商务英语课程课件Unit6.ppt

  Learning Objectives Understanding presentations Identifying what makes a presentation effective Organizing a presentation Preparing and giving a presentation ◆ Speaking Task ◆ Warm-up Practice ◆ Listening Task ◆ Follow-up Practice ◆ Writing Task ◆ Reading Task We need to discuss some questions about what we are going to learn in this unit. Sure, that’ll help us understand better about what we are asked to do.  The human voice can be powerfully persuasive or weakly ineffective – successful people understand the difference. 1. Discuss the following questions. 1) What is a presentation? 2) Have you ever given a formal presentation? Did you enjoy the experience? 3) Have you ever given a formal or informal presentation in English? Who to? What about? 4) How often do you give presentations inside your company or your school? Who to? What about? 5) Can you list some factors that should be considered in preparing and delivering a presentation? What is a presentation? A presentation, in the broadest sense, is every encounter you have with every person you ever meet. Its when you sit squirming in an interviewers chair trying to be eloquent when you are asked why you left your last job. More specifically, however, when we talk about the business presentation, it could mean whenever you are asked to appear in front of one or more people for the purpose of explaining, educating, convincing, or otherwise conveying information to them, you have a presentation. Key Steps to an Effective Presentation General Guidelines 1. KNOW YOUR SUBJECT MATTER 2. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE 3. DEVELOP A THEME 4. PREPARE YOUR SCRIPT THE OPENING? THE BODY? THE SUMMARY? THE CLOSING 5. SELECT THE PROPER VISUAL AIDS 6. REHEARSE--REHEARSE--REHEARSE 7. PRESENTATI