1.  English Language Program Fall 2014

2. What is good posture? Stand straight Shoulders back (but not too far) Steady head Feet flat on the floor and a little apart Why should you have good posture during your presentation?

3.  Smile before you begin talking.  Change your facial expressions when you are talking to show the meaning of what you are saying.  Don’t wiggle, touch jewelry, play with glasses, touch your hair, hide your hands, or stand frozen.  Move naturally as you stand and speak.

4. Only use your hands to show: o Size o Enthusiasm for your topic o Symbolic action o Location Avoid: o Pointing at the audience o Large or repetitive gestures

5. With a partner, practice these expressions, and see if you can guess what your partner is doing: Look happy Look worried/nervousLook excited Look interestedLook angry Look unhappyLook neutral (no emotion)

6.  Avoid using “filler words”: o You know o You know what I mean, o Like.. o Um.. o Err.. o Uh.. o Well…  Give your partner a quick talk about your favorite book or movie. Try not to use the filler words above.

7.  Look directly at your classmates, or at the top of their heads if you are uncomfortable looking at their eyes.  Looking other places can mean that you are not prepared or did not practice, or are not confident.  Walk to the front of the room, look directly at the class, stand straight and say “Good afternoon,” introduce yourself, (“my name is…”), and tell us what three things in life are that you need to be happy.

8. Respecting other presenters is just as important as your own presentation.  What does a good listener do?  What does a bad listener do?

9.  Prepare your speech and notes.  Practice your speech several times.  Give your speech to a friend for practice.  Give your speech to your mirror.  Don’t read your speech directly from your notecard or slides. Practice, practice, practice!

10.  With a partner, make a chart of things you should and should not do when using Powerpoint! **Consider only the visual aspect of using Powerpoint (not the oral presentation)

11. Visit this site for a nice tutorial on using Powerpoint:  http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/powerpoint http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/powerpoint

12.  Your task is to apply everything from our discussion about Powerpoint, and create a brief presentation about one of your favorite things in the world.  You may choose a favorite: o Place (city, country, amusement park, etc.) o Athlete/entertainer o Food o Animal o Other (please check with me)

13.  The guidelines for this assignment are as follows: o No more than 6 slides o Pick a topic that is appropriate for class o Be sure to follow the “5x5/6x6” guidelines, and don’t use significantly more text than images!

14. Thank you for your hard work Common Issues:  Title slide  Title rules  Parallelism with words/writing  Parallelism with page layout

15.  Stephanie Gallop Presentations 4

16.  Stephanie Gallop Presentations 4 Title should be larger than your name and centered near the top Always write your name and class name on the title slide Pictures are acceptable on the title slide (but they should relate to your topic!)

17. Major Rules for Titles & Subtitles: 1. First letter is always a capital letter 2. Do not write titles in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS 3. Do not use a sentence for a title (a question is okay) 4. Capitalize the first letter of content words, but do not capitalize the first letter of function words Content WordsFunction Words Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Wh- words (who/what/when/how, etc.) Pronouns (me, my, mine, etc.) Articles (the/an/a) Prepositions (for, to, by, etc.) Conjunctions (and, but, so, etc.)

18. In Powerpoint, parallelism refers to using consistent:  Font sizes and styles throughout slides  Spacing between section in all slides  Word and verb forms for all lines or bullet points

19.  This slide is not parallel  Because the font sizes are different  And spacing Grammatically, the bullet points are different Sentences Verb phrases nouns

20. Bullet points are good, but one slide should have bullet points in the same grammatical format Examples: Subtitle Noun Subtitle Verb phrase Subtitle Gerund phrase

21. I’m going to give you an opportunity to fix the mistakes in your Powerpoint for extra points on your assignment 1. Open your Powerpoint from your flash drive or the email you sent me last week. 2. Correct the errors that you have on your Powerpoint. 3. Give me your printed assignment back 4. Leave the lab quietly and have a nice afternoon!