UPM-CALC/SEM2/2019-20/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 7

LPE2301 ACADEMIC INTERACTION AND PRESENTATION

SCL WORKSHEET 7

WEEK 9 (CONCLUDING A SPEECH & UTILISING AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS)

Name : Yap Yi Wei

Matric No. : 203425
Group : 48
Due date : 19 April 2020

Exercise 1 (Concluding a Speech)

Watch the video provided in SCL 5 on ‘Death Penalty Should be Abolished’. Answer the
questions below.

1. What is the language cue used by the speaker to signal the end of the presentation?
In conclusion…
2. How did the presenter conclude the presentation?
Presenter conclude the presentation by summarising her presentation with restate the 3
main points.
3. How can the speaker improve on the closure of her presentation?

The speaker can improve the closure of her presentation by adding some useful

expressions to conclude a presentation. For example, “Thank you all for listening. It was

a pleasure being here today.”

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Exercise 2 (Utilising Audio-visual Aids)

A. Watch the video on how to create interesting presentation slides in the link below. Based
on the tips given, provide reasons and suggestions on how to improve the following slides to
be more effective for academic presentations.

https://youtu.be/6bSOAl1i8bw

a)

Reasons : This is because it is easier for the audiences to see and read the slides.The

slide also will not look cramped with the text when it separate into two slides.

Suggestions : Keep the text on the top and use a limited amount of text in a slide. You can

maximum of 6 lines of sentences per slide in the PowerPoint and always

make sure the text not at the bottom of the slides.

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b)

Reasons : This is because when you put the related image with the topic and the

captions about it, the audience will knows what they are viewing.Besides,

when the colour of the fonts and the background do not work well together

like the slide above, it is difficult to see and read by the audience.

Suggestions : Just put a few words about the topic and then one supporting image to

support that topic. You need to use the image strategically and colour

effectively.You just only add images to PowerPoint slides when needed

and include captions, don’t put the picture that are not related with the topic

like the bees pictures that show at the below of the slide. Moreover, you also

need to make sure that the colour in the slide are working well together.

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c)

Reasons : This is because the slide will looks more interesting and can attract the

audience’s attention. They will pay more attention to listen what was the

speaker saying when the speaker was explaining about the picture in the

slide. They also will not feel boring compare with just see the points in the

slide.

Suggestions : Avoid bullet points in the PowerPoint slide. You should try not use any

bullet points when you are listing some examples or things in the slide.

Hence, you can put some images about it in the slides.

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d)

Reasons : The audience don’t have idea what’s going on and be confused. Their eyes

are going to go in every which way and just only see the colour and number

in the graph especially for whom sit at behind.

Suggestions :Just show what is necessary to prove the point in the graph.

Submission:
Submit the completed Exercise 1 and 2 in PDF format.

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