Name: Diego Flores Granja Date: 30-05-2013 Article Summary To prepare a good speech you must consider following

some structure or methodology. In the article I just read, we can find some practical advices to get success in an oral presentation or speech. This article purposes a structure or process to achieve this goal. We must consider following this structure: Preparation and planning ESSENTIAL PREPARATION AND PLANNING CHECKLIST We have to consider many different aspects before making our speech, this article give us a checklist or some questions which are necessary to be answer in order to have a good idea about what I want to say, to whom Im going to present my speech and all the conditions of the environment Im going to be. So there a lot of things we have to think about, and be prepare to give a good presentation. Some of the questions are shown bellow: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What is the aim? Who am I speaking to? What are the main points I want to make? What do I want the audience to do after listening to my presentation? Where will it take place? How big is the room? Do you need an overhead projector or a screen? How long it will take?

Like we can see there are many considerations to be aware. Structure of the oral presentation When we have well-structured presentation, is easier to the listener to follow us. The beginning or Introduction The beginning of a presentation is the most important part where we get the attention of the audience. In English-speaking countries it is not uncommon for the speaker to begin with a joke, an anecdote, a statement made to surprise or provoke in order to gain the audience's attention, to make people want to listen, to feel relaxed and even to introduce the subject.

Name: Diego Flores Granja Date: 30-05-2013 A good technique is to try to get your audience involved in your talk either by asking direct or rhetorical questions. You can give an anecdote, unusual or surprising facts, or an illustration from real life could be employed here. It is important to greet the audience by saying something like: Hello, Good Morning, etc. We have to begin introducing ourselves, considering aspect like name, age, university or enterprise, etc. Then we have to give a title and a quick introduction about the topic we are going to speck about. Give some good reasons why you chose that topic. We can limit our time of the speech and let them know, we also have to make some questions to the audience, to know about their knowledge about the subject and the interest they have. Give the goals and objectives you are following whit that presentation, they should know that. We have to announce our outline, or divide our speech or presentation in sections then we can give a little background about each one, do not take too much time to do this. After these we have to let them know in which part of the presentation the questions are accepted. We have to begin with the body of our presentation and give a transition between the introduction and the body. E.g.: Now let us turn to point one. The Middle or the body In the middle part we consider the content and the time we are going to spend on it, we also have to sequence our ideas, keep the audience attention, link ideas, give examples and respect the time as it is preciously. The end or conclusion The end or the conclusion of your talk should include four parts: a brief reminder of what you tried to show in your speech and how you tried to do so, a short conclusion, thanks to the audience for listening, and an invitation to ask questions, make comments or open a discussion. Then we have to deal with difficult questions at the end of the presentation, just make sure you understand the question, and if you dont know the answer be polite and say the truth, and you can use some techniques like delay.

Name: Diego Flores Granja Date: 30-05-2013 VISUALS, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AUDIENCE, BODY LANGUAGE, VOICE AND PRONUNCIATION. All these things named in the title are also important to have a good oral presentation. The use of visual content can clarify many ideas, statistics and help the presentation to be more confortable. The relationship you can create with the audience is very important to have a good environment along the presentation; this can help to the speaker to make the exposition easier and interesting. Be can use a lot of questions to let the audience be involved in the presentation. The body language is something we have to manage because if we dont, we can show us as nervous person or not sure about what we are talking about. To have a good pronunciation is very important, because the people have to understand us all the time.