Lesson video

Hello, I'm Ms. Chu.

And I'm here to guide you on an English learning journey today.

Are you ready? Let's get started.

Today's learning outcome is I can present a non chronological report about Anglo-Saxons.

The key words for today's learning are here.

My turn and your turn.

Presenting, projection, diction, eye contact, and body language.

Well done, you said those really well.

Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

Projection is using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

Eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience.

And body language refers to how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings.

The lesson outline for today looks like this, preparing to present and then presenting a non-chronological report.

Let's get started with preparing to present.

Presenting can be an important final state of the writing process.

Presenting can be a way of sharing information or showing something you've done to other people.

Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these things.

Projection, diction, eye contact, body language, pace.

We're just going to focus now on projection.

Projecting our voice involves speaking powerfully and clearly.

Projection is very important because our audience needs to be able to hear what we are saying.

When projecting our voices, we need to use deep breaths.

Do it with me.

And use the muscles in our stomach to to help us speak.

This helps us project our voice around the room and speak at an appropriate volume, that means the level of sound, so everyone in the audience can hear us.

Projecting our voice is not the same as shouting.

Let's do a quick check for understanding.

Projecting involves.

A, using the stomach muscles when speaking.

B, shouting.

C, speaking in a high-pitched voice.

Or D, taking deep breaths before speaking.

Pause the video and think about what projecting involves.

Okay, shall we have a look to see what the answers are? Did you say that projecting involves using the stomach muscles when speaking? If you did, well done.

Did you also say that it was taking deep breaths before speaking? If you did, well done.

Projecting does not involve shouting.

And it definitely doesn't involve speaking in a high pitched voice.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these.

We've said them before, but let's say them again.

Projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

We're now gonna focus on diction.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

So it involves opening up your mouth a little bit wider than you would if you were just speaking to your friend.

Diction is very important because our audience needs to be able to understand what we are saying.

When speaking with clear diction, we take our time to pronounce our words carefully like how I'm doing now.

This may involve practising saying some tricky, challenging, subject-specific vocabulary.

So we can pronounce it clearly in our presentation.

Let's do a quick check for understanding.

Speaking with clear diction is important because.

A, it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.

Or B, it helps us slow down and pronounce tricky words correctly.

Or C, it helps keep the reader engaged in our presentation.

Is it about understanding the words? Is it to help us to pronounce tricky words? Or is it to keep the reader engaged? Pause the video and think about why you think speaking with clear diction is important.

Shall we have a look to see what the answers are? Speaking with clear diction is important because it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.

Yes, definitely.

It helps us slow down and pronounce tricky words correctly.

Absolutely.

And also it helps to keep the reader engaged in our presentation.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these.

Say them with me now.

Projection, diction, eye contact, body language, pace.

We had previously looked at projection and diction and now we're going to just focus on eye contact.

Eye contact involves looking into the eyes of the people in our audience.

Eye contact is very important because it helps us connect with our audience and for them to feel connected to us.

When the audience feels connected to us, they find what we have to say much more interesting.

We may need to speak more slowly so that we have time to make eye contact with the members of our audience.

Sometimes we might want to say something and then do a little pause and then say something again after that.

True or false.

Eye contact helps us connect with our audience.

Pause the video and have a think about whether this is true or whether this is false.

Okay, get ready to point to whether this is true or whether this is false In three, two, one.

Yes, it is true.

It's true because eye contact helps us connect with our audience because it involves looking in the eye as we are speaking to them or eye contact helps us connect with our audience because it involves looking around the room as we are speaking.

Well, I know it's definitely not about looking around the room, it's about looking in the eyes of the people that we are speaking to.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these.

Let's say it together, ready and, projection, diction, eye contact, body language, pace.

Well done.

You said those really, really clearly.

Let's now focus on body language.

Body language refers to how we use our posture and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings.

Body language is very important because it helps us look confident.

Strong body language includes all of these.

Standing with our feet shoulder-width apart.

Speaking with our chin up, not too high just to there.

Standing with our shoulders back.

So not slumped forward like this, but back, standing.

proud and tall.

Strong body language includes what? Speaking with our chin up.

Standing with our feet shoulder-width apart.

Speaking in a loud, clear voice.

Standing with our shoulders back.

Pause the video and think about which one of these strong body language includes.

Okay, get ready to point to the answers.

Strong body language includes, speaking with our chin up, standing with our feet shoulder-width apart, and finally, standing with our shoulders back.

When presenting, we need to think about all of these.

Get ready to say it with me.

First one is projection.

Second one is diction.

Third one is eye contact.

Fourth one is body language.

And the final one is is pace.

We're now going to have a look at pace.

Pace refers to the speed at which we speak.

If we speak too quickly, our audience may not be able to clearly hear what we are saying.

If we speak too slowly, our audience may lose interest in what we are saying.

Successful presenters speak at a slow, clear pace so that everyone can hear them.

Speaking at the correct pace will give us more time to project our voices, speak with clear diction, and make eye contact.

We are now onto the first task, task A.

Task A wants you to match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.

We've got our presenting aspects on the left, projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

And we have our definitions on the right, the speed at which we speak, our posture, stance, and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions, speaking powerfully, clearly, and at an appropriate volume, pronouncing all our words clearly, looking audience members in the eye.

Why don't you have a go now at matching these? Pause the video and when you are ready to resume the lesson, you can press play.

Let's have a look to see if you've got these correct.

Projection, what is projection? Speaking powerfully, clearly, and at an appropriate volume.

