Useful Tips for a Presentation

I can understand perfectly well that it can be scary giving an oral presentation as part of an assessment for Continual Assessment 2, as I also had my fair share of presentations in the past as a student.

Therefore, I have gathered some tips to help you.

Here are some do's and don'ts, as well as examples of transition phrases that I think you would find useful. 
(They are adapted from learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/exam-speaking/oral-presentation)

Do:

• Plan and prepare in advance what you are going to say
• Write notes in point form (or words just to trigger your memory) on your cue cards
• Speak in a more formal language
• Use short, simple sentences to express your ideas (so that your listeners can understand you better)
• Speak slower than you think you should and include in a pause between each idea
• Speak clearly and audibly
• Practice your presentation. It would be good to time yourself to see if it fits within the 1-2 minute time frame
• If possible, have someone listen to you speak, or you can record yourself and play it back to yourself to look for areas for improvement. Is your friend able to understand you?
• Make your opinions VERY CLEAR and use the right transition phrases before it to signal that you are stating your thoughts/opinions (some examples of them are below)
• Look at the people listening to you. TALK to them, do not read off your cue cards

Don't:

• Write and then memorise your entire script by heart :(
• Write your script and read it to your audience
• Use informal language
• Slouch or have an sloppy body posture as if you cannot be bothered with your audience
• Only look at your cue cards, ignoring your listeners completely :(((

Useful language for presentations

(After you have greeted your teacher and classmates)
Explain what your presentation is about at the beginning:
I’m going to talk about ...
I’d like to talk about ...
The main focus of this presentation is ...

I will be speaking from the point of view of Dawan/Kwai/Dawan's father on ....

Use these transition phrases to order your ideas:

First of all, ...
Firstly, ...
Then, ...
Secondly, ...
Next, ...
Finally, ...
Lastly, ...
To sum up, ...
In conclusion, ...

Use these transition phrases to introduce your opinion

I think... / I don’t think ...
I believe... / I don’t believe ...
In my opinion,
For me,
Personally, I think ..

Use these transition phrases to add more ideas from the same point of view:

In addition, ...
What’s more, ...
Also, ...
In addition to this, ...

To introduce the opposite point of view you can use these words and expressions:

However, ...
On the other hand, ...
Then again, ...

I hope these tips will be useful to you! All the best, champions!