Speaking for Presentations is an innovative two-book series designed to develop the public speaking skills of adolescent and adult English language learners at the high-beginning to intermediate level. While helping students gain confidence and improve their public speaking abilities, the series gives students a detailed guide to the delivery of great speeches and the preparation of dynamic presentations. This series will prepare students for any kind of speaking from casual descriptions of personal experiences to more formal, research-based presentations. Central to each lesson is an original presentation organized, written, and delivered by a student presenter. With its contemporary approach, the series helps students make noticeable improvements. Speakers acquire pragmatic speech communication skills through guided, systematic practice. The skills learned in this series will be useful to students for the rest of their lives—both in professional and personal speaking opportunities.
Features
•Wide variety of speech topics ranging from informative speeches to entertaining personal stories
•Well-ordered exercises and activities allowing speakers to organize their ideas and prepare their presentations
•Guided speech patterns with useful sentence structures
•Continual recycling of high-frequency vocabulary
•QR code links to real-life videos of sample speeches and presentations illustrating effective presentation techniques
•Downloadable resources: answer keys, MP3 audio files, MP4 video files, PPTs