COURSE CODE : BBI 2420

COURSE NAME : ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS

NAME : NURUL IZZAH BINTI ABDUL MUHAIMY

MATRIC NO : 160464

INSTRUCTOR : MISS CHIN LI YUEN

SEMESTER : SEM 1, 2010/ 2011

PART 1
 1.Owen : Please forgive me for being rude.

Teacher : You're forgiven.

                    (A) To regret   (B) To protest     (C) To encourage       (D) To forgive

       2.   Mother : I wonder why Sharon has not written for a long time.

Barry : Don't worry. I'm sure he is fine.

                    (A) To comfort  (B) To compliment     (C) To inform       (D) To remind      

     3.   Mr. Wong : I'm donating two thousand dollars to the orphanage.

Miss Lee : Thank you so much

    (A) To express pity   (B) To express relief     (C) To express appreciation

(D) To express condolence  

   4.   Prefect : No drinks will be provided on the trip.

Peter : That's not fair. We paid for food and drinks.

                    (A) To advise   (B) To protest  (C) To suggest       (D) To warn                  

5.   Jenny : Should I take part in the contest ?

Chin : Of course you should.

                    (A) To encourage  (B) To remind     (C) To suggest       (D) To appeal          

6.   Daisy : The walkathon is on 20 June.

 Anne : Are you going to take part ?

                    (A) To inform   (B) To enquire   (C) To offer       (D) To suggest

7.  Joe : That remark was uncalled for.

Raymond : I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said it.

                    (A) To apologize  (B) To wish     (C) To blame       (D) To forgive                  

8.   Rooney : Are we going now ?

Mother : Yes. Don't forget to lock your room.

                    (A) To instruct   (B) To remind    (C) To announce       (D) To inform            

9.   Kim : What shall we do this weekend ?

May : Why don't we go on a picnic ?

                    (A) To welcome   (B) To praise     (C) To suggest      (D) To advise              

10.   May Li : How dare you accuse me of cheating !

Susan : I didn't say that.

                    (A) To protest  (B) To complain     (C) To appeal       (D) To warn      

1)D 2)A 3)C 4)B 5)D 6)B 7)A 8)B 9)C 10)A

 
PART 2

TABLE 1

SLIDE STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT

1 HEADING/TOPIC
EXAMPLE

A clear topic or heading such as “shopping”

should be stated in this slide. The audience
should be informed of the topic of the oral
presentation.
EXAMPLE

There is no heading or topic in

the slide.

2
VISUALS

The visuals are relevant to the topic, but they

were too big that it covered the writing of the
topic. Perhaps the word “SHOPPING” could
It was really hard to notice the be either at the center or at the top of the
word “SHOPPING”. slide, with enough space from the visuals

.
3
BULLET POINTS
The points inserted could be summarized
more. It shouldn’t be a long sentence just
as in the slide.
 The points made were too long.

4
VISUALS
The fonts on this slide absolutely did not
emerge from the background. Either change
the background picture to something more
pleasant and less distracting or bold the
The background picture was fonts and change the colors to make it
too distracting to see the words. appear and emerge from the background
picture. It is the words that matter, not the
accessories of the slide.

5
None of the words inserted could be
FONTS
understood. The words should be copied
and written down instead of getting its
picture taken.

The fonts couldn’t be seen.

6
NOTES
The notes written were too small. On graph
or pie chart slides, long sentences are not
necessary. Explanation could be elaborated
from a few points only. The slide should only
Notes on the graph were too include a few points based on the
 long and difficult to be read. explanation about to be made.

PART 3

TABLE 2

TIME ORAL PRESENTATION DON’TS WAYS OF IMPROVEMENT

EXAMPLE EXAMPLE

Body Language
0.30

The presenters’ body language is Presenters should be more serious and

not good because they are professional when presenting, to
laughing a lot during their oral indicate good body language.
presentation.

Introduction An introduction about what was to be

0.53 presented should have been made
instead of skipping it right to the points.

The presenters skipped Remembering the steps on doing the

introduction and dived straight presentation would be a good start.
away to the first point.

OHP visuals
When showing OHP visuals make sure
2.21 that its view isn’t blocked by the
presenters. OHP Visuals should be
seen clearly and easy to understand.
The presenter blocked the OHP
visual view.
 Turn taking
4.08
The presenter had problems when
she wanted to present her points.
Her partner didn’t realize her friend
needed help.
Body language
4.28
One of the presenters chewed gum presentation. If the presenters
and played with her hair while her
partner did the presentation. She
didn’t pay attention to what the
other member was doing.
Body Language
6.43
The presenter didn’t bother to
memorize her points. She just read
all the explanation from a book and incapable of memorizing, when reading
she even stuttered while reading,
without even looking at the
When a partner is about to present
her/his points, the group members
should really help out whenever there
seems to be some complication in
continuing the presentation. For
instance, holding up the mahjong paper
while the presenter does her work.
While a group member is presenting,
pay attention as it might help them in
case they get stuck with the
themselves don’t even pay attention to
the presentation how would the
audience do it as well?
Before doing a presentation, practice
would be a good start so that the
presenter knows the flow of the
presentation. Memorize the points that
are about to be presented but if
an explanation, the presenter should
have pauses and take a few seconds to
audience. look at the audience to make sure they
get what you are presenting.