Yes, well done.

Diction is when we pronounce all our words clearly.

Eye contact, there's a big clue there.

Looking audience members in the eye.

Body language is our posture, stance, and gestures which help convey meaning and emotions.

And finally, pace is the speed at which we speak.

Well done.

We are now onto the second part of our lesson.

We have done so much preparing, we are now ready to present our non-chronological reports.

We are familiar with the aspects of effective presenting.

We know what projection is, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace is.

Let's just focus on diction now.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

This may involve practising saying some tricky vocabulary so we can pronounce it clearly in our presentation.

Some subject-specific vocabulary might be tricky to say.

Some of these words might be polysyllabic.

Can you say polysyllabic? Let's break it up, poly-syllabic.

Great.

That means that they have several or many syllables.

They might be words we don't use often.

If we identify which words are tricky to say in our report, we can practise saying them aloud.

This will help us develop clear diction when saying these words and help us prepare for successful presenting.

We are now onto task B.

The first part of task B is to reread your non-chronological report.

Then, you're going to circle any words that you find tricky to pronounce and practise saying them aloud.

So that's what I'd like you to do now.

Pause the video, reread your reports, and then circle tricky words and practise saying them.

Pause the video and have a go at doing this task and then press play to resume.

This is my non-chronological report, which will look slightly different to yours.

I've already reread my report and I've circled the words that I found tricky to say.

I circled innovative.

Innovative.

Can you say innovative? Innovative.

Well done.

The other word that I circled was influential.

Let's break that up.

In-flu-en-tial.

It's tricky because the T doesn't make a t sound, it makes a sh sound.

The other word I circled was intriguingly.

Let's break that up, in-tri-guing-ly.

Your turn.

Intriguingly, well done.

In section one of my report, I circled wattle and daub because they aren't words that I'm used to saying.

Let's have a go at saying that together.

Wattle.

Your turn.

Daub.

Wattle and daub.

And then intriguingly popped up again.

So let's practise saying in intriguingly.

Intriguingly, well done.

The other word that I found tricky to say was hearth.

Can you say hearth? Well done.

And then the line below that, I circled the word significantly.

Let's break that up, sig-ni-fi-cant-ly.

Your turn.

Significantly, well done.

And then, society.

Society.

The C in that word makes a s sound.

Society.

The other word I thought might be tricky to say is enslaved.

Can you say enslaved? Well done.

And finally, critical.

Critical, well done.

Let's look at section two of my report.

I circled the word primarily.

Can you say primarily? Let's break it up, pri-ma-ri-ly.

Well done.

And the other word was furthermore, furthermore.

Your turn.

And we've got intriguingly again.

Let's practise intriguingly, your turn.

And then another word I circled was ploughs.

Ploughs, your turn.

And finally, I have consequence.

Consequence.

Your turn.

Excellent.

Let's now move on to the conclusion paragraph of my report.

I circled innovations.

Innovations.

And the T there makes a sh sound.

Let's practise, innovations, your turn.

Great.

And then the other word was impact.

Impact, well done.

We are going to have a go at an I do, we do.

I'm going to have a go at practising presenting and I want you to look out for all those aspects of presenting while I'm doing mine.

Are you ready? Introduction.

The Anglo-Saxons were a group of innovative people that lived in England during the Early Middle Ages.

This influential period in history started in the late 5th century and it ended in the late 11th century.

Intriguingly, these fascinating migrators changed parts of British ways of life because they came from different places in Europe.

In this report, you will be educated about Anglo-Saxons' settlements and farming practises.

Now you're going to have a go at practising your presentation.

When you practise ensure you use the checklist below.

Make sure you use projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

Pause the video and have a little practise of your introduction.

Off you go.

We are now going to present our non-chronological reports.

We can use the presenting checklist below to help us.

Project your voice so all members of the audience can hear you.

Speak with clear diction so your audience can understand every word you say.

Make eye contact with audience members in order to form connections with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the information confidently.

And speak at a slow, clear pace.

Are you ready now to take on part three of task B? You're going to present the introduction and first section of your non-chronological report.

Remember to project your voice so all members of the audience can hear you.

Speak with clear diction so your audience can understand every word you say.

Make eye contact with audience members in order to form connections with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the information confidently.

And speak at a slow, clear pace.

Get ready to pause the video so you can have a go at presenting the introduction and first section of your non-chronological report.

How did you get on? Did you remember to do all of these things? Projecting your voice, speaking with clear diction, making eye contact, using strong body language, and speaking at a good pace.

I bet you did.

Because now you are ready to move on to the second section and the conclusion of your non-chronological report.

Remember to do the same things as you did when you presented the introduction and first section of your report.

Remember to project your voice, speak with clear diction, make eye contact, use strong body language, and speak at a slow, clear pace.

Pause the video and have a go at presenting.

Wow, well done.

You did that excellently.

I know that you would've remembered to do all of these things.

You definitely projected your voice.

You spoke with clear diction.

You made eye contact with the audience members.

You used strong body language and you spoke at a slow, and clear pace.

Well done you.

In summary, presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

Effective presenting involves projecting our voices, speaking with clear diction, making eye contact with the audience, and using strong body language when speaking.

Speaking at a calm slow pace helps us remember to use the above presenting techniques.

Some words are tricky to say.

By identifying and practising saying these words, we make it easier to pronounce them with clear diction when it comes to presenting.

I hope you really enjoy presenting your non-chronological reports with me today.