Pair work: Evaluation

Give a short presentation based on the text below. Use this assessment form
to evaluate each other's use of language.

sentence length
register/style

linkers
emphasizers/minimizers

There are some important things to remember when giving a presentation.
One of the key elements, in my opinion, is the contact with the audience. This
can be achieved through a variety of technigues. For example, keeping eye
contact as much as possible is a very important factor. In fact, if you are
speaking to a very large audience, its a good idea to pick out two or three
members of the audience and establish eye contact with them.

Another way of keeping contact is to encourage the audience to interrupt and
ask guestions during the presentation. This may depend on the time you have
allocated but, in principle, it is better to deal with a guestion at the time it
arises rather than later. There are many other factors but eye contact and
audience participation will count for 60 % success in establishing a strong
relationship with your audience.

Purpose:

Cross out the verbs which do not fit in the following presentation extracts.
The first one has been done for you as an example.

1. First ofaall, T'd like to preview/overview/outline the main points of my talk.

2. Perhaps I should start off by pointing/stressing/reminding that this is just
a preliminary report. Nothing has been finalized as yet.

3. But later on I will, in fact, be putting forward/putting out/putting over
several detailed proposals.

4. One thing [Il be dealing with/referring/regarding is the issue of a
minimum wage.

5. And II also be asking/raising/putting the guestion of privatizaton.

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