Presenting in English - A Practical Guide

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.

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Dick Smakman, Smakman Dick
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2024
• EAN: 9781032625324
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262532-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Linguistics, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Communication Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Public speaking guides, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT examinations & certificates, Literature: history and criticism, Language: history and general works, ELT: teaching theory & methods, Speaking in public: advice and guides