Unit1Planningandstructuringapresentation

Presentationskill

Activatingyourknowledge

Activatingyourknowledge1

1)G

2)A

3)F

4)C

5)D

6)B

7)E

1)B

2)E

3)D

4)A

5)C

Understanding1

1)C

2)D

Understanding2

1)C

2)B

Skillenhancement

Practicingtheskill

Task1

1)C

2)B

3)E

4)A

5)F

6)G

7)D

1)Beforewebegin,Iwantyoutopicture...

2)I'mDr.Li,aclinicalpsychologistwithover15yearsofexperience...

3)Thegoalofthistalkisto...

4)Ibelieveeachoneofyouheretonightistakinganimportantsteptoward...

5)We'llbecoveringthreekeyareasinourdiscussion……First,……Second,……Andfinally,...

6)Yourquestionsandthoughtsarewelcome...Butgiventhelimitedtime,Ikindlyaskthatyoujotdownyourquestionsandsavethemfortheendofthepresentation...

Task2

1)C

2)D

3)B

4)E

5)A

1)Aswewrapupourtalktoday,let'stakeamomenttoreflectonwhatwe'vediscussed.Westartedby……Thenweexploredthistopicfurther……Andwefinishedby…

2)Toconclude,we'vediscoveredthat……We'vealsoseen……

3)Movingforward,let'screate……For……,……Let'stailor……Forfutureefforts,…shouldproposerecommendations…

4)Nowisthetimeforanyquestionsyoumayhave.Ifthere'ssomethingyou...,nowisyourchance.

Unit2Developingthebodypartofanacademicpresentation

Presentationskill

Understanding

1)A

2)A

3)B

4)A

Skillenhancement

Practicingtheskill

Task1

1)C

1)Thedifferencesbetweenrenewableandnon-renewableenergysourcesarepresentedinaone-side-at-a-timemanner.Thecharacteristicsofnon-renewableenergysourcesinaspectsofexhaustibility,environmentalimpact,anddependencyonconditionsarediscussedatfirst,andthentheyarecomparedwiththoseofrenewableenergysources.

2)Thesignpostingexpressionsintheparagraphincludeboth,but,incontrast,andyet.Theyguidetheaudiencethroughthecomparisonandcontrastofthetwocategoriesofenergysources.

Task2

1)Forexample

2)However

3)Similarly

4)ratherthan

5)Therefore

Unit3UsingeffectivePowerPointslides

Presentationskill

Activatingyourknowledge

Activatingyourknowledge1

1)C

1)SlideCisanexampleofaclearandeffectiveslide.ThebackgroundofSlideAistoocolorful,andthetextofSlideBistoocluttered.SlideDisacombinationofdarktextonadarkbackground,makingthetextdifficulttodiscern.

Understanding

1)C

2)D

3)D

4)B

Skillenhancement

Practicingtheskill

Task1

1)

Thefontofthetitleiscursiveandinformal.

Thebackgroundatthetopoftheslidehastoomanycolors,makingthetitledifficulttorecognize.

Therearetoomanybulletpointsinoneslide.

Thefontsizeofthetextistoosmall.

Theiconsareirrelevanttothebulletedtext.

2)

Useasimpleandlegiblefontforthetitle,suchasTimesNewRomanandArial.

Optforalightandsimplebackgroundatthetopoftheslidetoenhancereadability.

Distributethebulletedtextacrosstwoslidestoavoidovercrowding.

Increasethefontsizeofthetext,makingitnosmallerthan20points.

Replacetheiconswiththosecorrespondingdirectlytothebulletedtext.

Unit4Usingnonverballanguage

Presentationskill

Understanding

1)C

2)B

3)D

4)D

Skillenhancement

Practicingtheskill

Task2

1)DressingProblem:Thespeaker'sattireiscasualforanacademic

presentation.Suggestions:Thespeakercanchoosebusinesscasualtobetteralignwiththetoneofthepresentation.

EyecontactProblems:Thespeakeravoidseyecontact,hinderingtheaudience'sengagement.SheeitherreadsfromthescriptorstaresatPowerPointslides.Suggestions:Thespeakershouldmaintaineyecontactwiththeaudiencethroughouttheentirepresentation.Sheshouldkeepabalancebetweenscanningtheroomandconnectingwithindividualaudiencemembers.

GesturesandpostureProblems:Thespeakerturnsherbacktotheaudience,scratchesherhead,andshrugshershoulders.Suggestions:Thespeakershouldfacetheaudienceandmaintainanopenandconfidentposture.Sheshouldalsocontrolhermovementstoavoidunnecessarymannerismsandusepurposefulgesturesthatcomplementherpoints.

VoiceProblems:Thespeaker'svoicelacksvariation,makingthepresentationmonotonous.

Additionally,therearenumerouspausesandvocalfillersinher

presentation.Suggestions:Thespeakershouldaddvocalvarietybychangingelementssuchaspitch,intonation,andrhythmtoengagetheaudience.Besides,sheshouldexpressherviewsinherownwordsinsteadofreadingverbatimfromthescript.

Unit5Raisingspeakerawareness

Discussionskill

Activatingyourknowledge

1)Thematched-guisetestcanencourageacceptanceofawiderangeofEnglishaccentsandproficiencylevels.Thistestunveilspotentialbiasesandattitudestowarddifferentaccentsandlanguagevariations,providinguswiththeopportunitytounderstandandaddressthesebiases.Bymakingusawareofthesebiases,thematched-guisetestcanassistinfosteringamoreinclusiveenvironmentininterculturalcommunication.Insightsfromthetestmayalsoinformlanguageteachingpractices,emphasizingtheimportanceofcommunicativecompetenceoverstrictadherencetonative-speakernorms.

Understanding

Understanding1

1)C

2)B

3)B

4)C

Understanding2

1)A

2)B

3)B

4)B

Unit6Strengtheningyourideaswithsupportingevidenceandaskinganddealingwithquestions

DiscussionskillUnderstanding

1)A

2)B

3)B

Skillenhancement

Practicingtheskill

Task1

1)Inthespeaker'sview,illegallyphotocopyingbooksisapervasiveissuethatnotonlyviolatescopyrightlawbutalsothreatensthelivelihoodofauthorsand