Presentation English
Informative Speech & Gestures
Week 4
Kuei-Min Huang, PhD
Today’s Outline
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Review on Posture and Eye Contact
Informative Speech
Gestures (if time)
p. 14, In Groups of 4
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Good evening. My name is
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Today, I’ll tell you above my favorite
subject - Science. Science is a
subject everyone has to study in
primary school education.
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3 steps in Presentation
3.
Tell them what you are going to tell
them.
Tell them.
Tell them what you have told them.
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Why these 3 steps?
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Informative Speech
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Giving an informative speech is like
teaching.
The success of your speech depends
on whether the audience learns what
you wanted to teach.
Speech Skill
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Eye contact – for checking audience’s
comprehension
Episode 1
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What is the topic of her informative
speech?
How many points does she have?
Now watch the video again, and
complete the grid in p. 16
Speech Preparation
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For informative Speech, you will use a
quadrant to help you prepare a
presentation on the city you
recommend visiting
Exercise, 3 people in 1 Group
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Step 1- Plan: use the handout to help
you brainstorm
Step 2 – Prepare: Use photographs or
draw pictures yourself
Step 3 – Practice: Concentrate on your
posture and eye contact
Step 4 – Perform: Next week
Gestures
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Number/ Sequence
Emphasis/ Focus
Illustration/ Location
Comparison/ Contrast
Using Gestures
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Find a partner
Student A please look at p. 23
Student B please look at p. 24
Homework, p.22
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I’ll upload the recording to ‘我的電子學
習平台’ by Friday.
You can download it and practice at
home for p. 22 step 2.