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Making a presentation like Steve Jobs. Presentations: signpost language BBC Skillwise website:  giving a presentation BBC Tallking Business:  Presentations: Language Expert How to make your presentations better without opening your mouth . Body language and voice tone account for 63% of communication (according to this article). Tips for effective presentations Tips on making presentations  (by University of Kent, the UK's European University).  Worth checking out the part  "Advanced Presention Tips: the Art of Rhetoric ":  tricolon effect   or the rule of three ( The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ) use of contrast   ( A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up.  Margaret Thatcher ) use of similes and metaphors  ( A beachhead of cooperation may push back the jungle of suspicion.  J.F.Kennedy ) alliteration   ( Let it be our cause to give that child a...

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https://www.ted.com/talks   such as: How I beat stage fright or Your kids might live on Mars. Here is how they'll survive The ethical dilemma of designer babies What a driverless world could look like PRESENTATION SKILLS: Controlling nerves Just kidding!!! Do speak. A lot!!

19 Ted Talks That Will Transform Your Language Learning and Life

I'm sure you can benefit from some of the techniques one of the most extraordinary speakers in corporate America uses to make his speeches more powerful and put them into practice in your own speaking exam. I know you don't have to sell computers or mobile phones but you can communicate more effectively if you follow some key techniques that'll help you to electrify your audience. Shall we? Hilarious:

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You see, I was watching TV yesterday and, as usual, there was nothing on. I was just about to turn it off when I came across a programme from AprendeInglés TV . It was about one of the most popular shows on Spanish television nowadays. Maybe you are fans of " El Hormiguero ", too. Would you like to know how some of the famous people working there get by in speaking English? Learning English enemy: dubbing

Hello, guys, here you have a link to a video about telling an anecdote, which is good practice for the monologue part of the speaking exam you are going to take in June. The girl is speaking about a time she did something personally challenging. I want you to focus on how she structures the information, how she moves on from one idea to another one, how she stops to think, how she uses topic-related vocabulary and so on and so forth. Use the play and pause buttons to listen to her and then to repeat after her, trying to imitate her, actually. Come on! You can do it!

Hey, everyone. Guess what? I've just come across an awesome website for you to improve speaking. It's called Splendid Speaking and it gives examples and teaches strategies for English speaking exams all over the world. Just what you needed, didn't you? Practise your English exam video