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HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION
As a student, you are often given a task to prepare an oral presentation such as a book report, debate or power point presentation. How can you speak to the class in an interesting way, avoid getting nervous and get a good grade? Here are a few tips* to help you achieve all three of these goals. Many people are good speakers, but most weren't born that way. What's the key to their success? Practice. Everyone who speaks well from Angelina Jolie to the president rehearses speeches and presentations ahead of time and asks others for their opinion. Practising your presentation in front of a mirror is also helpful because it gives you ideas on how to improve your posture, body language and gestures.
If you're allowed to use notes or a plan when speaking, write only main points on note cards. Avoid writing long sentences on the cards because they're harder to read and encourage you to read your speech rather than speaking to the audience.
One of the most important things to remember about public speaking is that you're speaking to an audience. Is the audience a group of your classmates? If so, what are some points about the topic that they find interesting? Add anecdotes from the class or bits of humour to keep your listeners interested. The more you can connect it with their own experiences, the better — and the more positively they will listen to you.
The biggest mistake teenagers make is talking too fast. It happens to most of us when we're feeling anxious. However, you can teach yourself to be slower by practising your speech ahead of time for a friend. You can also record it using a tape recorder and play it back to hear how fast you're speaking and how many times you say things such as 'like' and 'um.'
Making eye contact with your audience members makes you look confident* and competent about your subject. If you're particularly nervous about speaking in front of the class, you can also try looking at an object just behind the people in the audience, such as a clock or board on the back wall of the room.
2. The article says that practice is very important while preparing for a presentation. Read aloud the extract which says about it.
3. What mistakes do presenters make?
4. Which pieces of advice do you find useful? Why?