Presentations
with Adults, Step by Step.
Why do
Presentations with your class?
·
Students
build up confidence at speaking (in English) in public and at asking questions.
·
Students
bring something of their own into the classroom.
·
Students
may have to prepare presentations for university or work.
How to start?
·
Students
choose topics that they are familiar with; themselves. They can talk about
where they are from, for example or about where they have been.
·
For
the first presentation, preparation can be done in class. Students can work in
small groups and practise their presentation with two or three others. The
listeners should asked questions at the end about areas they didn’t understand
or would like to know more.
·
When
delivering their first presentation, students can use simple visual aids, such
as a map or images, or they can draw a diagram or key words on the IWB.
Tips
You may find
this useful. In a presentation:
·
Say
what you are going to say.
·
Say
it.
·
Say
what you have just said.
4-3-2:
·
Students
give their talks to another student and become more efficient at giving it,
thereby reducing the speaking time by a minute. This can be repeated once or
twice before the actual presentation.
Timing
·
Students
should aim to speak for between 5 and 10 minutes.
·
Do
leave 5 to ten minutes from questions from students. This involves the audience
and can draw more spontaneous language from the presenter.
Feedback
·
Good
feedback is essential. Although this can be from students, I think the teacher
should take responsibility for this-
·
Feedback
can be done orally, but perhaps written feedback, although involving more work
for the teacher, can be more thorough.
Areas of Feedback
·
Content.
Was what they said logically presented? Was it too much? Too little?
·
Language
and pronunciation. Could anything have been said better? Did the students use
adequate sentence stress for giving meaning?
·
Presentation
skills. Did they face and look the audience, (not the teacher)? Did they
project their voice? Did they explain points rather than read them?
·
Visual
Aids. Did these illustrate the presentation? Were they too detailed? Did they
compliment the presentation or dominate it?
Be Prepared
·
The
students will ask you to give a presentation. Have one or two up your sleeve.
Ideas for
Presentations
·
Once
the students have given their first presentations, they may wish to give more.
This could be a few weeks before an exam, as nerves expended over a
presentation may be good practice for nerves for the speaking paper.
·
A
special place.
·
An
unusual hobby.
·
How
to do something. Students can teach the audience how to do something step by
step.
·
A
key concept from the student’s studies.
·
The
work of a voluntary organization the student is involved in.
Preparation
Time
·
As
studies get the hang of preparations, more can be prepared at home, and so the
only classroom time will be for the presentations and questions and answers.
·
You
may like to devote a regular 15 minute slot at the end of a class for one
student to give their presentation.
Good luck! Please tell us how you get on.
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