Oral Presentation Peer-evaluation Form
ES2002 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
ORAL PRESENTATION PEER EVALUATION CRITERIA
Aim
This oral presentation self-evaluation aims to give you and your project group mates
the opportunity to critically assess the oral presentation skills of some of your
classmates, and in the process raising your own awareness of important skills in oral
presentations. Ultimately, it is hoped that your critical and constructive feedback on
your peers’ oral presentations will help them improve in future similar work. At the
same time, it is hoped that the exercise will help you develop a deep sense of
awareness of things that you yourself must watch out for in your own oral
presentations in the course and after this semester.
Instructions:1
1. Your tutor will discuss the following criteria during the lesson on Oral
Presentations in Week 10 beginning 13 Oct.
2. Bring a copy of these criteria during the session you are assigned to do the
peer evaluation (Week 12 beginning 27 Oct).
3. Listen to each of the presentations and take note of your own feedback.
4. After the presentations are finished, your group will be asked step out of the
room and discuss your comments together. Feedback must be made on each
presentation.
5. After 10-15 minutes, you will be asked to come back and give your feedback
as a group.
6. Each member of your group is expected to give the group’s collective
feedback on at least one presentation.
Presentation Component
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT
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Introduction: Does the introduction get the audience’s attention and
interest, as well as prepare them for what to expect?
Development of main points: Are the main points logically arranged?
How clearly are they presented and how adequately are they discussed?
Closing: Is the closing smooth and conclusive? Does it reinforce the central
idea?
Transitions: How effectively does s/he make use of connectives to make it
easy for the audience to follow the topic shifts and to link the main points
smoothly and clearly? How smoothly does s/he take over/hand over the
presentation?
LANGUAGE
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Correctness: How grammatically correct is the language?
Appropriateness for purpose: Is the language used (with respect to the
vocabulary, style and level of formality) suitable for the purpose, audience
and communication context?
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National University of Singapore
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Oral Presentation Peer-evaluation Form
AUDIENCE AWARENESS
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Eye-contact: Does s/he have good eye contact with the audience? Is it
sustained and widely directed?
Use of notes: Does s/he make use of notes? If so, how well does s/he speak
from them, without actually reading from them? If not, does s/he come
across as seeming to have memorized the presentation?
Attention-holding strategies: How well is s/he able to maintain the
audience’s attention and interest?
Posture: Does the posture project poise and confidence? Does it convey
alertness and vigour?
Gestures: Are the gestures controlled and purposeful? Does s/he have any
distracting gestures?
VOICE
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Pace of speaking: Does the pace of speaking make it easy for the audience
to follow him/her, i.e. not too fast or too slow?
Pronunciation: How correct and clear is the pronunciation?
Intonation: Is the intonation smooth and natural? Does s/he speak in a
pleasant and well-modulated voice with an energetic tone (not monotonous)?
Projection: Is the voice projection loud enough for the audience to easily
hear what s/he is saying?
Fluency: Is the presentation fluent (no long pauses, few
hesitations/reformulations of ideas, no fillers, e.g. um, er, ok)?
VISUAL AIDS
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Appearance: How simple, clear and attractive are the visual aids?
Appropriateness for purpose: Do the visual aids contribute positively to
the presentation?
Presentation: How smoothly does s/he handle the presentation of the visual
aids? How smoothly are they integrated into the talk?
Please note that tutors will use the same criteria when they evaluate their students’ oral presentations.
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National University of Singapore
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