English Academic Skills Developing a Good Presentation

By: Iwan Syahril

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?

• Understanding the anxiety.

• Organizing data and thoughts.

• Developing enthusiastic and dynamic presentation.

• Dealing with questions and answers.

• Constructing visual aids.

PREPARING A PRESENTATION1. Analyzing your audience.

2. Develop good arguments with clear reasons and examples.

3. Brainstorm main ideas.

4. State the sub-points.

5. Develop introductions and conclusions.

6. Formulate preview/review sentence.

7. Develop slides or other visual aids.

8. Develop handouts.

1. ANALYZING YOUR AUDIENCE

• Needs.

• Attitude.

• Knowledge level.

• Environment.

• Demographic information.

2. DEVELOPING ARGUMENTS + REASONS & EXAMPLES

• Tell the audience what you personally think about the topic.

• Say it clearly at the beginning of presentation.

• Back up your arguments with facts/data.

• Cite the sources.

3. BRAINSTORM MAIN IDEAS

• Generate as many ideas as possible.

• Let ideas flow.

• Edit later.

4. STATE THE SUBPOINTS

• Evidence that support the main ideas.

• They may be: facts, data, references, stories, analogies, etc.

5. DEVELOP INTRODUCTIONS & CONCLUSIONS

• Anecdote.

• Humor.

• Involving question.

• Rhetorical question.

• Shocking statement.

• Quotation.

6. FORMULATE PREVIEW/REVIEW SENTENCE

“Tell them what you’re going to tell them -

Tell them -

Then tell them what you told them!”

7. DEVELOP SLIDES OR OTHER VISUAL AIDS

• Make visuals big enough to see.

• Make text and numbers legible; minimum font size is 24 pt.

• Use color carefully.

• Use animation carefully.

8. DEVELOP HANDOUTS• Before the presentation.

★ Allow audience to read the handout before the presentation.

• During the presentation.

★ If not careful, it can be a distraction.

• After the presentation.

★ Let audience know that they will get the handout later.

Think back at the time when you watched great presentations. What made them great? Think silently for 30

seconds, then freewrite in your journal.

IN YOUR GROUPList the elements/factors that make a good presentation. You may use the ideas you already wrote down in your journal.

PREPARING A PRESENTATION1. Analyzing your audience.

2. Develop good arguments with clear reasons and examples.

3. Brainstorm main ideas.

4. State the sub-points.

5. Develop introductions and conclusions.

6. Formulate preview/review sentence.

7. Develop slides or other visual aids.

8. Develop handouts.

ENGAGING YOUR AUDIENCE: “IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY, BUT HOW YOU SAY IT!”

• Communicate with enthusiasm.

• Cool, calm, and confident.

• Seek a natural and conversational style.

• Relate to people in the audience.

• Audience-friendly.

QUESTION-AND-ANSWER TECHNIQUES

• Encourage audience to ask questions.

• Step toward the audience, raise your hand, and ask:

“Does anyone have questions for me?”

“What questions do you have?”

LISTENING ATTENTIVELY TO QUESTIONS

• Take notes.

• Look at the questioner, and watch his or her body language.

• Stay calm and confident.

ANSWERING QUESTIONS

• Prepare for questions.

• Clarify & Amplify.

• Be honest.

• Involve the whole audience. Use 25%-75% rule.

• Answers long enough to cover the subject, short enough to be interesting.

Academic English Skills Rubrics for Assessment

By: Iwan Syahril

Which one is for you?

Which one is for you?

Which one is for you?

WHAT MAKES A GOOD FOOD GOOD?

• Think about your reasons.

• Write down the criteria you use.

• Now choose one of the criteria, let’s say the flavor. Think about four levels of that criterion. For instance, if you like spicy food, you might say:

1 - too sweet, 2 - sweet, 3 - quite spicy, 4 - spicy.

“THAT IS A RUBRIC!”

WHAT IS A RUBRIC?

• A rubric is a scoring tool that lists the criteria for assessing a piece of work.

• It articulates the gradations, from excellent to poor.

WHY RUBRIC?• It makes expectations clear.

• It helps define quality.

• It makes students more thoughtful of their own work.

• It increases students’ sense of responsibility of their work.

• It provides more informative feedback.

• It accommodates heterogenous classrooms.

• It is easy to use and explain.

HOW TO CREATE RUBRICS?

• Look at models.

• List criteria for a quality piece of work.

• Decide the gradations of quality.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD PRESENTATION?• Well-preparedness.

• Focus.

• Confidence.

• Communicative.

• Body Language.

• Engaging.