Making a good oral presentation is an art that involves attention to the needs of your audience, careful planning, and attention to delivery. You can make an oral presentation for a number of reasons:
Colloquialism
A colloquialism is a word, phrase, or other form used in informal language. Colloquialisms include words, phrases such as "raining cats and dogs" and "dead as a doornail"; and aphorisms such as "There's more than one way to skin a cat".
Voice Register
Fallseto - talking through nose and throat. Talking in a lower voice makes your presentation carry more weight.
Timbre
The way that your voice feels. Rich smooth and warm.
Prosody
Having a question sound like a statement or a statement sound like a question. Prosody is the patterns of stress, intonation and rhythm of oral language.
Pace
How fast or slow are you talking? Using silence to place emphases a point that you have just made. The audience will stop and think as well.
Pitch
Same sentence can mean different things if you use a different pitch.
Watch "How to give a great TEDx talk" for some great tips on how to structure your talk.
Although the video is specifically geared towards delivering a TED talk, there is plenty for VCE students to take away.
Click here for: Strategies for an effective oral presentation
Please visit your Teacher Librarians for help preparing your 'oral'. Don't leave a practice session to the last minute. Come early and we can endorse or improve. Teacher Librarians can help with: