This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide will be particularly helpful to learners of English.
The book:
covers different types of presentations, including group and online presentations, common structures of presentations, presentation tools, and the main message that each presentation should have introduces the language skills necessary for presentations: useful English words, phrases, and sentences to use in the various parts of presentations, and how one’s pronunciation can become clearer to an international audience explains how to control voice and vocal tract usage and how to effectively use the body as a communicator discusses how to communicate with the audience, including how to handle questions, and explores different types of audiences includes culturally diverse examples, case studies, and exercises
Accompanied by online support material with recordings, the book is an essential guide to delivering a successful presentation in English.
By:
Dick Smakman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781032625324
ISBN 10: 1032625325
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 17 June 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
FOREWORD PART A. THE PRESENTATION 1. Presentation types 2. Online and joint presentations 3. Presentation structure 4. Digital slide shows 5. Slide design PART B. THE LANGUAGE 6. Useful sentences 7. Useful words 8. Clear vowels and consonants 9. Tongue twisters 10. The music of your English PART C. THE PRESENTER 11. Speaking style 12. Posture 13. Face, arms, and hands 14. Emotions before presentation day 15. Emotions on presentation day PART D. THE AUDIENCE 16. Knowing your audience 17. Handling audience diversity 18. Engaging your audience 19. Convincing your audience 20. Audience questions INDEX
Dick Smakman is Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands, where he teaches courses in Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics. He is the author of Accent Building (2015), Discovering Sociolinguistics (2018), and Clear English Pronunciation (2020). He has taught courses and delivered presentations at various universities, particularly in Europe and Asia.
