Monday's assignment

 Presentations

Task 1:

Listen to a radio interview with a communications consultant about giving presentations. Answer the questions below.

1. How does Melanie define a good presentation? 


2. What three Ps of presentations does she mention? 


3. Why is it important to consider your audience when preparing a presentation? 


4. How can you start your presentation? Give examples. 


5. What is a presentation outline? 


6. How can an outline help you in giving a good presentation? 


7. What are signposts? 


8. What other aspects of a presentation are important? 


 Task 2:

Listen to the interview again. Pay attention to the expressions below. Try to define each one based on your understanding, and then answer the questions below.

Idiom	Meaning
fall on deaf ears
be second nature
frame of mind
with someone in mind
ice-breaker
attention grabber
tried and tested

Task 3:

1. What does Melanie mean when she says a presentation can fall on deaf ears? 


2. What is an ice-breaker? In what situations, other than presentations, would you use an ice-breaker? 


3. What does Melanie mean by a good frame of mind for listening? 


4. What does Melanie mean when she says to some people public speaking is second nature? 


5. What is an attention grabber? What example of an attention grabber does Melanie give? 


6. When Melanie says you need to have your audience in mind when you plan your talk, what does she mean?