For this assignment, you will begin preparing for your first presentation.
Readings / Resources
- “A Big Data Approach to Public Speaking,” from Stanford Business, offering tips and suggestions for presentations
- “Introductions and Conclusions,” a short list of suggestions from Hamilton College
- Useful Phrases for Presentations
Assignments
Please bring the following assignments, typed and printed, to class:
- Create an outline for your presentation that includes the introduction, main points and supporting points, and conclusion.
- Below your outline, write a short paragraph (150-200 words) explaining how you will try to focus on the “Four Vs” discussed in the Stanford Business article, and what specific tips for “Introductions and Conclusions” you applied.
- In your outline, show where you will include 5-6 of the “useful phrases for presentations.” Use phrases from at least 3 different categories.
- Create a “vocabulary web” of at least 10-15 new key terms or phrases you will need to discuss your topic effectively.
Instructions for creating a “vocabulary web”
- Using your outline, write the main topic of your presentation in the center of a sheet of paper (or you can create this on the computer). Then write other supporting ideas around the main topic.
- For each idea, write important nouns, adjectives, verbs, and phrases that you would use to discuss each idea. For each word, try to write all the word forms it can take (e.g. present (v.), presentation (n.), presenter (n.) ).
- On another sheet of paper, make the same vocabulary web in your native language. This new web will probably have quite a few more words and phrases.
- Use the web from your native language to look up and add English words to your original English vocabulary web. Use merriam-webster.com or ludwig.guru to find the pronunciation, common usage examples, and other forms of the word (e.g. culture (n.), cultural (adj.), cultured (adj.) ).
Sample native language vocabulary web
Sample English vocabulary web