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 : Hoh Jia Da

Matric No. : 200480
Group : 104
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?

By summarizing all the main points in the speech, and by giving statistics as comparison
to vote for a stand

3. How can the speaker improve on the closure of her presentation?

Say thank you before leaving.

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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 : Bullet points

Suggestions : Inserting some visuals

b)

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Reasons : The text cannot be seen clearly

Suggestions : Keep in the middle with bigger font, and in different colour (contra with
background)

c)

Reasons : Bullet points, too wordy

Suggestions : Only keep the main points, shorten it, add some visuals

d)

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Reasons : Too much visuals, complicated data

Suggestions : Add in some explanation that can help understand the visuals

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

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