SESSON 4: GETTING PRONUNCIATIONS RIGHT - PART II

1. Getting Pronunciations /æ/ and /ei/ Right:

For example:

/æ/: BACK, BALANCE, CASH, FAX, FACT, LAND, HAND, HAT, NATURAL, NATIONAL, etc.

/ei/: DATA, NATION, NATURE, PRESENTATION, etc.

2. Getting Pronunciations /i/ and /i:/ Right:

For example:

/i/ # /i:/

IT # EAT
ITCH # EACH
BIT # BEAT
BITCH # BEACH
LIVE # LEAVE
HIT # HEAT
RID # READ
RICH # REACH
RID # READ
SPIT # SPEAK
...
Etc.


3. How To Make Good Presentations:

Video 1:



Many people have always struggled with presentations, especially when they don't have experience or lack confidence.

And many live with fear of the day when they must make that speech.
Essentially, a presentation is a form of communication between the speaker and the audience.

That is to say (that) a presentation can be a small introduction or large-scale conference.

Making a good presentation requires audience to learn more about you and the topic in discussion.

Usually, people tend to think that possessing professional presentation skills require a long and tedious learning process.

Actually, as long as you master the key points you can be a good presenter.

First of all, before you do an oral presentation you should be well-prepared.

You should ask yourself several key questions:

Who are you talking to?
Why are you talking to them?
How long have you got?
What story are you going to tell?

Meanwhile, you can make some visual aids to make presentation more clear and vivid such as slide shows.

If you do powerpoint presentation, you should avoid reading exactly what's on the screen.

You should use note cards and the information on the screen shoud be summarized on what you're trying to say.

Don't count on audience to remember any details from one slide to another.

If you need to emphasize the points, restep the information second time.

If you have to present different aspects or ideas, try to build unified threads.

The talk should be in sequential in nature.

When you have general idea about your presentation outline, you can make use some skills joining your presentation.

The five basic elements:

Number one is eye contact that builds rapport with your audience.

Two should be voice projection so that people can clearly hear you and portray you that you believe what you're talking about.

Number three is voice intonation or inflection to keep people interested, so it's not really a monotone voice.

Number four is clarity of message: how clearly you're getting across your the points.

Number five is enthusiasm: the passion you have of how much you enjoy what you're talking about.

The most important thing in your presentation is to allow your audience to receive information in a simple and easy to understand manner.

This'll allow you to make a good presentation that will be remembered for your audience.

If you want to further improve presentation skills, pay attention to being a pointer.

First one is this every person carries an atmosphere and the atmosphere they carry come from the thought they think and the attitude in life and the positive or negative view of life.

So if you're someone who does a lot of presentations and you want to have impact on your audience,then live a good life.

You can't be a liar everyday and get up there and expect people to believe you. It just doesn't come across.

The second really important thing is learn how to read your audience.
Sometimes, the audience is very cold.

Sometimes, they are very warm.

If they're cold, there's usually reason why.

Maybe the struggle's going on.

Maybe someone drops something.

Maybe the speaker before you is incredibly boring.
Whatever it is.

If you understand what it feels like sitting in the audience and you give them a certain kind of respect and empathy, then you understand what's going through you can win them back and you can get them to follow you.

So reading your audience is a great thing.

Before you make a presentation, take a deep breath, don't be nervous and relax.

Only when you're with confidence, can your audience concentrate on your presentation.

Making an effective presentation is a piece of cake as long as you keep practicing.

After all, practice makes perfect.




Video 2:


Hello and welcome to ESLLEARNINGPOD.COM.

My name is Paul Marks. And this podcast is about effective presentation openings.

Now, before you ever go into presentation, you should always make sure you've planned and prepared well.

Never leave anything to chance.

If you have not planned well and you don't know how to start off your presentation,you'll find you're setting yourself out for failure.

However, if you plan and you know how you're going to start, there's a good chance your presentation will be successful.

So the first lession is make sure you have prepared.

Now, there are 5 steps we can follow in order to make a formal opening to our presentation:

The first step, step 1: Greet the Audience

Here I've made an example for you (that) you can follow:

"Good morning everyone.

As you know, my name's Paul Marks and I'm speaking to you today as a trainer from ESLLEARNINGPOD.COM.

Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to present to you today, I hope that you find this presentation interesting / helpful / useful.

Okay. Let's get started".

Now, before we move on to step 2, I just want you to know that three words at the bottom "interesting / helpful / useful" should only be used once or only one of them should be used.

You can choose interesting or helpful or useful but do not use all three.

Okay. Let's move on step number 2.

Step number 2: State the Topic

Tell your audience what you're going to be presenting about.

Okay. I have an example here to help you with that.

Example number 1:

"Today I'd like to present a sales figure to you".

Numver 2:

"What I'd like to do this morning is talk to you about the survey we conducted".

And example number 3:

"The subject of my presentation is effective openings".

Okay. You can use any one of these...ah..phrases to state your topic.

All you have to do is change the end part to suit you. Let's move on step number 3.

Step number 3: Give the Outline to Your Audience

Make sure they know what'll be happening during your presentation.

Okay. I've made an example for you.

"There are three main parts to my presentation.

To begin with, I shall introduce the sales figures.

Following that, I shall analyze the figures.

But last but not least, I'll look at the action plan for improving the figures for next year".

The second example:

"The subject will be looked at under the following headings: firstly, introduction of the sales figures.

Secondly, analysis of the sales figures. And finally, an action plan for next year."

Step number 4: Always Make Sure You Tell Your Audience How Long Your Presentation Will Last

Example number 1: "This will be brief. It only lasts 50 minutes".

Example number 2: "I will only take 30 minutes of your time."

And example number 3: "The presentation will take about two hours but there'll be a 20 minute break in the middle".

And step 5, the last step in this podcast: Tell Your Audience When You'll Take Questions or When You Can Answer Questions.

My advice is to leave the question time to the end of the presentation so that you know you have enough time to finish your presentation.

However, here are four different ways that you can tell your audience when they can expect answering their questions.

There will time at the end for questions and comments.

"Please save any questions for the end of the talk".

"If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt".

"Please feel free to ask questions as we go along".

Okay. So there are five steps for a formal openings to a presentation.I hope you enjoy this podcast.

The next podcast will be about Advanced Opening Techniques.

Please look at our website for all the podcasts and presentation series.

Thanks for listening and I hope I'll be helpul.

And please don't forget to visit ESLLEARNINGPOD.COM.

Bye bye.



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