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24. Look at the following images which depict the possible body language of the
presenters and the audience. Activity 24
• Write yes or no, depending on whether or not they are appropriate behavior. • Since the focus of this practice
• Give a short explanation of your answers. Look at the example.
is presenting, your students
may be worried about their
role as expositors. However,
they should also think
about the attitudes they
convey through body
language when they are
members of the audience.
• Answers may be open
here. However, in the case
Audience Presenter of the examples of body
Yes/No No No language from the audience,
they should look to convey
The audience is
distracted, doing interest and attention; if they
other things He’s not reacting to are presenting, they should
Reason rather than paying session 9
attention to the his audience avoid looking unnaturally
presenter
relaxed and condescending/
patronizing.
Closure stage-socialization Activity 25
• This rehearsal is intended to
25. Have the first rehearsal of your presentation. In order to do so:
make your students aware
• Check your notes from Activity 17 again. Practice the presentation as many
of what is missing in their
times as you need to in order to memorize the notes.
• Use the graphic resources you designed in Activities 22 and 23. presentation. However, the
body/development of the
• Use the body language you considered to be appropriate with regard to your role
as presenter or member of the audience. If you are unsure, go back to Activity 24.
• As a member of the audience, write your questions and suggestions for presentation, which consists of
conveying notes with speech,
Rehearse a presentation. Register
the content of your classmates’ presentation.
is enhanced here.
• Cultivate a cooperative
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environment in which your
students can practice how to say and not read their notes. Allow them to refer to their notes at first, but
gradually ask them to refrain from reading.
• One critical issue is how to recover the pace of the presentation and get back on track if they get nervous
or interrupted.
• Remind the audience to write downany questions they may have. Go over how to form questions if
students seem unclear as to how to do so (although they shouldn’t have any difficulty by this point).

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