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    Airbus Practice

    You are working for Airbus and your team needs to present facts and figures to market
    analysts. The market analysts’ job consists of carrying a SWOT analysis (acronym for
    Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) to help clients make informed decisions
    about their market.

    *Your team has to prepare a presentation whose purpose is to provide market analysts with
    the information they need so that they can quickly assess the performance of Airbus in the
    marketplace.

    Jigsaw reading activity. 35’

    *Students are divided into groups of four.


    ♦ First, in 15 minutes, each member of the group has to read a text and to take notes.
    ♦ Secondly, in 5 minutes, each student gets ready to present the information to the
    other members of the group.
    ♦ Then, each student, in 5 minutes, presents the information to the other members of
    the group. While students listen they take notes of the new information they hear
    ♦ Finally, the group prepares an oral presentation.
    ♦ The oral presentation should be complete: Introduction, body and Conclusion.

    REVIEW

     Organizing information
    A presentation with a clearly signaled structure will be much clearer to an
    audience.
    • First, say what you are going to say, (INTRODUCTION)
    • then, say it, (MIDDLE PART)
    • and, finally, say that you have said it (CONCLUSION).

    Making a good introduction. Successful speakers are all aware that the first
    three minutes of a presentation are the most important. It is essential to
    establish rapport with the audience, gaining their confidence and making
    them prepared to give attention.

    Greeting Name, position


    • Good morning ladies and gentlemen • I’m … I’m the new Finance Manager…
    • Morning, everyone. Thanks for • My name’s… I’m responsible for…
    coming.

    Subject / Theme Outline / Main parts


    • The subject of my presentation today • I’ve divided my presentation into
    is… three parts. First, I’m going to comment on …
    • I’m going to provide you with then, I’ll go on to discuss in more depth..…
    • I’d like to tell you this morning and finally,…
    about… • This morning, first of all, I’ll start off
    • The aim of my presentation is to… by giving an overview of…and secondly, I’ll
    • During the next hour, you will hear highlight what…
    about…
    • The purpose of this talk is to…
    Giving a reason for listening/ Aim
    • Rhetorical questions
    • Quotations
    • Storytelling

    Making an effective ending

    The conclusion is a critical part of your presentation because you want to


    leave a strong impression on your listeners. You should be brief and to the
    point. In addition to asking listeners if they have any questions and to
    showing appreciation to the audience, it is important to:
    • Summarize or review the main points you have presented
    • Remind listeners of the importance of what you have said
    • Emphasize your major conclusions
    • Make some recommendations

    Signalling the end Summarizing


    In conclusion, I’ll briefly summarize the main issues
    To conclude, To sum up,
    To sum up, Briefly,
    Briefly, then, I’d like to summarize the major
    points I’ve presented.
    Concluding Recommending
    I’d like to leave you with the following idea … I’d like to propose
    In conclusion, So, I would suggest that we
    To conclude Before your questions, I’d like to emphasize
    how important it is
    Closing Inviting questions
    Thank you for your attention. I’d be glad to try and answer any questions.
    I hope you will have gained an insight into Any questions?
    If there are any questions, I’ll be happy to
    answer them.

    Signposters

    This morning I’m going to show you...........


    Moving on to the question of..........................
    First, I ‘ll make a few observations about…and then I’ll go on
    to discuss in more depth the ...........
    I’d like to expand that a little, before we move on.
    I’m glad you asked that.
    So, I’ll begin by focusing on.........
    To sum up, ............
    First of all, I’d like to outline the main points of my talk.
    Statistics show that...............
    To summarize, I can say that.................
    Let’s get back to …………..
    During the next hour, you will hear about…
    Today, I am going to deal with

    * EXTRA WORK (1 point). “Pronunciation Task” (moodle activity)


    Students record themselves saying a list of words which are frequently used by the
    engineering discourse community. (Audio recording)

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