Poster

Presentation

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Be a team and act like one

Thank the
First presenter
previous
to introduce
presenter and
yourself and
introduce
teammates
yourself

Introduce the
Relate the topic(s) you
previous topic will be talking
to your topic about
 Presentation framework

Introduction

Body (steps of process)

Conclusion

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 Introduction

Introduction is crucial

Make a good first impression

Effective and memorable

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 Content of Introduction

Provide
Introduce
importance Provide
self and Establish
or background
group credibility
relevance of topic
members
of topic

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 Body
Meat of presentation
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Mention steps of process

Use suitable techniques to explain jargon:

provide definitions, use suitable examples, use appropriate
analogies, paraphrase

Anticipate questions and incorporate the information

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 Content

Choose a process or procedure from your

specialist field. It should be relatively simple and
not have too many stages.

A group of 5 students should cover the

Introduction and Stages in the process.

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 Content

e.g.
• HOW GLASS BOTTLES ARE MADE

Introduction - 1 student

6 stages - 3 students

Conclusion - 1 student
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 • e.g. People have used glass bottles for centuries
and we continue to use them everyday. Do most
Speaker 1 people know how glass bottles are made?
• Glass bottles are still the most environmentally-
friendly method to contain liquid.

Provide a
background • e.g. Glass is made from sand, limestone and
to the topic soda ash
i.e. content or
origin
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 Provide a background to the topic i.e. content or
origin

e.g. Glass is made from sand, limestone and soda

ash

Throughout the presentation, anticipate any questions the

audience may have and incorporate this information into
the presentation.

e.g. What is soda ash? You may need to define.

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 • e.g. The first stage of glass-making
involves mixing together sand,
Speaker 2 limestone and soda ash in the right
proportions. Sometimes broken glass is
also added.

Anticipate the • What are the right

listeners’ proportions? Specify
• Why is broken glass added?
questions

• You may want to add a

May add comment about recycling
comments glass at this point

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Speaker 2, 3 & 4
Remember that when describing a process, the
present passive structure is used (is/are + verb
stem) and pronouns are omitted.

e.g. This mixture is then heated in a furnace

at __˚Celsius for _____ minutes / hours and
glass is produced

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 Speaker 2, 3 & 4
e.g. The glass is
shaped into Anticipate the
Remember that a
bottles in a mould questions: How
relative pronoun
which is reheated many bottles can
and relative
and cooled to be moulded at
clause can be
strengthen the any one time?
used to avoid
glass. After How long do the
repetition of a
cooling, the bottles need to
subject.
bottles are ready be reheated?
to be used.
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 Speaker 5: Conclusion

Restate the Recap the Reiterate

objectives main importance
points or
relevance
of topic to
audience

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 Conclusion

Critical

Provides necessary closure

Prevents audience from forgetting

content of presentation

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 Remember that sequence or order is
important to describe a process or procedure
and you will need to use sequence markers
throughout the presentation. Basic markers
in written English are:

Remember
First, Then, Next, After,
- Finally
Sequencing

Use their spoken

equivalents
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 Use relative pronoun
Use simple present (4W & 1H) and relative
passive sentence clause to avoid
structure repetition of a subject

LANGUAGE
POINTS

Describe process or Use sequence marker

procedure in sequence

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 Creating effective poster
Poster preparation and design
• Use poster to generate active discussion
• Limit text to one-fourth of poster space
• Use visuals to describe process
Design and layout
• Display poster title, group using banner positioned
at top-centre of board
• Viewer should read from left to write and top to
bottom
• Number individual panels
• Leave some open spaces in the design 18
Poster Layout

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 Poster Design and Layout

Text
Explain visuals
Keep brief, and direct
blocks should Use text to attention to Give
not exceed 3 introduce the significant data interpretation
paragraphs process trends and to data
relationships
portrayed

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 Designing Visuals

Present Keep visuals Ensure visuals

numerical data simple and can ‘stand
using graphs bold alone’

Use color to Ensure text and

enhance visuals are
comprehension integrated

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