Lesson video

Hi everyone, and welcome to today's English lesson.

My name is Ms. Boyle and I am really excited because I am going to be teaching you how to present your journalistic report on Little Red Riding Hood.

For this lesson, you need your journalistic report that you have already written and you need to make sure you have your speaking voice ready.

I hope you're feeling ready to learn.

Let's get started.

The learning outcome for today's lesson is, I can present a journalistic report in a formal tone.

Here are our keywords.

Let's practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Projection, diction, body language, tone.

Well done.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

Projection is using our voice to speak powerfully and clearly.

Diction involves pronouncing words clearly.

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

And tone refers to the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message appropriately.

There are three parts to today's lesson.

In the first part, we will be preparing for an oral presentation by looking at important techniques.

In the second part, you will be preparing to present your own journalistic report, and in the third part, you'll be presenting your journalistic report.

So let's begin with preparing for an oral presentation.

You are going to orally present your journalistic report.

Your audience is anybody who might watch or listen to the news.

You will need to use a serious and formal tone to deliver your oral presentation.

For an oral presentation, we need to consider the following: Volume and projection.

This means the quantity or power of sound we use with our voice.

Pace: This means the speed at which we speak.

Diction: This means pronouncing words clearly.

Eye contact: This means looking into the eyes of the audience.

Body language: The use of posture and gestures to communicate with our body.

And tone and intonation.

This means the pitch of your voice and the variation used to differentiate and emphasise certain words.

Our volume and level of projection should be powerful and clear when presenting.

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

The level of projection we use depends on the space we are speaking in and the size of the audience within it.

When projecting our voices, we need to use deep breaths and use the muscles in our stomachs to help us speak so the audience can hear us.

Projecting our voice is not the same as shouting.

That's a really important distinction.

Let's check your understanding.

Projection involves A, using the stomach muscles when speaking.

B, shouting, C, speaking in a high-pitched voice.

D, taking deep breaths before speaking.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

The answers are A, using the stomach muscles when speaking, and D, taking deep breaths before speaking.

Well done.

Pace refers to the speed at which we speak.

Presenting at an appropriate pace is crucial for ensuring the audience remain engaged and understand what we are saying.

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 remember, not too slowly.

Speaking at a slow and clear pace also supports 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.

That's why pace and diction are so linked.

Going at an appropriately slow pace allows you to use proper diction.

Clear diction is important for the following in our journalistic report.

Subject specific vocabulary like assailant, victims, apprehended.

Going slowly and focusing on diction with tricky words to pronounce is really important.

And direct speech.

These are the words of others and they need to be presented really clearly, so that it offers an accurate representation of what the witness said.

Let's check your understanding.

Speaking at an appropriate pace and with clear diction is important because, A, it helps the audience understand the words we are saying.

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

C, it helps to make the audience like us.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

The answers are A and B.

Well done.

It helps the audience understand the words we are saying and it supports us in pronouncing tricky words correctly.

Eye contact and body language are very important because they help us connect with our audience, and we want to connect with our audience so that they stay engaged.

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

This allows the audience to feel connected to us.

This is a key technique for engaging the audience, which is crucial for ensuring they absorb the information you are sharing.

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

Gestures are minimal when delivering a news report to maintain formality, but a somberness is often portrayed when reporting on crime.

Sombre means a sense of seriousness and sadness.

Posture is hugely important when reporting on news to support formality and portray confidence and conviction in what you are reporting on.

So that means sitting straight, making sure your back isn't arched and you are facing the audience.

How can we use eye contact appropriately when presenting a news report? Most news reports are presented into a camera and microphone, so they involve holding your gaze in one place.

You'll need to pick a spot in the room to focus on as you deliver your report.

How can we use body language appropriately to support delivery? Ensure you are sitting or standing with a straight back and demonstrating confidence for your delivery.

You should deliver your report with a sombre expression on your face.

The definition for sombre is serious, sad, without humour or entertainment.

Let's check your understanding.

True or false, eye contact and body language are important for delivering an oral presentation for a journalistic report.

Pause the video and answer now.

That is true.

Well done.

Time to justify your answer.

A, eye contact helps us connect with our audience and body language communicates the appropriate tone of the report, or B, eye contact helps us connect with our audience because it involves looking around the room as we are speaking.

Pause the video and answer now.

The answer is A, well done.

Eye contact helps us to connect with our audience and body language communicates the appropriate tone of our report, which is sombre, serious and sad because it's reporting on a crime.

A varied use of tone and intonation can help us to deliver a journalistic report appropriately.

Tone refers to the pitch of our voice.

It is important to use a tone which is appropriate to the topic.

Crime is a serious topic, so the tone should be serious.

