PresentationConstruct and deliver a crafted and controlled

oral text AS91102 3 Credits

To get an Excellence..

The presentation must demonstrate that you can develop, sustain, integrate, and structure ideas effectively, using appropriate oral language features in a crafter and controlled manner to command attention.

This means that…You make connections between ideas linking to your research

You can build on ideas by adding comments, explanations, details or examples (this is in your research)

You develop and sustain ideas in a structure so that the effect is insightful and/or original (this is in your research)

You build on ideas by adding comments, explanations, details or examples (this is in your research)

You craft your presentation so that there is a clear sense of organisation

You deliberately use oral language features appropriate to the selected audience and purpose

This could include…

Oral language E.g. rhetorical questions, alliteration

Body languageE.g. eye contact, stance, gesture, facial expression

VoiceE.g. tone, volume, pace, stress

You must be able to sustain the confident and

articulate use of oral language

features to create meaning, effect,

and audience

Constructing your Seminar

How will I introduce my presentation?

How closely will I refer to my research?

How will I organise my presentation?

How can I incorporate my own views or reactions?

How has my research into this topic changed, challenged, or expanded my views?

How will I conclude my presentation? What message do I want to leave my audience?

Presenting your research

Use appropriate oral language features.

Show a clear sense of organisation.

Present ideas that are developed with detailed explanations and evidence.

Show how the ideas are clearly linked to the issue.

Ensure that the overall effect of both ideas and structure is compelling and integrated.

IntroductionHow will you greet the audience?

What techniques will you use to catch attention?

What key points will you introduce?

What is your purpose?

Introduction - 2State your topic

Give the audience a reason to listen

Give your viewpoint/thematic direction

Introduce your style through aspects of your deliver technique

You could use:Rhetorical questions

Quotations

anecdotes

BodyWhat will be your 3 or 4 main points?

What evidence and examples will you add to support their information?

What visual aids will help to inform the audience?

How will you link the different sections of their speech?

Connection 1State your first connection

Explain why it is important

Refer to your overall theme

You should:Use your research to back up your view point

Use Quotations & anecdotes

Personal pronouns to include your audience

Connection 2State your second connection

Explain why it is important

Refer to your overall theme

You should:Delivery techniques to develop your style

Use Quotations & anecdotes

Research to back up your view point

Connection 3State your third connection

Explain why it is important

Refer to your overall theme

You shouldDelivery techniques to develop your style

Use Quotations & anecdotes

Research to back up your view point

ConclusionWhat do you want their audience to do with their information?

What oral, structural or visual method will you end with to make their speech memorable?

Conclusion - 2Sum up your Research & align your comments to your overall theme

Convince the audience that you are worth listening to

Leave the audience with a memorable, lasting impression

Oral Featuresdirect address to the audience

sound devices such as alliteration

structures such as deliberate repetition, rhetorical questions

choice of words and phrases such as evocative adjectives, puns

figurative language such as similes

humour, analogy, or anecdotes

personal pronouns, colloquialisms (if appropriate to engage your audience)

pauses, emphasis

voice variety (pitch, rhythm, intonation, volume, pace)

body language (gestures, facial expressions, stance, eye contact, movement).

Techniques to take into

considerationpausing to create emphasis

stressing key words

varying volume

varying pace

inflection or shifts in tone as you speak

Technological Assistance

Smart board presentations

power point display

video footage

poster – diagram or map

photocopied handout

reference book display

whiteboard presentation

flip chart

slide show

props – something to feel, smell, taste, touch

Remember; Technology is to

support your presentation, not the key point of

your presentation

Brown BrothersWatch the following clip. Take notes under some of the headings you have made this lesson

Think about why this is such an astounding speech

What would have this speech been like irrespective of content, if it had been delivered by someone else?

ExemplarsThis is an example of a Merit Presentation.

Specifications

• Four minutes is the shortest presentation acceptable

• 12 minutes is an appropriate limit on the length of your presentation

• There is no minimum number of gestures, although you should not hold your cue cards with both hands for the entire presentation.

• You must make sustained eye contact (more than a glance) with the audience on at least 4 separate occasions.

• You do not HAVE to use technology or any form of assistance in your presentation. However, if you choose too, any video clips etc. they will not be counted as part of your presentation duration. 

• You must also submit a written copy of your research

• You must also include a Bibliography of the texts you have used

Final TipsPrepare well. Rehearse your presentation. Know all your quotes etc. so they sound fluent in your presentation

Open strong and close with something memorable

If you make a mistake keep going, you are the only person who knows it was a mistake

Don’t talk too fast or too slow

Build tension wherever possible by using pauses, volume changes & gestures.

Relate your points to your audience if possible

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