Topic 1.12.3 Presentations
PRESENTATIONS
1.Warm up
Discuss these questions
- How often do you give or attend presentations?
- What are the presentations usually about?
- How often do you give or listen to presentations in English?
2A.Vocabulary
Match the words and pictures, showing different types of diagrams that we use as visual aids in presentations.
a) line graph b) pie chart c) bar chart d) map e) mind map f) flow chart
2B. Answer these questions about the diagrams.
- Which two diagrams compare things?
- Which two diagrams can show changes over time?
- Which two diagrams show relationships between ideas or places?
- Which diagram can explain how to do something?
3.Listening
Listen to this short presentation and put the slides in order.
What is the aim of Lorna’s presentation? Choose the best option.
- To blame the marketing team for poor sales of water bottles.
- To present specific plans for a new water bottle product.
- To explain a way to increase sales of water bottles.
- To suggest that the water bottle product includes more recycled materials.
4.Vocabulary in context
Read the following sentences from the presentation.
- Let’s begin by looking at how many units we have sold in the first three quarters since we launched the product.
- Our fourth quarter projections show that we expect this trend to continue.
- We need to capture this market!
- The next slide shows how we will find out how to engage younger customers, using questionnaires and focus groups to feed back to our product designers.
Which of these items are verbs? Which are nouns?
5.True or False?
Read the sentences about the presentation and try to remember if they are true or false. Listen again to check.
6A.Language point
Presentations need to be well-organised and easy to understand. We use a range of phrases to make presentations clear.
6B. Read these sentences from the presentation and answer the questions.
So, how can we move forward? The next slide shows how we will find out how to engage younger customers, using questionnaires and focus groups to feed back to our product designers.
1.Is this a real question that Lorna expects the audience to answer?
2.Why does she include a question here?
7.Practice
A few weeks later, Lorna gives a follow-up presentation.
Look at the following presentation. You will see that the phrases above have been put in their correct places. Now,
- How is this presentation different from the first one that Lorna gave?
- What question would you like to ask Lorna?
8.Speaking
Prepare and practise a presentation to deliver.
Choose ideas from the table below, or use your own idea, and include words/phrases from the lesson in your presentation.
Topic 1
Topic 2
Topic 3
Topic 4
Audience:
managers
customers
co-workers at
the same level
a trade conference
Topic:
sales report
a new product
a new product
a new product
Main points:
recent
changes in sales / who’s buying the product / feature trends
market
research / design features / advertising campaign
who can work
from home and why, when and how often / arrangements for meetings /
arrangements for training
changes in
price of materials / problems with supply of materials / new trends for
delivery solutions
Conclusion (your own idea)
Extra challenge: create visual aids to accompany your presentation.
Listen to each other’s presentations and prepare questions to ask after each one.