Intonation refers to variation in pitch through the rise and fall of a person's voice.

This can be used to communicate meaning and emphasis.

Reporting on crime often involves sharing upsetting details.

Using intonation appropriately to show an element of emotion is important.

Let's check your understanding.

Why is tone and intonation important when delivering an oral presentation of a journalistic report? A, it is important to use a tone appropriate to the topic.

B, your tone and intonation helps the audience understand you.

C, it can be used to communicate meaning and emphasis and D, it makes the presentation funny for the audience.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

The answers are A and C.

You need to use a tone appropriate to the topic and tone and intonation can communicate meaning and emphasis.

Well done.

It's time for your first task.

Match the key aspects of successful oral presentation to their impact.

The aspects of successful oral presentation are: Volume and projection, pace and diction, eye contact and body language, tone and intonation.

The impacts are appropriate speed and pronunciation ensures the audience understands us.

Looking at the audience in the eye supports connection and body language communicates formality and conviction.

Using a tone appropriate to the topic conveys seriousness to the audience and speaking powerfully ensures all of the audience can hear us.

Pause the video and match these now.

Let's take a look at the answers.

Volume and projection is important because speaking powerfully ensures all of the audience can hear us.

Pace and diction, using an appropriate speed and pronunciation ensures the audience understands us.

Eye contact and body language.

Looking the audience in the eye supports connection and body language communicates formality and conviction.

And for tone and intonation, using a tone appropriate to the topic conveys seriousness to the audience.

Well done.

It's time for the second part of our lesson.

Preparing to present.

Reading over our journalistic report helps to prepare ourselves for delivering our oral presentation.

We can do the following things, identify words and phrases that are difficult to pronounce and orally rehearse them.

Identify words or phrases that we would like to emphasise or deliver in a specific way.

For example, is there a specific part of the report that we want to deliver in an emotive way that might be sad information for example? Identifying these things and rehearsing them prior to presentation will allow us to focus on other aspects while delivering our presentation.

For example, projection, eye contact, body language.

Let's check your understanding.

Which words or phrases should I identify and rehearse when preparing to present my journalistic report? A, words that are difficult to pronounce.

B, words that rhyme.

C, my favourite pieces of vocabulary.

D, words and phrases I want to emphasise or deliver in a specific way.

Pause the video and answer now.

The answers are A, words that are difficult to pronounce and D, words and phrases I want to emphasise or deliver in a specific way.

Well done.

It's time for your second task.

Reread each section of your journalistic report.

Circle any words that you find difficult to pronounce and orally rehearse saying them.

Underline any words or phrases you would like to deliver in a specific way using tone and intonation.

Pause the video and practise doing this now.

Welcome back.

You focused really hard on that task.

Well done.

Let's take a look at an example together.

Here, I have an extract from my newspaper report.

It says, at approximately 3:45 PM on 1st of December, a witness saw a suspicious individual who was later identified as Mr. Wolf outside the Puckett residence.

He has been described as six foot tall with thick, grey fur that covers a muscular build.

Okay, so I have read this section and now I want to circle words that I think are tricky to pronounce.

I would definitely say approximately.

That word has lots of syllables, appro-xi-ma-te-ly five syllables and it's easy to stumble over our words, so approximately.

I would also say suspicious.

I'd like to circle identified.

That's really important to say correctly, and another word here which I want to circle because I think the pronunciation is really important, is Puckett.

When saying somebody's name, it is really important to you deliver it correctly as a sign of respect.

I'm also going to circle the word muscular because that feels a bit tricky to say as well.

<v ->Now for number three, it said, underline any words</v> or phrases you would like to deliver in a specific way using tone and intonation.

I would like to use slightly different tone and intonation when saying my relative clause.

So at approximately 3:45 PM on the 1st of December, a witness saw a suspicious individual, who was later identified as Mr. Wolf, outside the Puckett residence.

You'll notice that my tone changed slightly for the relative clause to signal to the audience that that is an extra piece of information, but not part of the main clause of my sentence.

Well done.

It's time for the final and most exciting part of the lesson, where you will be presenting your journalistic report.

The opening of your oral presentation needs to be formal and serious in tone to convey the seriousness of the crime.

You will need to do the following.

Introduce yourself and your newspaper.

Share the headline of the report, deliver the opening to hook the reader.

It's important to ad-lib slightly to give the delivery of your report a more natural feel.

For example, rather than just reading out the headline, Wolf Detained Following Dangerous Deception, you might say A wolf has been detained following a dangerous deception.

I'm gonna model presenting the opening of the journalistic report to you.

Pay attention to how I use the following aspects of successful oral presentation, volume and projection, pace and diction, eye contact and body language, tone and intonation and ad-lib for delivery.

