ORAL PRESENTATION

Oral presentation is an important skill that all students should develop. It´s helps in different aspects of the student preparation, However it´s well known it´s not easy to do. 

Here, you´ll find some TIPS that the BRITISH COUNCIL WEBSITE suggests:

Do:

• Use the planning time to prepare what you’re going to say. 
• If you are allowed to have a note card, write short notes in point form.
• Use more formal language.
• Use short, simple sentences to express your ideas clearly.
• Pause from time to time and don’t speak too quickly. This allows the listener to understand your ideas. Include a short pause after each idea.
• Speak clearly and at the right volume.
• Have your notes ready in case you forget anything.
• Practise your presentation. If possible record yourself and listen to your presentation. If you can’t record yourself, ask a friend to listen to you. Does your friend understand you?
• Make your opinions very clear. Use expressions to give your opinion.
• Look at the people who are listening to you.

Don’t:

• Write out the whole presentation and learn every word by heart. 
• Write out the whole presentation and read it aloud.
• Use very informal language.
• Only look at your note card. It’s important to look up at your listeners when you are speaking.

Useful language for presentations

Explain what your presentation is about at the beginning:

I’m going to talk about ...
I’d like to talk about ...
The main focus of this presentation is ...

Use these expressions to order your ideas:

First of all, ...
Firstly, ...
Then, ...
Secondly, ...
Next, ...
Finally, ...
In conclusion, ...

Use these expressions to add more ideas from the same point of view:

In addition, ...
Also, ...
.

To introduce the opposite point of view you can use these words and expressions:

However, ...
On the other hand, ...

RUBRIC FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS   Download it here.