Oral

Presentations

Anecdote

An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real event or person.

an anecdote

Anecdote

Write 3 words related to the topic you have been given.

Do not show your words to anyone.

1 Minute Anecdote

Anecdote

You have 3 minutes to remember or invent a personal anecdote on the topic you have been given.

You can make notes – but don’t write sentences.

Rules You must speak for one minute You must use all of the words

ScoringSpeaker - 1 point for each word not guessedListener - 1 point for each word guessed correctly

1 Minute Anecdote

Signposting

What is 'signposting' in a presentation?Can you give an example?

What is it for?

SignpostingL_________ that you use to c______ your p________ and your slides so that your a_______ can f_______ you and u________ what you are doing.

Language that you use to connect your presentation and your slides so that your audience can follow you and understand what you are doing.

Signposting

Lecture 3

How do signposts work? structure and shape the presentation content

create ‘verbal signals’ and raise attention

guide – linking points

adds clarity

Lecture 3

It gives a structure Feels more confident Knows what is next Makes less mistakes

Lecture 3 Watch and listen to this presentation about a

holiday destination. What signposting language does the presenter

use?

Signposting languageOpening language

To start with...To begin with...First...

Changing topics

We have talked about A, now lets discuss ... move on to ... turn to ... talk about ...Concluding

To sum up...To conclude...Finally...

Signposting

You are going to make a short presentation for visitors to your city / province.

The presentation should last around 3 minutes

Make sure that your presentation;

1)Is organised into 3 parts2)Uses appropriate signposting language