Business English Presentations 1

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Learning Objectives To know the different types of

presentations To know and be able to use appropriate

presentation vocabulary To be able to plan and deliver a

presentation






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Press conference Briefing Demonstration Product launch Lecture Talk Seminar workshop






http://eikaiwa-skype.com Presentation Overview

Audience – how many? Who they are? How much they know about the subject?

Logistics- the venue and facilities Plan your presentation – content and

structure Write some key notes Visual aids – prepare interesting pictures,

diagrams Rehearse – run through it so that it

becomes familiar






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Nerves ! You will probably feel nervous at the start of your presentation. Try to relax and speak slowly and clearly.

Audience Rapport – Try to engage your audience, be interested in your subject look around and make eye contact.

Body Language – Stand when you deliver your presentation

Voice Quality – Speak with a clear voice and don’t forget to vary your intonation

Visual Aids – use your visual aids confidently Audience Reaction – be prepared to deal with all types

of questions






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Keep your language simple– use words and sentences that you are comfortable with.

Clarity – Active verbs and concrete words are much clearer to understand than passive verbs and abstract concepts. Avoid jargon unless you are sure your audience is familiar with it.

Signalling – indicate when you have completed one point or section in your presentation







Language Introducing the topic Let me start by I’ll start by First of all, I’ll Starting with I’d like to begin by






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Summarising a section I’ve told you about We’ve looked at That’s all I have to say about







Language Introducing the next section Let me turn now to Let’s move on to Turning to I’d like now to Next Let’s look now at







Language Providing Examples For example A good example of this is To illustrate this point







Language Providing Examples I’ll deal with this later, if I may but for

now I’ll come back to this question later in my

presentation I won’t comment on that now We’ll examine that question in more

detail later on







Language Summarising Let’s recap, shall we? I’d like to sum up now Let me summarise what I have said Here are some of the key points In conclusion






http://eikaiwa-skype.com Summary

Planning – Plan your presentation carefully

Objectives – Think about what you want to achieve.

Audience – know your audience Content- Choose interesting content Approach – “tell them what you are going

to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them”









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Business English Presentations 1

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