Oral

Presentation
Skills
Stages of oral presentation
1. KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE

Who am I speaking to ?

?
Age
Gender
Educational background
Profession
Social status
 2. PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Your speech should be divided into three distinct
parts:
a) INTRODUCTION

b) BODY

c) CONCLUSION
 a) Introduction

 Brief

 Simple

 10% to 15% of the whole

presentation time
 Four aspects of a good and
effective introduction
2 Reveal 3
Topic
Relevance
Statement
4
1 •State •Tell them Preview
of Main
Attention your why they Points
topic and should
Grabber
purpose listen to •Tell
clearly. you talking them
•Attract
about your what
the topic . you will
audience’s
talk
attention
about
first.
in your
speech.
 Introduction : Outline
Title :- _______________
___________________________________________
I. Attention Grabber ___________________________________________

__________________________________________
II. Reveal Topic ___________________________________________
___________________________________________

___________________________________________
___________________________________________
III. Thesis Statement ___________________________________________

__________________________________________
__________________________________________
Iv. Preview of main (a)
points (b)
(c )
 b) Body
…is the most important part of the
presentation.
…takes 75% to 80% of the whole
presentation time.
…consists of main ideas and supporting
details ( evidence, reasoning, examples,
illustrations, explanation, elaborations, etc. )
.
 Body: Outline
Main Point 1 ___________________________________________
___________________________________________

Sub- Point 1
A. __________________________________________
Supporting details or examples ___________________________________________

i _______________________________________
Supporting details or examples
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
Sub –point 2
ii. _________________________________________
___________________________________________
Supporting details or examples
___________________________________________

B. _________________________________________
___________________________________________

i. __________________________________________
 c) Conclusion

 10% of the whole presentation time

3. DELIVERY: BODY LANGUAGE

Eye Contact
Facial Expressions
Posture
Movements
Gestures
 WHY IS IT USEFUL?

A natural part of communication

To maintain interest during presentation

To emphasize ideas

 a) EYE CONTACT

 Maintain eye contact when talking to

audience.
 Make an eye contact with everyone in the
audience to their interest.
 Eye contact makeep kes the speaker look
more believable.
 b) POSTURE

Be conscious of your posture.

Show your confidence by standing up straight.

Do not slouch or lean against a table or

rostrum.
 c) FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

 Help to convey your message.

 Should be natural and friendly.

 Try to show and maintain your enthusiasm.

 Do not forget to smile.

 d) BODY MOVEMENT

 Move about the room a little as you speak

instead of standing stiffly.
 Makes the presentation more interesting to
listen to.
 Holds the audience’s attention.
 Helps to lessen your nervousness.
 e) GESTURES

Movements that you make with hands, head,

face to show a particular meaning
Gestures should occur naturally as the
speaker speaks
E.g-Up and down head movement to indicate
importance
E.g-Using hand gestures to emphasize a point
4. DELIVERY: PRONUNCIATION

Correct pronunciation is important if one is

to be understood correctly
Mispronounced words may cause
communication breakdown
The difficulty in understanding will cause
audience to lose interest in your presentation
 a) Voice and Intonation

Voice quality is important to

avoid sounding monotonous
and putting the audience to
sleep!!
b) Quality of voice includes :
 Tips to remember :

1. Rehearse your presentation.

2. Be organized and well-prepared.
3. Do not stare into people’s eyes.
4. Do not sway back and forth.
5. Do not have your back turned to the audience.
6. Do not place your hands in your pockets.
 Tips to remember :

7. Avoid using too many “umms” and “ahs”.

8. Use transitions/signal words in between
main points.
9. Never read from a script – you should know
most of what you want to say.
 Oral
Presentation
Skills:

5. VISUAL AIDS
“A picture is worth a
thousand words”

HOWEVER
 Visual Aids

 Visual aids are intended to support

you, not to replace you. Whatever
you use to support your presentation,
the focus should remain on you and
your ideas.
Effective PowerPoint Slides
a) Consistency

√ Consistent X Inconsistent background

background design
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b) Font Style

√ Clear font style X Unclear font Style

Gestures Gestures
natural natural
spontaneous spontaneous
purposeful purposeful
appropriate appropriate
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c) Font Size
√ Large font size X Small font Size
Speaker’s Voice Speaker’s Voice
● Volume
 Volume
● Pitch  Pitch
 Rate
● Rate  Pauses ’s Voice

● Pauses
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d) Colour Contrast

√ Good X Poor

Speaker’s Voice Speaker’s Voice

 Volume
● Volume
 Pitch
● Pitch  Rate
● Rate  Pauses ’s Voice
● Pauses
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e) Amount of Text

√ Short and brief text X Long text

 It establishes a positive relationship

 Establishes relationship between the speaker and the audience
during the speech
 Gets attention  It gets or attracts the audience’s
undivided attention during the speech
 Assures participation  It assures active and constant
participation from the audience during
the speech
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f) Spelling

√ Full spelling X Short forms

PowerPoint Slides PowerPoint Slides
 One idea at a time  1 idea at 1 time
 Less than 4 to 6 words  < 4 to 6 words / line
per line  < 6 lines / screen
 Less than 6 lines per
screen
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g) Punctuation & Capitalisation

√ Normal Punctuation X All typed in capital letters

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h) Appropriate Visuals
Focus more on your visuals than text

√ Photograph √Pie Chart

SWIMMING
 Effective PowerPoint Slides
i) Layout
Neat layout with good
√ X Cluttered and
use of space
Handling Objective Exams
1.Read the instructions
carefully
2.Highlight important
keywords
dull slide
Handling Objectives Exams
1. Read the instructions carefully
2. Underline or highlight important
keywords.
3. Pay attention to words like “NOT”,
“EXCEPT” & “BUT”.
4. Answer the easy questions first.
5. Read all the options first.
6. Evaluate all the options first.
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j) Language

√ Accurate Language X Inaccurate Language

Meetings Meetings

In conclusion, a meeting In a conclution, a

should be: meetings should be:

a)produtive
a)productive a)construtive
b) constructive