Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the minute paper strategy. In this approach, students are asked to submit their response to two brief questions regarding their knowledge of the module.
In this FLM, students are asked to complete a fill-in-the-blank outline which accompanies all three videos, covering the topics of oral presentation preparation and delivery. The completed outline will enhance the students’ note-taking skills and will serve as a summary of the FLM that they may refer to in the future.
Key Terms
effective oral presentations, timing, visual aids, delivery, language choice, intonation, body language
Module Overview
- Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual/English Language Learners
- Preparing a Presentation
- Practicing Your Presentation
- Practicing Your Presentation: Consider Timing
- Working with a Group
- Oral Presentation and Creating Visual Aids
- Using Parallel Language on Slides, Posters, or Handouts for Your Presentation
- Creating Visual Aids–Handouts
- Oral Presentation Delivery for Multilingual Students (English Language Learners)
- Opening Your Presentation
- Using Key Words in Your Presentation
- Using Effective Intonation in Your Presentation
- Using Effective Body Language in Your Presentation
- Closing Your Presentation
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Worksheet: Oral Presentations for Multilingual Learners Outline
Please fill out the following outline while you are watching the videos, and bring a copy to class.
- Write three tips for preparing a presentation:
- (Tip 1) _________________________
- (Tip 2) _________________________
- (Tip 3) _________________________
- Write three tips for practicing a presentation:
- (Tip 1) _________________________
- (Tip 2) _________________________
- (Tip 3) _________________________
- Write three considerations for working with a group on a presentation:
- (Consideration 1)_________________________
- (Consideration 2)_________________________
- The best visual aids should meet four criteria:
- (Criterion 1)_________________________
- (Criterion 2)_________________________
- (Criterion 3)_________________________
- (Criterion 4)_________________________
- Parallel construction on visual aids of a presentation slide means: _________________________
- What are two key considerations for opening a presentation?
- (Consideration 1)_________________________
- (Consideration 2)_________________________
- Identifying the key words’ stress patterns are useful for preparing for a presentation because: _____________________________________________________________________________
- Two tips for using effective body language during a presentation are:
- (Tip 1) _________________________
- (Tip 2) _________________________
- Three tips for closing a presentation are:
- (Tip 1) _________________________
- (Tip 2) _________________________
- (Tip 2) _________________________
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Video 1: Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual Learners
Video 2: Oral Presentation and Creating Visual Aids
Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual Learners Online Activity 1
Think about the last oral presentation you had to give, or the next one, if you have an assignment coming up. What is your topic? Write one bulleted list of points you could include on a slide. Make sure the items in your list are parallel (that is, make sure they have the same grammatical structure).
Submit your answer to your instructor.
Video 3: Oral Presentation Delivery for Multilingual Learners
Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual Learners Online Activity 2
Think about the last oral presentation you had to give, or the next one, if you have an assignment coming up. What is your topic?
- Script your announcement sentence (introduce yourself and your topic).
- Script your closing (thank the audience).
Submit your response to your instructor.
Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual Learners Survey
Please answer the following two questions, and submit the responses to your instructor.
- What was the one most important thing you learned from this module?
- Do you have any unanswered questions for me?
Oral Presentation Preparation for Multilingual Learners In-Class Activity
Think about the last oral presentation you had to give, or the next one, if you have an assignment coming up. What is your topic?
Choose five key words of two or more syllables about your topic that you will need to use in the presentation.
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- ____________________ __:__
- ____________________ __:__
- ____________________ __:__
- ____________________ __:__
For each word, look up the number of syllables and the stress pattern of the word and write it down using the pattern (2:1, etc.) explained in Video 3. For example, “intersectionality” has seven syllables, and the fifth syllable gets the stress. Write the stress pattern this way: 7:5.
More examples (from the video):
feminism 4:1
college 2:1
socioeconomic 7:6
identity 4:2
Patricia Park 4:2
Practice saying each word aloud so that you are sure you are stressing the correct syllable. Include authors’ names or other proper nouns on this list as well, if they are new to you; while you may not find these in a dictionary, you should be able to ask a native speaker of English (or your professor) how to pronounce these names, and then you can use our stress pattern notation to jot down the syllables and stress.
Stress Pattern notation adapted from Murphy, John M. “Attending to Word-Stress While Learning New Vocabulary.” English for Specific Purposes Journal, vol. 23, 2004, pp. 67-83.
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