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Strategies for Effective Oral Presentations


As part of your next assignment, you’ll be submitting your first oral presentation.  Oral presentations can be intimidating for many students.  However, you do not have to deliver your oral presentation live to your teacher.

You may . . .

  • leave a telephone voicemail for your marker
OR
  • record your presentation and upload it directly on the assignment page. 

Follow these steps to lessen any anxiety about public speaking:

   

Plan ahead.

  • Write down key points of your presentation, in order.

  • Avoid writing down your presentation word-for-word, which likely will lead to a less natural-sounding speaking style.

Practise out loud.

  • Practise speaking your presentation somewhere you won’t feel self-conscious.

  • Practise everything you plan to say—even your introduction of yourself and your name as well as your conclusion in which you thank the audience for the opportunity to present your opinion on the important issue.

  • If possible, record yourself talking so you can play it back.

  • Make an effort to sound polished, professional, friendly, and confident.

  • If you aren’t sure how to pronounce a word, go online.  Most online dictionaries have an audio feature with word pronunciations.