Lesson video

Hello, I'm Miss Chu, and I've got a really great English lesson lined up for you today.

Are you ready? If you're ready, let's get started.

Today's lesson outcome is, I can present a non-chronological report about Ancient Greeks.

The key words are, my turn then your turn, presenting, projection, diction, eye contact, and body language.

What's presenting? Presenting involves speaking in front of others and listening to others.

Projection is using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly.

Diction involves pronouncing our words clearly.

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

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

Today's lesson outline looks like this.

Preparing to present and then presenting a non-chronological report.

So let's prepare to present.

Presenting can be an important final stage 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.

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

We're going to focus now on projection.

Projecting our voice involves speaking powerfully and clearly.

So not shouting, but projecting our voices.

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

When we project our voices, we need to use deep breaths, (Miss Chu inhaling) do it with me, and use the muscles in our stomachs to help us to speak.

This helps us to project our voice around the room and speak at an appropriate volume so everyone can hear us.

What does projecting involve? Does it involve using the stomach muscles that we have when we speak? Does it involve shouting? Does it involve speaking in a high-pitched voice? Or does it involve taking deep breaths before speaking? Pause the video and have a think about what the right answers are here.

Okay, so the answers are using the stomach muscles when we're speaking.

That does help to project our voice.

And then also we need to take a deep breath (Miss Chu inhaling) before we're about to say something.

It doesn't involve shouting and it doesn't involve speaking in a high-pitched voice.

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

My turn then your turn, projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

Well done.

Now we're going to focus on diction.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

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.

A little bit like what I'm doing now.

I'm opening my mouth up just a little bit more than I would be when I'm speaking to someone who is in front of me.

This may involve practising saying some tricky subject-specific vocabulary so we can pronounce it clearly in our presentation and we're not mumbling when we are trying to say them.

Speaking with clear diction is important because, A, it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.

It helps us slow down and pronounce tricky words correctly.

It helps keep the reader engaged in our presentation.

Pause the video and have a think.

Okay.

I wonder if you got these right.

It helps the audience to understand the words we are saying.

Definitely.

It also helps us to slow down and pronounce tricky words correctly, and it helps to keep the reader engaged in our presentation.

So all three.

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

Let's say it together this time.

Ready and, projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

This time we're going to focus on eye contact.

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

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

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.

Sometimes we might wanna pause after we've said something, look and then speak again.

And it means that we have time to make eye contact with the members of our audience.

Is this true or is this false? Eye contact helps us connect with our audience.

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

Okay, get ready to point to the answer.

It is true.

Eye contact does help us connect with our audience.

Why? Because it involves looking people in the eye as we're speaking to them, because it involves looking around the room as we are speaking.

Well, seeing as this is about eye contact, it's about looking into the eyes of the people that we are speaking to.

So it's A.

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

Let's say it together again.

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

Now we're going to focus on body language.

Body language refers to how we use our posture.

That's the way we stand, if we're standing up straight or if we're slouched or slumped over.

And gestures, so that might be using your hands to speak, 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 and not down.

So not fully up, up to the ceiling, but so that it is parallel to the audience and not down.

Standing with our shoulders back and not forward and hunched over.

Strong body language includes speaking with our chin up, standing with our feet shoulder-width apart, speaking in a loud, clear voice and standing with our shoulders back.

Pause the video to work out what you think the answers are.

Okay, so strong body language.

Remember the clue is in the word body, is speaking with our chin up because the chin is part of our body.

Standing with our feet shoulder-width apart and standing with our shoulders back.

We do need to speak in a loud, clear voice, but that doesn't involve using your body.

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

Say them with me again.

Projection, diction, eye contact, body language.

And finally, pace.

So let's now look at pace.

What is 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 but not too slow.

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

For your first task, I would like you to match the key aspects of successful presenting to their definitions.

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

I wonder if you know the meaning of each of those words.

Is it the speed at which we speak? Which one would it be? 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.

Pause the video and have a go matching.

Let's have a look to see if you got them right.

Projection is speaking powerfully, clearly, and at an appropriate volume.

Diction is pronouncing all our words clearly.

Eye contact is looking audience members in the eye.

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

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

Now that we know how to present, let's actually move on to presenting our non-chronological reports.

We are familiar with aspects of effective presenting.

We'd already spoken about them.

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

I'd like us to focus just on diction for now.

We said that diction involves pronouncing our words clearly, and 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? Well done.

That means that they have more than one syllable.

They have several syllables.

They might be words that we don't use often and we don't use in our everyday language.

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

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

Task B.

You are going to reread your non-chronological reports, then you're going to circle any words that you find a little bit tricky to pronounce, and then practise saying them aloud.

Pause the video and have a go at doing part one and two of task B.

Let's look at my introduction.

There are a few tricky subject-specific words or just words that are polysyllabic that I need to practise saying before I present.

The first word is civilization.

Ci-vi-li-za-tion.

Can you say that? (Miss Chu whispering away from the microphone) Well done.

