Adam Wyett
I am an ESL teacher based in Saint Etienne, France. I use Slides to share and present my presentations live while teaching group-classes in lo-tech environments.
Professional English (Course 1) :
Preparing the Company Presentation
Session 1
- How often do you give presentations?
- Who do you usually present to? (classmates / colleagues / customers / companies / the public / a special interest group / management, etc.)
- When was the last time you gave a presentation in English? Was it a success? How do you feel about presenting in English?
- What is a presentation you would like to work on?
- Think about some presentations you've attended? Was it excellent or did it feel like a waste of time? Why? What annoys you?
Order from the least to most important.
Warm-up
Speaking | Presentation guidelines
- Which relate to preparation, and which to delivery?
- Which are the most important of each category
Session 2 | Present Presentation Structure +Presentation Introductions
Adapting presentation for public speech:
- Introduce context (build interest)
- Introduce specific topic
- Introduce yourself
- introduce presentation structure
Improvising Introductions | Topics Covered.
- Increase in Latinos with diabetes on migration to the USA.
- The secret to great public speaking
- Types of abuse and the role of social workers
Session 3 | Giving and Improvising Introductions
Grammar | Question Tags
- The statistics speak for themselves,
- don't they?
Session 4 | Presentation Transitions and Signposting
Academic Language | Signposting
- In slide 1, there's a title and name. What other information might we hear at this stage?
- Does slide 2 represent a positive or negative image of being physically active?
- Slide 3 presents reasons why people do or don't do exercicse. What other reasons could the speaker mention?
- Who is the presentation aimed at? What is the purpose?
- describe problems people have starting physical activity.
- describe the positive factors involved in people taking up physical activity.
- describe the positive and negative factors involved in people taking up physical activity
- describe the benefits of physical activity.
Session 5 | Conjunctions for Argumentation
R = Reset
Click on Topic
= New Topic
- Beauty pageants objectify women.
- People are responsible for their bad health, not fast food chains and brands like coca-cola.
- The minimum wage should be increased.
- Life is easy when you’re beautiful.
- Sex education should be done at home, not in schools.
- Working-class adults should not have children until they improve their financial situation.
- Eat to live or live to eat?
- PE teachers are not real teachers.
Session 6 | Presenting Visuals and Statistics
- What kinds of tools and visuals do you usually use in your presentations (graphs, flow charts, pie charts, images, whiteboards, slide decks, technical drawings etc.)? With what objective?
- What tips can you think of for using visuals effectively?
- Do you find visuals helpful or distracting?
Part 2 | Presentation Visuals
Session 8 | Conclusions and Final Presentation
- What do you usually say in the conclusion of your presentations? Do you have any good strategies for making good conclusions?
- Do you remember a conclusion you found particularly effective? What did the presenter do?
- Were there any parts of the conclusion that were confusing or unclear?
- What impact did the conclusion have on your understanding of the subject?
- Would you recommend any changes to the way the conclusion was delivered or structured?
Business English | Préparer sa Présentation Pour l'entreprise
By Adam Wyett
