Oxford Business English skills: Effective presentations

Introduction to: What is the point?; Making a start; Linking the parts; The right kind of language; Visual aids; Body language; Finishing off; Question time; Putting at all together

Oxford Business English skills: Effective presentations

Comfort, Jeremy

Oxford University Press

2004

Abstract

For learners of Business English, making a presentation in English canbe difficult and demanding. The presenter needs certain skills which gobeyond the range of ordinary language courses. Effective Presentations'sipractical course which develops these skills. It can be used as a short,intensive specialist course, or integrated into a longer and more generalBusiness English programme. It takes the learner systematically throughthe key stages of making presentations, from planning and introducingtoconcluding and handling questions. However, each unit can also be usedseparately to focus on particular elements of giving presentations. By theend of their period of study, learners should be able to make clear, well-organized presentations in front of an audience.

Introduction:

. What is the point?

. Making a start

. Linking the parts

. The right kind of language

. Visual aids

. Body language

. Finishing off

. Question time

. Putting at all together