Seminar 2

2nd year ACCS

Tutor: Simona Mazilu, PhD
STRUCTURING AN ORAL PRESENTATION

Task 1
Watch the following video and pay attention to the way a presentation should be structured.
https://youtu.be/4bwDr7WVBwo Alex Lyon How to organize a presentation

Task 2
Watch the following video and pay attention to the strategies of opening and closing a presentation.
https://youtu.be/8IbR8Y09dx4 Alex Lyon Opening and Closing

Task 3*
Watch the following video and pay attention to the means of attracting the audience’s attention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISn4Fip9aH8 Alex Lyon on attention grabbers

Task 4*
Watch the following video and pay attention to the presentational aids described.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC4q6lykPUQ Presentational aids

Task 5
A. On the basis of your previous experience of TED talks, what do you expect from a TED talk?
B. Watch the following video and then answer the questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0FDjFBj8o – How to sound smart
1) Have any of your expectations been met by this talk?
2) Does the talk have a subject?
3) Does the talk have a structure?
4) How does the speaker create the illusion of a content?
5) What verbal and nonverbal elements support the construction of the talk?
6) What is the role of the presentational aids used by the speaker?

Task 6
A. Using Alex Lyon’s structuring model presented in the video in Task 1, write the structure of a
presentation on a subject at your choice.
B. In 1 minute deliver the introduction to your presentation in front of your colleagues, paying
attention to include the following steps:
1) Grab the audience’s attention.
2) State the topic of your presentation.
3) Point out the benefits of listening to your presentation for the audience.
4) Talk about your credibility/ experience related to the topic.
5) Preview the three main points you will deal with in your presentation.

For more on structuring, see also

1) https://virtualspeech.com/blog/how-to-structure-your-presentation Structuring
2) https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/all-resources/presentations/structuring-presentation Structuring