PREPARING FOR YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION IN SPA 202
According to your teacher’s directives, you will have to prepare and research information (see
above) about a Spanish speaking country (Perú, México, Argentina,….) and give a presentation
of your findings. You will be expected to use Spanish throughout your presentation, and will have
to provide a brief summary and key vocabulary of your oral presentation to your classmates You
can either do your presentation:
a) on your own (7 to 10 minutes)
b) in pairs (12 to 15 minutes)
A/ Planning the presentation
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Know your topic – become an expert
Develop each point with specific details or examples
Plan to involve the audience and maintain eye contact with your audience
Plan to use visual aids*
Don’t speak too fast; you want the audience to understand you
Make only outline notes (a penalty will be given for reading from notes)
Respect the time limit (a penalty will be given for under or over length presentations)
Read the marking scheme (available on the CEAL webpage under Additional Languages)
*Visual aids
Visual aids (maps, photos, film clips, graphs, diagrams, and charts) can enhance a presentation.
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Keep visual aids simple and uncluttered.
Use colour and contrast for emphasis but use them in moderation
Use a font large enough to be seen from the back of the room
If using PowerPoint, strongly resist the temptation to use dramatic slide transitions
B/ The introduction
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Greet the audience
Introduce yourself
Explain the purpose of your talk
Outline the talk (your main points)
C/ Getting the audience’s attention FROM THE START
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Use a real life event
Get the audience to do something
Surprise them with facts and figures
Use humour
Ask a question
D/ The body of the presentation
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Plan to get the audience involved
Use your body language and maintain eye contact with the audience
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E/ The conclusion
1. A brief summary of the most attractives things of your chosen country
2. The final close: a question, a point or an idea which you want the audience to take away and
think further about
F/ Extra delivery tips
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Speak in a clear, audible voice – loud enough to be clearly heard from the back row.
Make frequent eye contact with the audience. Really look at the audience as you talk to
them. Engaging them directly with your eyes transfers a little bit of your energy to them
and keeps them focused on your content. Making eye contact says that you are in charge
of the room and for a presentation – that’s what you want.
If you use slides or PowerPoint avoid the tendency to speak to the screen instead of to the
audience. Be so familiar with your visual aids that the only reason you look at them is to
point something out.
Never turn your back on the audience and try to avoid walking in front of the projector
Adhere strictly to your time limit. You will be surprised how quickly the time goes.
Show some enthusiasm.
Information required
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Geografía/ Geography
Location
Capital
Currency
Area
Population
Culture (museums, colonial cities,….)
Nature (beaches, reservoirs,….)
Food (What to eat, where to eat)
Transportation
Grammar points
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Regular verbs (comer, hablar, visitor, viajar,..)
Irregular verbs (poder, querer, preferir,..)
Ser (description)
Estar (location)
Hay (there is/ are)
Vocabulary (currency, geography, city, transportation, months, days of the week, seasons,
lodging, holidays, shops, places,..)
Numbers
Gustar/ encantar/ interesar
To Have to and Going to
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