FOREWORD
PART A. THE PRESENTATION
1. Presentation types
2. Online and joint presentations
3. Presentation structure
4. Digital slide shows
5. Slide design
PART B. THE LANGUAGE
6. Useful sentences
7. Useful words
8. Clear vowels and consonants
9. Tongue twisters
10. The music of your English
PART C. THE PRESENTER
11. Speaking style
12. Posture
13. Face, arms, and hands
14. Emotions before presentation day
15. Emotions on presentation day
PART D. THE AUDIENCE
16. Knowing your audience
17. Handling audience diversity
18. Engaging your audience
19. Convincing your audience
20. Audience questions
INDEX
Biography
Dick Smakman is Lecturer at Leiden University, The Netherlands, where he teaches courses in Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics. He is the author of Accent Building (2015), Discovering Sociolinguistics (2018), and Clear English Pronunciation (2020). He has taught courses and delivered presentations at various universities, particularly in Europe and Asia.
