Presenting in English - Dick Smakman

Presenting in English

A Practical Guide

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
222 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-62787-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide will be particularly helpful to learners of English.

The book:



covers different types of presentations, including group and online presentations, common structures of presentations, presentation tools, and the main message that each presentation should have
introduces the language skills necessary for presentations: useful English words, phrases, and sentences to use in the various parts of presentations, and how one’s pronunciation can become clearer to an international audience
explains how to control voice and vocal tract usage and how to effectively use the body as a communicator
discusses how to communicate with the audience, including how to handle questions, and explores different types of audiences
includes culturally diverse examples, case studies, and exercises

Accompanied by online support material with recordings, the book is an essential guide to delivering a successful presentation in English.

Dick Smakman is Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands, where he teaches courses in Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics. He is the author of Accent Building (2015), Discovering Sociolinguistics (2018), and Clear English Pronunciation (2020). He has taught courses and delivered presentations at various universities, particularly in Europe and Asia.

FOREWORD

PART A. THE PRESENTATION

1. Presentation types

2. Online and joint presentations

3. Presentation structure

4. Digital slide shows

5. Slide design

PART B. THE LANGUAGE

6. Useful sentences

7. Useful words

8. Clear vowels and consonants

9. Tongue twisters

10. The music of your English

PART C. THE PRESENTER

11. Speaking style

12. Posture

13. Face, arms, and hands

14. Emotions before presentation day

15. Emotions on presentation day

PART D. THE AUDIENCE

16. Knowing your audience

17. Handling audience diversity

18. Engaging your audience

19. Convincing your audience

20. Audience questions

INDEX

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 7 Tables, black and white; 30 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-032-62787-5 / 1032627875
ISBN-13 978-1-032-62787-8 / 9781032627878
Zustand Neuware
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