Delivering a well structured presentation and delivering your message in a confident and relaxed style is a skill. Presenting in a language that is not your mother tongue can be even more daunting and requires an even higher degree of effort and finesse. This very practical workshop will provide both the presentation skills and language training required to design and deliver polished presentations with more confidence. At the end of the workshop you will be confident in getting your point across in a clear and more concise manner, while maintaining your audience’s interest.

Who is it for?

It is essential for anyone whose mother tongue is not English and needs to communicate ideas to colleagues, customers or business associates. The course can be tailored to the needs of both experienced and inexperienced speakers.

What are the benefits?

Participants will:

• Present more confidently and effectively in English
• Be able to make use of typical expressions used to structure a presentation in English
• Be able to handle questions more effectively
• Be able to give their message emphasis and impact
• Make better use of body language and voice stress

Course content

• Defining a clear purpose
• Involving the audience
• Using rhetorical questions
• Emphasising and highlighting key points
• Focussing your audience’s attention
• Giving your message more impact
• Handling questions
• Use of signals
• Use of reference words
• Presenting facts and figures
• Referring to visual aids
• Individual and plenary feedback sessions