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Week 2A: Planning a Presentation

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Activity 1 :: Activity 2 :: Activity 3 :: Activity 4 :: Activity 5 :: Activity 6

Note:

  • Students who continue from LAT1 - Please Start Here
  • Students who transferred in LAT1 please follow week 1B before starting this module.

 

Activity 1: Introduction

Whether you continued on from the LAT1 domain or you transferred in LAT1, you should now be ready to begin work on the presentation of your research. Unlike a written paper, giving a presentation has a built-in audience, those sitting right in front of you. You will know immediately if your audience is responsive by their expressions and their body language. You will know whether they are paying attention or losing interest. You will see them actively listening or passively falling asleep.

Some of the most effective planning you can do for a presentation is to be aware of how much you can say, what you might show in a visual, and how to organize a tentative script. You will not be reading your script, but it will be a reminder for the important parts of your presentation. This week you will focus on those two things—visuals and a script to make your presentation flow and intrigue your audience.

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. Week 2A: Planning a Presentation. (2008, November 14). Retrieved November 20, 2009, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/language-and-communication-part-iv-presentation/a31.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License