Presenting in English: A Practical Guide

This practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide will be particularly helpful to learners of English.

The book:

• covers different types of presentations, including group and online presentations, common structures of presentations, presentation tools, and the main message that each presentation should have
• introduces the language skills necessary for presentations: useful English words, phrases, and sentences to use in the various parts of presentations, and how one’s pronunciation can become clearer to an international audience
• explains how to control voice and vocal tract usage and how to effectively use the body as a communicator
• discusses how to communicate with the audience, including how to handle questions, and explores different types of audiences
• includes culturally diverse examples, case studies, and exercises

Accompanied by online support material with recordings, the book is an essential guide to delivering a successful presentation in English.

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.