The University of Tsukuba Academic English Presentation II Trimester 3 Wk 5

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to do our second presentations. Then we'll move on to our next topic: Using Visuals. First, let's watch a video made by a great teacher in Japan called Tom Kenny.


OK, now let's learn more about using visuals. Click the link to see some previous posts about visuals.

The University of Tsukuba Presentation I - Week 7: Explaining visuals

Hello everyone, Today we are going to learn how to explain visuals. First, let's watch a great video made by a man in Bahrain. English is not his native language, and he made a couple of grammar mistakes. Nevertheless, this is a really good video to watch in order to learn what TO DO, and what NOT TO DO. Enjoy!

OK, your homework is to prepare your comparison presentation. You will give your comparison presentation next week.

The University of Tsukuba Academic English Presentation II Trimester 3 Wk 6

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Hello everyone,
Today we are going to continue talking about visuals and we are going to start working on our next presentation too. Please click the link to see earlier posts about using visuals.

Your next presentation will be a comparison presentation. Choose two countries to compare. Please prepare 7 slides:

• A title slide
• An outline slide
• 3 Data slides
• A Question slide - make one question about each of your data charts.
• A conclusion slide

Please bring your slides on a USB memory stick to our next class.

See you next week!

The University of Tsukuba Presentation I - Week 6: Making visuals

Death by Powerpoint (and how to fight it)

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to learn about making good slides. So many presenters make very bad slides that we have a new expression in English: Death by Powerpoint. Click the link to read a Japanese blog post about Death by Powerpoint.

If you want to read a really good book about making presentations, I recommend Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. You can get some great FREE tips from his website too.

OK, let's make some great slides now!

The University of Tsukuba Presentation I - Week 8: Final Presentation Part 1

Steve Jobs introducing the iPad

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to begin preparing for our final presentation. Our final presentation is a Persuasive Presentation.

Steve Jobs' presentations were legendary. His presentations were very persuasive. Let's watch part of Steve Jobs' presentation introducing the iPad. Watch and do the following:

1. Describe the visuals Steve Jobs uses
2. Make a list of adjectives Steve Jobs uses, eg. "Extraordinary!"

Please click the link: Steve Jobs Introduces iPad (Part 1).

OK, please click the link to download your Final Presentation Worksheet.