San Andrés
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