Republic of the Philippines

CITY COLLEGE OF TAGAYTAY

Akle St., Kaybagal South, Tagaytay City
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
General Education Department

MODULE 3 - FINAL TERM

Time: ____________

Homeschool:____________

Educator: Jeff Jeremiah C. Perea

ENGL1a – Purposive Communication

Title: Unit IV: Communication for Work Purposes, Communication for Academic Purposes
Lesson 2: Communication for Academic Purposes
 Oral Presentation
 Preparation and Presenting
 Listening for Academic Purposes
 Speaking for Academic Purposes-Taking Part in Academic Discussions

Learning Outcomes
a. Explain the importance of effective communication academic purposes
b. Define and describe an effective audio-visual or multimedia presentation
c. Exhibit competence in audio-visual or multimedia presentation of a multimodal advocacy
campaign
d. Appreciate the significance of understanding the value of effective communication for
academic purposes

Rationale:

At all levels of education, students must be able to communicate effectively. Without well
developed communication skills, children run the risk of falling Academic success depends on solid
communication skills, beginning with clear oral communication. Students are often called upon in class to
answer questions. These questions may range from those with simple factual answers to questions that
involve putting thoughts together and making arguments. Answers to questions need to be communicated
effectively so teachers can assess a student’s knowledge. Students with oral challenges may also become
embarrassed if they are unable to communicate on par with their peers. If a student stutters or mumbles
they may become fearful of speaking up in class, and this in turn can lead to lowered grades and
diminished self-esteem.behind their peers or becoming emotionally overwhelmed or withdrawn at school.

Topic/s:
Lesson 1: Communication for Academic Purposes
Oral Presentation

A. Preparing a Presentation
Tips to create a presentation that is both informative and interesting:
 Organize your thoughts. Start with an outline and develop good transitions between sections.
Emphasize the real-world significance of your research.
 Have a strong opening. Why should the audience listen to you? One good way to get their
attention is to start with a question, whether or not you expect an answer.

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  Define terms early. If you are using terms that may be new to the audience, introduce them early
in your presentation. Once an audience gets lost in unfamiliar terminology, it is extremely
difficult to get them back on track.
 Finish with a bang. Find one or two sentences that sum up the importance of your research.
How is the world better off as a result of what you have done?
 Time yourself. Do not wait until the last minute to time your presentation. You want to know as
soon as possible if you are close to your time limit.
 Create effective notes for yourself. Have notes that you can read. Do not write out your entire
talk, use an outline or other brief reminders of what you want to say. Make sure the text is large
enough that you can read it from a distance.
 Practice, practice, practice. The more you practice your presentation, the more comfortable
you will be in front of an audience. Practice in front of a friend or two and ask for their
feedback. Record yourself and listen to it critically. Make it better and do it again.

B. Presenting Effectively
Tips to help the audience keep interested throughout your presentation
 Be excited. If you rember to be excited, your audience will feel it and automatically become more
interested.
 Speak with confidence. When you are speaking, you are the authority on your topic, but do not
pretend that you know everything.
 Make eye contact with the audience. Your purpose is to communicate with your audience, and
people listen more if they feel you are talking directly to them.
 Avoid reading from a screen. First, if you are reading from a screen, you are not making eye
contact with your audience. Second, if you put it on a slide, it is because you want them to read it,
not you.
 Blank the screen when a slide is unnecessary. If you are using a laser pointer, remember to keep
it off unless you need to highlight something on the screen.
 Use a pointer only when necessary. If you are using a laser pointer, remember to keep it off
unless you need to highlight something on the screen.
 Explain equations and graphs. When you display equations, explain them fully. Explain the x-
and y-axes and show how the graph progresses from left to right.
 Pause. Pauses bring audible structure to your presentation. Practice counting silently to three
(slowly) between points.
 Avoid filler words. Um, like, you know, and many others. If you really do not know what to say,
pause silently until you do.
 Relax. It is hard to relax when you are nervous, but your audience will be much more comfortable
if you are too.
 Breathe. It is fine to be nervous. In fact, you should be - all good presenters are nervous every
time they are in front of an audience.
 Acknowledge the people who supported your research. Be sure to thank the people who made
your research possible.