Good morning, it's the 2nd of December and this is Ms. Boyle reporting from The Cherry Times.

Today's breaking news story is that a wolf has been detained following a dangerous deception.

An unsettling series of events has left the local residence of Cherry Pot Lane, feeling shaken.

Yesterday afternoon, police were called to a property there after a violent incident had taken place.

A suspect who is known as Mr. Wolf, has been arrested for breaking and entering the property of Mrs. Puckett.

Both Mrs. Puckett and her granddaughter were treated by paramedics at the scene.

As details begin to emerge, a thorough police investigation is underway.

You have now watched me model how to orally present the beginning of a journalistic report and I asked you to focus on the following aspects, how I used volume and projection, pace and diction, eye contact and body language, tone and intonation and ad lib for delivery.

How did I use these aspects and how did it make my delivery strong? Discuss with your partner.

Pause the video now.

Welcome back.

Well done for discussing this.

Let's go over how I use these assets.

I spoke at an appropriate volume with projection to make sure that I could be heard.

I went at a slow pace, which supported clear diction, which meant I was able to pronounce all of my words effectively.

I looked directly at the camera while presenting, which was me making eye contact with my audience and I used a serious tone appropriate to the topic and a varied use of intonation to emphasise certain words.

For example, my tone was more stern when talking about the crime, but when talking about the victims, my tone shifted slightly to be softer.

You will also notice that when I first introduced myself and the newspaper, I did this in full sentences, which meant that I was ad-libbing.

Well done for reflecting on my oral presentation, it's now time for you to do the first part of your presentation.

Present the opening of your journalistic report on "Little Red Riding Hood." You'll need to do the following.

Introduce yourself and your newspaper.

Share the headline of the report, deliver the opening to hook the reader.

Consider the following aspects of successful oral presentation, volume and projection appropriate to your audience, slow pace and clear diction, eye contact and body language that engages and connects, serious and formal tone with intonation for emphasis.

Remember to ad-lib as you introduce yourself as well.

Pause the video and do the task now.

Welcome back, well done for your fantastic presenting.

I can see how hard you tried to consider all of those aspects of successful oral presentation.

Did you include the following? It's time to reflect.

An introduction of yourself and your newspaper, the headline of your journalistic report, the opening paragraph to hook the audience.

Did you incorporate the following aspects of successful oral presentation, volume and projection appropriate to your audience, slow pace and clear diction, eye contact and body language that engages and connects and serious and formal tone with intonation for emphasis.

I want you to have a little bit of a think about whether you incorporated all of these aspects in your oral presentation.

Maybe there's an area that you would like to focus on or improve on for delivering the rest of your journalistic report.

Pause the video and have a little reflection time now.

Welcome back.

Well done.

It's now time for your final task.

Present the remainder of your journalistic report on "Little Red Riding Hood." You'll need to do the following.

Present the recount section detailing the crime in chronological order.

Deliver the quotes paragraph referencing witnesses.

Deliver the closing paragraph of the report.

Consider the following aspects of successful oral presentation.

Formal v emotive language.

Consider which aspects of the report would be delivered in a more formal manner and which might be delivered in a more emotive manner.

This is particularly important when delivering the quotes paragraph because we know that witnesses have been quoted in a more informal and emotive way.

Volume and projection appropriate to your audience, slow pace and clear diction, eye contact and body language that engages and connects, serious and formal tone with intonation for emphasis and ad-lib to appeal to the audience at the end.

Maybe your report ended with an appeal for further witnesses or maybe it didn't.

Either way, when you are delivering your journalistic report, you can close by making an appeal to the audience for more information regarding the crime.

Pause the video and do the task now.

Well done for presenting the rest of your journalistic report.

Time for some reflection.

Did you include the following? The recount section, detailing the crime in chronological order, the quotes paragraph reporting what witnesses said, the closing paragraph to finish the report.

Did you incorporate the following aspects of successful oral presentation? Mainly formal delivery with emotive emphasis for certain facts like quotes from witnesses, volume and projection appropriate to your audience, slow pace and clear diction, eye contact and body language that engages and connects, and ad-lib at the end to further appeal to the audience for information.

Pause the video and reflect on whether you were successful in these aspects.

Well done for reflecting on your oral presentation and for showing such enthusiasm and confidence.

We've now come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

An oral presentation is an important aspect of delivering journalistic reports and news.

Projection, pace, and diction are important for ensuring the audience can hear and understand you.

Eye contact, body language, and tone are important for connecting to the audience and conveying a topic appropriately.

Reading over our writing and rehearsing it supports the successful delivery of an oral presentation.

I have really enjoyed teaching you about journalistic reports on "Little Red Riding Hood." Well done for all of your fantastic hard work and learning.