A LECTURE PLAN FOR TEACHING BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH

Abstract

: DELIVERING PRESENTATIONS IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A BUSINESSPERSON’S ROUTINE, ALONGSIDE ATTENDING MEETINGS, TELEPHONING OR EMAILING. HOWEVER, PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF ANXIETY FOR MANY PEOPLE AND ADDING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTO THE MIX WILL CERTAINLY UNNERVE EVEN THE MOST CONFIDENT OF PRESENTERS. THUS, A BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT AT LEAST ONE LECTURE DED ICATED TO PRESENTATIONS, USUALLY WITH A DUAL PURPOSE: CONSOLIDATING STUDENTS’ GENERAL PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS AND ALSO EMPHASIZING THE SPECIFICITY OF BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. THIS PAPER PROVIDES AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A FIFTY-MINUTE LECTURE AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL WOULD COVER IN TERMS OF GENERAL ASPECTS AND ALSO SPECIFIC POINTS (SUCH AS CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, VOCABULARY, LEVEL OF FORMALITY) TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN PREPARING FOR A BUSINESS PRESENTATION.