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andESLclasses.
Manypeopleareterrifiedofspeakinginpublic,eventhoughit
probablyisnttruethatitedgesoutdeathatthetopofthelistof
mostcommonfears.Myfirstpresentationwasovertenyearsago
atalocalconferenceforEnglishteachers.Iwasverynervousand
notatallconfidentspeakinginfrontofmypeers.Idontreally
remembermuchaboutthepresentation,butsincethenIvegoneon
togivemorethan100talksatconferences,events,andseminars.
Imnowprettyhappyinfrontofaroomfullofstrangers,and
presentinghasbecomeoneofthemostenjoyablepartsofmyjob.
Thereareseveralgoodreasonstointroducepresentationand
publicspeakingpracticeintoourEFLandESLclasses.Thefirst
andmostimportantisthateffectivepresentationandpublic
speakingskillsareavaluablelifeskill.Manyofourlearnerswill
needtheminthefuture,andappreciatethechancetopracticethem
now.Presentationpracticealsoallowsteacherstointroduce
personalisationanddifferenttopicsintoclasses.Learnerscan
choosethecontenttheypresent,andthisbringsavarietyof
informationandideasintotheclassroom.Learnerscanlearnmore
abouteachother,andpresentationscanalsobeaneasywayto
breakupacourseandprovideachangeofpace.
Beforegivingapresentation,learnerswillhavetospendtime
drafting,editing,memorizing,andpracticingtheircontent.This
allowsthemtoreallyinternalizethelanguagewithoutthetediumor
stalenesssometimesassociatedwithdrillingandmemorization.In
addition,learnersareabletolistentotheirclassmatestalkingabout
variationsonatopic,givingthemusefulextensivelisteningpractice.
Becominganeffectivepresenterrequiresawarenessofeffective
presentingtechniques,havingmeaningfulcontenttodeliver,and
mostofall,lotsofpractice.Wecanprovideourlearnerswiththe
firstandthirdofthese,andguidethemastheyattempttoprovide
thesecond.
Developingpresentationskills
Oneofthemostpracticalwaystoteachpresentingskillsistobreak
thecomplexandsometimesoverwhelmingexperiencedowninto
discreteskills.Thismakesiteasytointroduceandpracticethem
gradually.
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Someexamplesoftheseskillswouldbeposture(standingina
confidentandopenmanner),makingeyecontact,usingappropriate
volumeandspeedwhenspeaking,choosingcontent,useof
rhetoricaltechniques,planningandstructuringthetalk,anduseof
visualaids.
Thepresentingsubskillscanbeintroducedoneatatimeand
studentscanfocusoncertainskillsastheygainmoreexperience
presenting.
Ingeneral,thephysicalskillsareeasiertoexplainandhardertoget
right,soIusuallyrecommendstudentsstartthereinordertogetthe
mostpracticewiththem.Afterthattheycangoontocontent
selectionandorganization,visualaids,andrhetoricaltechniques.
Someteachersmighthesitatetointroducepresentationskillsinto
languageclasses,especiallyiftheydonthaveexperienceteaching
them,butinmyexperienceitiswellworthattemptingandyour
studentswillprobablythankyouforit!
Formoreideasonhowtointegratepresentationintoyourclasses,
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