Oral Presentation

Scientific presentations usually follows some order:

 Title of the research and the researcher

 Outline of the order in which you would present
 Introduction, background
 Literature review (especially the main relevant deductions or theories
or findings, contrasts, critics or comparisons to your own work and
you talk around those points), how much do you know, how much
have you read or researched about your topic.
 Problem statement
 Importance/ justification of your work, why is your proposed project
important? Why are you doing it?
 Hypothesis (optional) for some studies
 Objectives – state the objectives of your study clearly
 Materials and methodology – here, you will be telling us what you will
be doing to achieve your objectives. What will you do, where will you
do it, how will you do it. You don’t have a lot time so use flowcharts
instead of writing everything and anything on so many slides. If the
method of analysis is something we know and have used or learnt
about then just state it and give a short explanation.
 Conclusion – tell the audience what you have told them, the main take
home messages
 Cost – how much would it cost (some idea) of the cost of the proposed
project
 Timeline of events – basically broken up into 13 weeks in a semester
 Reference – the main references used
 Thank you – thank the audience
 Acknowledgements (optional for class presentation)

Remember:
 Face the audience, eye contact, do not read the slides.
 Do not put so much information on the slides, just the main points
and talk around them
 Pictures, charts figures should be relevant and correct and of great
resolution
 Slides should be clear, no spelling mistakes
 Choose good contrast for slides, background
 No distracting animations
 Be confident, you know your topic better than everyone else.
Remember, it is 10 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions/comments.
Marking rubrics have been posted on the Google Classroom in week 8