Giving Academic Presentations, Second Edition Susan M.

Reinhart
http://www.press.umich.edu/5060862/giving_academic_presentations_second_edition
Michigan ELT, 2013

Giving Academic Presentations, 2nd ed.

Defining a Term or Concept Speech - Self-Evaluation Form

Name:

(Make a check in the

appropriate column)
Good
Did you use an attention-getting
opener?

OK

Needs
Work

Comments (include
specific problems you
noticed)

Did you place the term in a context

before defining it?
Did you give a well-constructed onesentence definition of the term?
Did you pronounce the term
correctly?
Did you say the definition slowly and
clearly, emphasizing the key words in
the sentence and repeating or
rephrasing when necessary?
Did you extend the definition
in a way or ways that made your speech
interesting?
Did you carefully organize
information? Did you develop the
extended material clearly and
logically? Explain.
Did you define other terms as you gave
your speech using substitutions, such as
synonyms, paraphrases, examples, and
acronyms?
Did you stay in touch with the
audience? If so, how?
Were your visuals clear and easy to read?
Was the term included in the title of your
first visual?
Did you display an outline or
use some other means of guiding the
audience through the presentation?

2013 University of Michigan

Giving Academic Presentations, Second Edition Susan M. Reinhart

http://www.press.umich.edu/5060862/giving_academic_presentations_second_edition
Michigan ELT, 2013

(Make a check in the

appropriate column)
Good

OK

Needs
Work

Comments (include specific

problems you noticed)

Did you allow for questions from the

audience as you gave your
presentation?
Did you use Let me (Lemme) or other
similar cues to tell the audience what
you were going to do next?
Did you practice enough so that your
speech wasnt hesitant and choppy and
you didnt overuse fillers?
Pronunciation Observations (list out some of the specific problems that you noticed in your presentation)

Other comments (make sure that you add some personal notes here, things that you were not asked about)

Goals for future presentations (list 23 areas that you want to improve for future presentations)

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