1) What does the success of the presentation depend on? 2) Why is it important to adapt the style of your presentation to your audience? 3) Why should an oral presentation be well structured? 4) How many parts does a typical presentation consist of? 5) Why is the beginning of a presentation the most important part? 6) What is the typical beginning of the presentation in English-speaking countries? 7) Is it appropriate to start a presentation with a joke in Russia? 8) What is a good technique of the presentation?
Listen to the text The DOs and DON'Ts of Oral Presentations. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
1) Check beforehand, if you can, the place where you are going to make your presentation. 2) Provide a particular support for the main ideas. 3) Displaying good postures not to distract the audience. 4) Indicate the end of one section and the beginning of the next. 5) You should be able to answer any question and give exact answer. 6) Don’t sway back and forth like a pendulum. 7) Don’t be afraid to lose eye contact. 8) Try to have a bit of fun while making presentation.
The words and phrases in the box come up in the presentation devoted to the problem of Team Building in Oil and Gas Companies. Guess or look up in the dictionary any new words you do not know. Make up your own sentences using these words and phrases.
| result-oriented team; to pursue; self-assessment; clarify; to build ownership; to identify the inhibitors to teamwork; group bonding session; peer pressure; performance management; a spirit of teamwork change; misinformation; disruptive rumors; to neutralize the inevitable tension; to be underestimated; to accomplish overall objectives |
Listen to the presentation devoted to the problem of Team Building in Oil and Gas Companies. While listening fill in the chart given below.
| 1. The aim of the presentation 2. Main points of the presentation 3. The methods of developing an effective team 4. Problems of teamwork 5. Ways of team-building solution |
Listen to the text again and match the slides with the points in task 4.4 Arrange the slides according to the text.
| A |  - Greater amount of peer pressure and stress.
- Management control transfer to employees and team members themselves.
- Bullying and surveillance.
- The need to establish rules and procedures regarding development and boundaries of teamworking.
- Misinformation and disruptive rumors.
- Communication methods are impractical.
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| D |  - Work should not be the main focus.
- Members have to know each other away from the work environment.
- Using of fun element.
- Small changes to work practices.
- Take a more scientific approach and assess how members work together.
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| C | - Simple social activities. - Group bonding sessions. - Personal development activities. - Team development activities. - Psychological analysis. |
| D | - Team building. - Problems of teamwork. - Team building as a way of solution. |
SPEAKING
Discuss these questions with other members of the group.
1) What is the purpose of the presentation? 2) What percentage of the success of a presentation is due to preparation? 3) What do you need to know about the audience? 4) If the content is good, the presentation will certainly go well. To what extent is this true? 5) What methods can you use to structure your presentation, and to show this structure to the audi ence? 6) How can you avoid a presentation being a platform to show off how much you know about a certain audience?
This is a checklist of the essential elements to consider in preparing and planning an oral presentation. Use it yourself by filling in the boxes on the right under “My Ideas”.
| QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF | EXAMPLES | MY IDEAS |
| 1. What is the aim? | ● to buy my product ● to adopt my recommendations ● to give me a job | |
| 2. What is my title? | ||
| 3. Who am I speaking to? | ● What are the benefits to the audience of my product/report/speech? ● Are these people the decision makers? ● What do they know of the subject? ● How does this change my approach? ● What sort of questions will they ask me? What are the answers? ● What aspects will they be interested in? | |
| 4. What are the main points I want to make? | 1, 2, 3; first, second, third; point a, point b, point c | |
| 5. What do I want the audience to do after listening to my presentation? | We must invite them: ● to buy my product ● to accept my findings ● to give me a job |
(from https://www.it-sudparis.eu/lsh/ressources/ops/preparation /)
Work in a pair. You are going to make a presentation. Study the information devoted to the visual aids and discuss with your partner what visuals you will use and give your arguments.
VISUALS
What are visuals?
● graphs charts
● maps photos
● drawings images
● models video/film
● objects
What media are used?
● transparencies/slides
● Power Point slides
● video projection/projector
● handouts
It is often a good idea to give out a paper copy, called a handout, an outline, a glossary of key words, sources, any other visuals you plan to use, so people can take them away, not waste time in taking notes on key concepts.