How to give a presentation

Yujing MaNovember 1, 2021

Two Steps:

1. Preparation of presentation2. Delivering presentation

Step 1: Preparation of presentation

• Selection of presentation topicChoose a good / interesting topic

• Outline your presentationa beginning (Introduction)middle (body)end (conclusion)

• Use of Visuals and Sounds (Power Point)

PowerPoint

• incorporate images into your presentation • emphasize important points• guide your audience in following your

presentation

Power Point Slides· Slide 1 (title page) -- It includes the title of the

presentation, student’s full name, department, university, date, etc.

· Slide 2 (outline page) -- It has an outline. The outline should have phrases, not sentences

· Slide 3 (body pages) -- They deal with the main ideas of the presentation.

· Last slide (references page) -- It shows references used to prepare the presentation

Step 2: Delivering presentations1. Greetings2. Introduce yourself/your group members 3. Present your topic 4. Describe how you conducted your topic

(outline)5. Explain in detail about your topic6. Conclude with a summary of your main

points• You should use a phrase that indicates your intention: in short, toconclude, etc.

1. Greetings

´ Hello

´ Hello, friends

´ Good morning, everyone

´ Good afternoon

´ Good evening

2. Beginning (Introduction)

´ I’m … Today I’m/we’re going to give a short presentation on … (topic/ title)

´ My name is … I’m here to make a short presentation on ….

´ I’m … The topic of my presentation is…

3. Useful language for outline/overviews

´ My/Our presentation is in three parts.

´ My/Our presentation is divided into three main sections.

´ Firstly, …; Secondly, …; Finally,…

´ I’m going to take a look at …./ talk about…/ focus on…/ concentrate on…/examine…

´ I’m going to tell you something about the background

4. Main Body of presentation

´ Let us look at…

´ Here is an interesting picture of…

´ I’d now like to move on to…

´ I’d like to turn to…

´ That’s all I have to say about … Now I’d like to look at…

´ Now, I’ll focus on…

´ Let’s look at another aspect of

´ Let’s come to the next point

5. Summarizing

´ This brings me to the end of my presentation. I’ve talked about …

´ Well, that’s all about it for now. We’ve talked about…

´ In brief, …/ To summarize, I…

´ Let us sum up the main ideas.

´ Here are the key points of today’s talk.

6. Thanking and inviting questions

´ Thank you for listening and now if there are any questions, I’d be pleased to answer them.

´ That brings me to the end of presentation. Thank you for your attention. I’ll be glad to answer any questions you might have.

´ Would anyone have any questions?

´ Does anyone have any questions?

´ If anyone has any questions, I’ll be glad to answer them

Handling questions:

After you have answered the question, check with the person who asked you the question

´ Does this answer your question?

´ Do you follow what I am saying?

´ I hope this explains the situation to you.

´ I hope that was what you wanted to hear.

´ Was my answer clear enough?

´ Have I clarified your doubt?

If you don’t know the answer, say you don’t know. It’s better to admit not knowing something than to guess and give a wrong answer. You can say something like:

´ That’s a very good question. However, we don’t have much information about that and I can’t give you an accurate answer.

´ That’s a very good question. However, I’m not sure about the answer. Would anyone in the audience like to answer the question?

Language for Visuals

´ Take a look at this….

´ If you look at this, you will see…

´ I’d like you to look at this…

´ As you can see, …

´ This clearly shows…

´ From this we can understand that …

Facial Expressions &Body Language

• Make eye-contact with your audience• Use gestures

Note: You can write out the contents ofyour presentation in a notebook, on sheetsof papers or cards, but you cannot read thecontents during the presentation. If youforget any information, you can use yournotes as a reference.