Business English Presentation Skills: Establishing Authority

Here is the sixth in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This article talks about establishing authority at the beginning of a presentation, using three TED Talks as examples.

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres6/

Business English Presentation Skills: Making a Presentation Interesting

Here is the fifth in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This article talks about ways to make a presentation more interesting - a vital part of the process of preparing to present. It's chock full of examples from TED Talks.

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres5/

Business English Presentation Skills: Dealing With Nerves When Presenting

Here is the fourth in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This article talks about ways to minimize feeling nervous when you present. It's packed with tips and advice.

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres4/

Business English Presentation Skills: Why Do People Get Nervous When Presenting?

Here is the third in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This article explains why people get nervous when giving a presentation. Hopefully, this is a first step to beating those nerves!

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres3/

Business English Presentation Skills: The Narrative Presentation Style

Here is the second in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This second article is about the narrative presentation style. It includes a video example from a TED Talk:

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres2/

Environmental Vocabulary Set

Here is a set of environmental vocabulary (18 words) that you can present as a slideshow:

http://roadtogrammar.com/vocabulary/environment/

Samples:

Business English Presentation Skills: Ending with a Call to Action

Here is the first in a series of articles and resources about presentation skills, aimed at business English learners.

This first article is about ending a presentation with call to action. It includes three video examples and a quiz:

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/pres1/

 

Travel Vocabulary Activity

Here is a new activity for A2+ English learners to practice 20 words related to travel and airports.

You can try the quiz activity or just click 'briefing' to view the vocabulary with picture examples.

As always, it's great for use in the classroom with a smartboard.

Link: http://www.roadtogrammar.com/travel/

Screenshots:

ESL Article: My experience with the communicative method

Here is the first in a series of articles for ESL Teachers. It describes my experience with the communicative method, the suggested teaching approach of the 80s and 90s.

Read it here:

http://articles.roadtogrammar.com/teachertalk/communicative_method/

Complete Business English Course in Smartboard Format

RoadtoGrammar's free Serendipity Business English course is now available in HMTL format so that it can projected onto a smartboard for use in class, or accessed by students on their smartphones.

Course features:

• 20 units at intermediate level (B1-B2)
• answer key
• audio clips
• PDF version
• free to use, print out and distribute

Check it out at the following link:

http://roadtogrammar.com/businessenglish/serendipity/