ASKING AND

RESPONDING
QUESTIONS
English for Academic Speaking

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 A. ASKING QUESTIONS IN A
PRESENTATION

Asking questions is a way to show our

participation in a presentation
It will make the presentation atmosphere
alive
Asking questions can also train your
confidence to speak in front of people

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 2. Avoid asking a broad
How to ask good question that makes the
questions in a
presentation?(pt.1) presenter takes time to
think (you may ask it after
the presentation)!

1. Read the whole

material first before
asking a question!
 How to ask good
questions in a
4. Be confident and
presentation?(pt.2) loud in delivering
your question to the
presenter!
3. Be respectful to
the presenter 5. Use 5W1H to
(don’t do a formulate your
debate)! questions!
 B. RESPONDING QUESTIONS IN A
PRESENTATION
 4 types of questions in a presentation and how to
handle them:

1. Unplanned question (you don’t know the answer)

 How to handle: (1) Appreciate the question(“thank
you for the question” or “It’s a great question), and
(2) tell them that you may not perfectly answer the
question (you may ask them to email the question
again to have further explanation later).
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2. Question related to your future topic
 How to handle: (1) Appreciate the question, and
(2) tell them that you will have further
discussion related to the question in the next
slide (ask them to wait until your next slide)

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3. Unrelated question
 How to handle: (1) Appreciate the
question, and (2) tell them to email you the
question because no one has asked about
it.

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4. Unfamiliar question (you don’t know
the answer)
 How to handle: (1) Appreciate the
question,and (2) Put that to the room (ask
other participants if they would try to
answer/discuss the question)

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