Answer the questions:
Have you ever given a presentation in English?
How did you feel?
What was the most difficult thing about giving a talk in English?
What should you keep in mind when preparing your talk?
Make a list of tips that can help you make your presentation more successful.
Practice pronunciation of the following words:
| audience | /'ɔ:diəns/ |  |
| design | /dɪ'zaɪn/ | |
| bullet | /'bʊlɪt/ | |
| thumb | /θʌm/ | |
| roughly | /'rʌfli/ | |
| technicians | /tek'nɪʃən/ | |
| familiarize | /fə'mɪliəraɪz/ | |
| data | /'deɪtə/ | |
| issue | /'ɪʃu:/ | |
| calm | /kɑ:m/ | |
| excitement | /ɪk'saɪtmənt/ | |
| intimidating | /ɪ'tɪmədeɪtɪŋ/ | |
| wrap | /ræp/ | |
Match the words in A with their definitions in B. Translate the words in A into Russian.
to make something look neater by cutting small pieces off it
very important
to finish something
to set a speech at a particular level of difficulty
someone whose job is to check equipment or machines and make sure that they are working properly
making you feel worried and not confident
a small piece of equipment that produces a laser beam, used by teachers and people who are giving talks in order to point at things on a map, board
to learn about something so that you understand it
to take someone’s attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something
A
B
to pitch
to distract
to trim
critical
technician
laser pointer
familiarize yourself
intimidating
wrap up
Sort out the words into 2 categories (international words and “false friends”).
( see Reference materials: International words vs False friends)
( see Reference materials: International words vs False friends)
subject
expert
to contact
audience
podium
critical
data
illustrate
politician
practice
problem
chance
laser
image
to design
International words
"False friends"
