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Jeremy Comfort – Effective Presentations (Oxford Business English Skills)1 DVD and Student WorkbookEffective Presentations teaches the skills needed to make clear, well-organized presentations.Each of the nine free-standing units focuses on a specific area such as structuring the presentation, making a good introduction, and handling questions effectively.IntroductionUnit 1 What is the point?Communication skills: key features of an effective presentationLanguage knowledge: review of time expressions and tensesPresentation practice: presenting background informationUnit 2 Making a startCommunication skills: making a good introductionLanguage knowledge: how to introduce yourself and your talkPresentation practice: preparing and giving the introductionUnit 3 Linking the partsCommunication skills: ways of organizing a presentationLanguage knowledge: key words and phrases for linking ideasPresentation practice: signposting the organization of a presentationUnit 4 The right kind of languageCommunication skills: advantages of speaking versus readingLanguage knowledge: personal and impersonal language stylesPresentation practice: changing written language to spoken languageUnit 5 Visual aidsCommunication skills: making a well-designed and well-presented visual aidLanguage knowledge: describing graphs, charts, and trendsPresentation practice: designing and using good visual aidsUnit 6 Body languageCommunication skills: the importance of body languageLanguage knowledge: ways of emphasizing and minimizing your messagePresentation practice: using body language to communicate your message clearly and persuasivelyUnit 7 Finishing offCommunication skills: making an effective ending to a presentationLanguage knowledge: the language of endingsPresentation practice: ending a presentationUnit 8 Question timeCommunication skills: how to handle questions effectivelyLanguage knowledge: asking and answering questionsPresentation practice: handling questions at the end of a presentationUnit 9 Putting it all togetherCommunication skills: how to evaluate the effectiveness of a presentationLanguage knowledge: review of delivery techniques and key languagePresentation practice: giving and evaluating a presentation