4.1 Structure
When you present information, you need a structure to help both yourself and your listeners. You need a structure in order to plan and organise what you are going to say. Your listeners need a structure so that they can follow and understand you.
A structure can look like this:
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Introduction
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Main points
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Conclusion.
Activity 15 Summarising a talk
Allow about 5 minutes
Listen to the short audio below, in which someone reports back on a presentation that they attended, and answer the questions below.
You may want to pause the audio while you write down answers to the questions and/or listen to it more than once.
1. What does the speaker say as her introduction?
2. What are her main points?
3. How does she conclude the piece?
Discussion
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The speaker was asked to attend the presentation by the manager. It took place on Wednesday in the staff restaurant. It was about plans to introduce a new computer system.
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The main points were as follows.
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The reason they need a new system: the current one is out of date and cannot keep up with the workload.
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A demonstration of three new systems will be given next month. Each one is different and will mean changes in the way they work.
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People from each department will be invited to the demonstrations.
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The computer changes are going to happen. The staff need to decide who they would like to send to the demonstrations.
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