409a, 409b, 459
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HOW TO PREPARE FOR YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION
If two or three students are assigned to a chapter you need to agree on who takes which pages.
1) Read through the entire material assigned, take notes, and think about it.
2) Prepare an outline for your 30-min presentation. Follow these steps exactly:
I) Give a brief summary of the chapter. What it is about.
II) Give a list of the topics you're going to address.
III) Start with your first topic, then the rest. For each item:
a) give a definition
b) summarize what the author says
c) what is your reaction or comment (this is a must for each item if you want a good grade)
3) Report on what you found on the Web when you searched for the main topics in this chapter.
** What kind of sites handled this topic?
** What impression did you get from it?
** Who is this site for?
** Did it have any content articles?
** What were some of them?
** Etc.
4) It's a good idea to use the overhead projector or handouts.
5) Style of presentation:
We all need to practice at this and you're not expected to be a professional at it. Above all, be sure to be well prepared and to rehearse in advance. Second, you need to talk to the people in class. You need to look at them and you must make your voice louder than normal. This is the biggest problem many students have had in the past with oral presentations, namely, lack of rapport with the audience. So keep reminding yourself to look at the people and to talk to them about the ideas you prepared. Talking louder than normal is especially important to include everyone in the class. If you talk in a normal voice, the people far from you feel excluded and cannot hear every word.
Do not read without looking up. Even better--just take outline notes, not full sentences, so you will be making up the sentences as you talk. This helps you stay in rapport with the audience. The skills you practice here are the same that will make you successful on your job.