The other word was approximately.

A-pprox-i-mate-ly.

Approximately, well done.

And then the other one I thought might be a little bit challenging is sig-ni-fi-can't-ly.

It helps if we segment the word.

Significantly.

Your turn.

Great.

And then the other word, contribution.

So all of these words are polysyllabic.

Con-tri-bu-tion.

Your turn.

Great.

This one.

Philosophy.

Phi-lo-so-phy.

And then literature.

Li-tera-ture.

Li-tera-ture.

Well done.

Pioneers.

Pioneers.

Your turn.

(Miss Chu whispering away from the microphone) Well done.

And finally, intellectual.

In-te-llec-tual.

Intellectual.

Great job.

Let's have a look at this one.

We've got our first word that is challenging to say.

Polytheistic.

Polytheistic.

Break it up.

Poly-theistic.

Polytheistic.

Well done.

We've got our word, significantly again, that's come up again so let's practise it again.

Sig-ni-fi-can't-ly.

Segment.

Sig-ni-fi-can't-ly.

Well done.

The next word is influenced.

Influenced.

In-flu-enced.

Well done.

And then we have our viewpoint for our adverbial, intriguingly.

In-tri-guing-ly.

Your turn.

In-tri-guing-ly.

Well done.

Good job.

The next word is mythology.

My-tho-logy.

Myth-ology.

Well done.

The next word is supernatural.

Supernatural.

Su, super, you can say that, natural.

Excellent.

And then we have our formal fronted adverbial.

Furthermore.

Furthermore, your turn.

Furthermore, well done.

And then dedication.

De-di-ca-tion.

And the TI makes a sh sound.

Dedication.

Great job everyone.

And finally, the god Zeus.

Zeus.

Your turn.

Excellent.

Moving on to the next section.

What was Ancient Greek warfare like? We have hoplites.

Hoplites.

A subject-specific word, hoplites.

Citizen-soldiers.

That's our hyphenated word.

Let's break it up.

Let's do citizen first.

Citizen and then soldiers.

Sol-diers.

So the D makes a j sound, soldiers.

Interestingly.

Your turn.

Great.

Dis-tinc-tive.

Dis-tinc-tive.

Excellent.

Con-sequence.

Your turn.

Con-sequence.

Consequence.

Again.

Good job.

Embodied.

Em-bodied.

Significantly comes up again so let's say that together.

Sig-ni-fi-can't-ly.

Well done.

And this one is iconic.

So the first letter does not make the short vowel sound.

It makes the long I sound, I-conic.

And we have phalanx.

Phalanx.

So PH is a f sound.

Phalanx.

Well done.

And the final part is our conclusion.

Conclusion.

Your turn.

Influence.

Influence.

Well done.

In-form-a-tive.

Your turn.

Goddesses.

God-des-ses.

Goddesses.

Impressive.

Im-pres-sive.

And then significant comes up again.

So sig-ni-fi-cant.

Sig-ni-fi-cant.

And civilization comes up again.

So let's have a go together this time 'cause we've already practised it.

Civilization.

Ci-vi-li-za-tion.

Okay, now we are onto an I do we do.

Practise presenting your introduction.

So I'm going to have a go first.

You've got to remember all of the things that make presenting successful.

Okay.

"Introduction.

The Ancient Greeks were an ancient and profound civilization.

This period in history started around 1200 BCE and ended in approximately 600 CE.

Significantly, these incredible people made a contribution to various fields such as philosophy, science, art, literature, and mathematics because they were pioneers of intellectual thought.

In this report, you will be educated about Ancient Greeks' religion and warfare." How did I get on? Did you think that I presented that well? You're now going to have a go.

You are going to practise presenting your introduction.

Think of all these things in the checklist; projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace.

Pause the video and have a go.

Now we're going to present our non-chronological reports from the beginning until the end.

We can use the presenting checklist below to help us.

Remember to project your voice so that everyone can hear you, speak with clear diction so they can understand every single word you say, make eye contact with audience members in order to form a connection with them as you speak.

Use strong body language to convey the information confidently and speak at a slow, clear pace, but not too slow.

Part three of task B is to present the introduction and first section of your non-chronological report.

Remember to think of all of the things listed below.

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

Pause the video and have a go at presenting.

Okay, did you remember to do all of these things when you were presenting the introduction and first section of your non-chronological report? Did you remember to project your voice, speak with clear diction, make eye contact, and use strong body language and speak slowly and clearly? I bet you did.

You should be so proud of yourself.

Part four, task B is to present the second section and the conclusion of your non-chronological report.

Again, you'll need to think about these things.

One, two, three, four, five things.

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

When you're ready, you can pause the video and start presenting the second section and the conclusion of your non-chronological report.

Well done.

Did you remember to do these things? Projection, diction, eye contact, body language, and pace? I bet you did.

To summarise, 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, help 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 really hope that you enjoyed presenting your non-chronological reports today because I really enjoyed watching you present.