Reacting to the Text: Answer the questions that follow.

1. How do you define oral presentation based on your experience?
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2. Explain the importance of effective oral presentation in your:
a. Academic life
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b. Professional life
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3. Why must you consider the best way to communicate the information to the audience?
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4. Aside from those in the list, what one or two tips can you suggest to keep the audience interested
throughout your presentation? Explain.
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C. Listening for Academic Purposes

Six helpful tips to develop your listening skills by Paul Anovick (2014)
1. Be attentive. When you speak, you wanted to be listened to and when it’s turn for you to listen, you
should give undivided attention to the speaker and the discussion.
2. Ask questions. Asking questions should be for clarifications or for detailed understanding of an idea in
the lecture.
3. Don’t interrupt unnecessarily. When listening, your first duty is to receive the message being conveyed
by the lecturer and not to argue with him or her.
4. Use body language. In fae-to-face communication, you can convey you are listening by nodding,
smiling, and maintaining eye contact.
5. Empathize. To put yourself in the shoes of the speaker and feel what he or she is feeling is called
empathy.
6. Take notes. Writing down ideas indicates that you are closely listening to what the speaker is saying.

D. Speaking for Academic Purposes

1. Presentation - to be effective, each presentation should be well designed in terms of structure, content
and execution.
The structure of a presentation consists of three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion. An
important part, open forum or Q&A, has been added to provide the interactive element of the
presentation.
a. Introduction - According to Smith (2018), accomplish the following in the introduction to your
presentation:
 greet the audience
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  introduce yourself and the topic
 arouse interest by asking a question, telling a story, etc.
 state the purpose of the presentation
 outline the structure of the presentation - tell them what you are going to tell them
 say how long the presentation will last
 say when you will be answering questions (Q&A)
b. Body - in the body of your presentation, you will need to present the main and supporting ideas
that will accomplish the objective that you stated in the introduction.
c. Conclusion - In this part, you need to reinforce the audience’s understanding of your topic by
reminding hem of the main purpose and summarizing the main points of your presentation.
d. Question and Answer (Q&A) - This Q&A is a challenging part because you do not have any clue
as to what questions will be asked or what points will be raised for clarification.

E. Taking Part in Academic Discussions

Smith (2016) enumerated some main reasons why academic discussions at university are useful:
to help you understand a subject more deeply
to enable you to share ideas and insights with other students
to hear the thoughts and ideas of other students
to challenge and perhaps change your ideas
to increase and clarify your knowledge
to improve your ability to think critically
to increase your confidence in speaking
to improve your English speaking skills
There are a number of things you have to do before participating in academic discussions. First
and most important, prepare for the topic. Second, listen closely to what speakers say about the topic.
Third, observe how other students participate in discussions. Finally, participate each time you take
part in academic discussion.

Some Useful Phrases

Introducing a point First of all I’d like to say that…
The main problem is…
Speaking of…
Giving opinions In my opinion…
My view is that…
It seems to me that…
I think/believe/feel (that)…
As far as I’m concerned…
For me…
From what I understand…
Well, if you ask me…
Giving reasons Because/since…
This is due to…
Due to the fact that…
As a result of…
As a consequence of…
Asking for opinions What do you think?
What about you?
What do you think about…
What’s your opinion about…
How do you feel about…
Agreeing Yes. / Yes, that’s right.
Absolutely. / Yes, absolutely.
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Disagreeing
Asking for an explanation
I agree (with/that)…
I think so, too.
That’s what I think, too.
No, I don’t really agree.
I don’t really agree with you.
I don’t agree with that all.
(I’m afraid) I don’t think that’s right.
I’m not sure that’s right.
I beg your pardon?
Could you explain to me…?
I didn’t quite get that. Excuse me, did you say that…?
What do you mean by that?
Just tell me the reason why…?

Instruction/s:
Read and analyze the different instructions given below. Follow what they tell you to do.

Activities:
Choose any topic that you are comfortable to discuss with. Write your discussion following the
structure of a presentation (introduction, body and conclusion).

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Reference:
Caudilla, J. & Cansancio, J. (2019). Purposive Communication. Books Atpb. Publishing Corp:
Mandaluyong City, Philippines.