INTRODUCTION
- Watch the interviews with the four presenters at the beginning of their course and answer the questions.
Dan
1. What does Dan do?
2. Where is he from?
3. Why is he doing the presentations training?
4. How does he describe the differences between presenting in English and in Thai?
5. What targets has he got?
Svitlana
1. Where is Svitlana from?
2. What is she doing at the moment?
3. Why is she doing the presentations training?
4. What problems has she got with presenting in English?
5. What targets has she got?
Zhan
1. Where is Zhan from?
2. What does he do?
3. Why is presenting in English important to his work?
Cesar
1. Where is Cesar from?
2. What does he do?
3. Why is he doing the presentations training?
4. What targets has he got?
5. What problems has he got with presenting in English?
Presentations diary
- Its a good idea to keep a diary during the Presentations in English course. Start your diary by writing about the points below.
1. Write three reasons why presentations are important in your job, your area of business or your studies.
2. Write three things you like about presenting.
3. Write three reasons why presenting in English is problematic for you.
4. Write five targets for yourself in presenting in English.
STEP 1 LAY SOLID FOUNDATIONS
THE START
WHO, WHY, WHAT, HOW
A. Look at the audiences questions (1 8) and match the numbers with the type of information.
Who is the presenter? . .
Why are we all here? .
What is he going to talk about? . .
How is he going to organize the presentation? . . .
1. Whats the reason hes doing the presentation today?
2. Whats his job title?
3. What direction is he going to take with his presentation?
4. Whats he going to talk about exactly?
5. Should I take notes?
6. Whats his experience in this field?
7. Im thirsty! Whens coffee?
8. How long will I be here?
