We all know that oral presentations (i.e. pre) are required for many activities such as classroom presentations, group discussions, and various project presentations. While this type of presentation is crucial, it is certainly a challenge for international students who are socially weak and may lack the ability to express themselves in English. However, a project research experience enabled us to share our experiences with others and gradually overcome this fear.
What does it mean to overcome nervousness?
Exercise yourself in small settings, such as increasing the number of times you take the initiative to speak in class;
Using online corpora such as Google Translate to correct pronunciation;
Prepare and rehearse your speech to boost your confidence;
Prepare a list of questions in advance and be ready for the questioning stage.
Tips for achieving ideal PPT results:
1. Emphasise the use of pictures rather than a lot of text. 2;
2. design a compelling cover, such as title + illustration;
3. elaborate a vivid introduction, commonly used in four ways as follows:
Explanation of specific cases in the first two PowerPoint presentations, so that the audience is clear about the focus of the presentation;
Counter-intuitive answers or suspense analysis to arouse curiosity;
Personal experience stories to deepen the audience’s impression;
Interesting statistics to attract attention quickly.
4. Use plain and easy-to-understand expressions, be careful with long sentences, and keep a steady rhythm;
5. Explain examples based on theories, avoid boring, easy to understand;
6. focus on key points and select individual points for in-depth analysis.
7. check that the necessary elements are in place to ensure that the presentation is rigorous and complete.
8. Ms Ross provides you with a wide range of sentence patterns for your presentation. You will be able to introduce topics, describe images, present ideas, summarise conclusions and ask questions in an efficient manner.
We wish you all the best in your academic endeavours!
