Oral Presentations

One of the skills you need to work on a bit more is "public speaking". To improve your public speaking abilities it is essential that you feel more confident and that is something you gain with some practice. These are some rules:

- Decide what you want to say. Plan your speech well, organise it in logical order.
- Take notes to remember everything you need to say, but don´t read because you will sound boring.
- When you give your presentation, be as spontaneous as you can be.

- Rehearse your speech at home. You are performing as an actor/actress on a stage.
- Speak loud and clear. Speak slowly.
- Make eye contact with your audience. Look at each person in turn in a natural way.
- Body language is also important. You can stand, walk or move about.

The oral practice for this term will be to prepare a speech on one of the following topics:

My favourite book.
My treasured possession.
My favourite pop star.
My favourite film.
What I will be for Carnival.
My favourite sport.
My mobile.
My favourite game.
My life in Mieres.
My school.
This is the magazine that I read.
What I did on my last holiday.
A funny story.
A ghost story.
Your own suggestions.

Four students will present every week. At the end of the presentation you will ask the audience: "Questions or comments?"You choose two students. These will ask you questions about something mentioned in the speech itself, so the rest of the students have to listen carefully.
We will start in February right after St. Valentine.