2. Practice.
Can you remember the nouns from the previous exercise? Write the missing words to complete the sentences. The first letter of each word is given.
3. A presentation.
Listen to a presentation about community tourism and put the presentation slides in the correct order. First you will hear an introduction and outline of what will be talked about, then you will hear information represented by the four slides.
Now listen to part 2.
4. A presentation.
Now watch and listen to the presentation again, and put the summarising sentences in the correct order.
8. Connectors.
Connectors are words that show the relationship between one idea and another. In spoken English, the most common connectors are and, but and so.
Connectors
We use and to add information to a related idea:
I live in York and I work there too.
We use but to signal a contrast:
I live in York, but I don’t work there.
So has many meanings. One of the main uses of so is to show that something is the result of what was said before:
I live in York, so I know the city very well.
So can signal the beginning of a new topic:
So, today I would like to talk about the positive effect of tourism on the area.
Choose the appropriate connector to complete the presentation script.
9. Function words and content words.
Function words
Function words show the grammatical relationship between words in a sentence. They include pronouns, auxiliary verbs, prepositions, articles and conjunctions. They have little meaning on their own. Content words are nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. They carry the meaning of the text.
Read the description of a nature tour in New Zealand. The words in bold are the important content words that convey the essential meaning of the text.
10. Content words.
Click on the nouns and verbs that you think convey the essential meaning of the text.
11. Function words.
Type in the missing function words to complete the text.
12. Practice.
Here are the essential content words of a similar text. Expand the notes into a complete text. Type your text into the box below.
The Arataki Honey Centre
Arataki Honey Centre / Hawke’s Bay area / five-and-a-half hour drive /city / Auckland.
Visitors/ centre / discover/world of bees / taste / ten varieties /Arataki honey.
Visitors’ centre / open /9 a.m. - 5 p.m. /offer/ interactive learning experience/ how bees live / honey produced.
Gift shop / sell / different types / honey / beauty products.
Click to compare your version with an example text.
13. Sentence stress
In spoken English we emphasise certain words to help our listeners understand our message. We tend to stress content words, which carry the most meaning of the sentence. But depending on the context, we sometimes stress other words like adjectives or adverbs.
Listen to the recording of information about the Arataki Honey Centre. Listen and click on the words that are stressed.
Check your answers, then listen again and practise saying the information.
Practice
Record yourself making a short presentation about the Arataki Honey Centre. Speak from the notes in exercise 12. Before you make the recording, practise making the presentation a few times. Think which words you should stress, speak slowly and clearly and don’t forget to pause. This will help your listeners to understand your message. Your version doesn’t have to be exactly the same as the example above.
14. Speaking tutorial.
Send your tutor an email suggesting a day and time for the speaking tutorial. During the tutorial you will give a short presentation.
1. Presentation.
You are going to practise giving a short presentation. Choose a topic that you are familiar with, for example something related to your job, or some aspect of tourism in your country.
Preparation:
- Choose some slides to illustrate your talk. They will also help you remember what you have to say. You can make these slides using PowerPoint.
- Make a list of the main points for each slide. Your points should consist of the important content words, as we practised in exercise 10. You can include some key words in each slide.
- Practise talking through your slides. Please don’t read a prepared script, but speak from notes, or using the slides.
- When you are ready, contact your tutor and do your presentation.
2. Making presentations.
If you are not able to prepare your presentation, you will discuss the following questions with your tutor.
- How often do you give presentations in your job? / Have you ever given a presentation?
- What was the last presentation about? / What was it about?
- Did you read a text, speak from notes or did you improvise?
- What technical support did you use?
- What are the characteristics of a good presentation in your opinion?
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