The Homework Tasks below contain more than 9 hours of
self-study. Your classroom English teacher may suggest you do some of these for homework,
or you could choose those that interest you.
Some of the tasks listed below should be done in the Centre
for Independent Language Learning (CILL). You will need to join CILL by doing an
orientation which takes about 20 to 30 minutes when the CILL teachers will explain to you
how to use the centre effectively.
It is a good idea to keep your work in a folder so that you can show it to your teacher
if you have any questions, and for reference if you want a CILL
attendance certificate. For this certificate you need to write a short essay detailing
what you have learned.
Presentation Planner - helps you to write
presentations by asking you for all the necessary sections of a presentation. It then
produces printable notecards and a script. It also reads your presentation to you to help
with your pronunciation.
CILL Homework
Main Materials
Alternative
Materials
Extra Materials
Early Intermediate Level
Materials
CILL Presentations Program (suitable for intermediate
levels too).
If you are in CILL, use the multimedia CILL presentations program, which
you can go to by leaving the Internet and going to the Main Menu - Speaking -
Presentations.
.
Meeting Objectives -
Video and Book - Unit 3
- describing company activities
- giving data on numbers
- describing organisational
...structure
- presenting findings of a
...survey
.
Exchanging Information BusinessSpeaking Shelf Book and Tape - All Units
Phrases useful in presentations:
- answering questions
- confirming details
- explanations
- checking facts
- giving opinions
- advantages & disadvantages
- suggestions
- solutions
Intermediate Level Materials
Effective Presentations - Video & Book
- background information
- times and tenses
- introducing a presentation
- organising and signposting
- words for linking ideas
- spoken or written language
- talking about visual aids
- body language
- ending a presentation
- answering questions
- doing better next time
.
Presenting Facts & Figures
Book & Tape - Business Shelf
- talking about numbers in
...charts, tables and graphs
- signposting a presentation
- describing trends (rise & fall)
- comparing and contrasting
- predicting the future
- describing causes and effects
.
Executive Listening
Business Listening Shelf
Book and Tape
Business Listening shelf
- Unit 17: graphs & figures
- Unit 20: business performance, graphs & figures
Upper-intermediate Level
Materials
Giving Presentations - Business Speaking Shelf -
All Units
- purpose of the presentation
- organisation and signposting
- giving information
- persuading the audience
- using visual aids; eg. OHTs
- concluding
- answering questions
.
. Presentation Skills -
Video & Handouts
- compare a good and a bad
...presentation.
- planning a presentation
- choosing visual aids
.
.
Watch any TV program that has a presenter; eg. the news or a charity show.
Use your knowledge about presentations to write down the good and bad points about this
presenter. Think of how you can use their good points to improve your presentations.
Video
yourself doing a presentation, then list your good points and points you could improve.
Make a checklist for the next time you do a presentation.
If you are in CILL, use the multimedia CILL presentations program, which
you can go to by leaving the Internet and going to the Main Menu - Speaking -
Presentations.
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