Oral Presentation English 2020/2021

English Oral 2nd Semester

Slide 2 Dourado
Hello, today we are going to talk about Meetings.
We divided the theme of our work into 5 topics, which are:
1. Meetings Definition
2. Types of meetings
3. Points of view in a meeting
4. Agreement and disagreement in a meeting
5. Discussion techniques in a meeting

Meeting Definition: in general, a meeting is an assembly of two or more

people for reaching a decision through a discussion. It is one of the major
media of oral communication.
According to Oxford dictionary “a meeting is an occasion when people
come to gather to discuss or decide something”.

Slide 3 Carol
Before presenting the different types of a meeting, let's talk about expressions
that exist around a meeting.

Arrange set up fix a meeting, that meaning

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Slide 4 Dourado
Regarding the types of meeting.

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Slide 5 Carol
Points of view in a meeting
For example, I am Carolina and I am the chief executive of any company, and
to start tomorrow's meeting I can use expressions like...

Then, to expose the matter and what will be handled at that meeting, I can
say...

Slide 6 Dourado
As the meeting progresses, I can invite some worker from my company to start
talking about an determined subject and I should use expressions like...
Next, I can ask another worker for an opinion on this subject, asking questions
such as... Or ask for a general opinion, saying...
Each of them can answer me in the following way…

Slide 7 Carol
During the course of the meeting, both I and the workers can express whether
or not they agree, as is the subject, for example: they can fully agree, saying...
Or do you agree only in part by saying...
You may not agree yet and then you can say... How can they not agree only in
part and then the expressions they can use are...

Slide 8 Dourado
Finally we have discussion techniques:
Where expressions such as...
In addition to these expressions, there are more specific ones to interrupt
someone but doing it politely, and in this case you can say...
If it is to refer to what was said earlier, it is said...
Finally, when someone wants to see if they understand what the other person
said, you can ask the following questions...

Slide 9 Carol
Now let's show you a video that sums up a little bit our presentation

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Fim Carol
This is how we ended our presentation. We decided to focus more on
expressions on this topic to expand the vocabulary of all of us. Thanks

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