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Three Rules of AI for Teachers of Oral Presentations
It can be argued that English students are more likely to rely on AI in their oral presentations than in their written work. This is because the oral is a task that is outside their comfort zone with many challenges not present in other...
From Scarcity to Abundance – A Student’s Speechwriting Challenge
Content for speeches used to be scarce – a fact that may be difficult understand for those who didn’t experience a pre-digital world. Today, a student looking for speech content is assailed with abundance. This often results in ‘speeches’ that are really...
Natural Delivery with a Script….Is It Possible?
For decades, English teachers have been fighting a losing battle – having their students deliver an oral presentation without reading a script. Sure, some students get it, some even have the extemporaneous skills to never need a script; but, for a significant...
Confidence Tricks
Years of observing students who have been set an oral presentation task have allowed us to form the opinion that the greatest challenge for most students is in their perception of the requirements and their ability to meet them. They develop a negative...
Artificial Intelligence and the Oral Presentation
Few technological innovations have created such a stir in educational and creative circles as the Artificial Intelligence chatbots like Chat GPT. Its ability to generate content that can bypass the traditional plagiarism technologies has educational authorities...
Building Confidence for Your Students with their Oral Assignment
Giving students confidence with their oral presentations can improve their assessment more than in any other English assignment. Lack of confidence in their ability to deliver can make it very difficult for them to receive the marks that are possible. Some simple...
Using AI in Oral Presentations
Few technological innovations have created such a stir in educational and creative circles as the Artificial Intelligence chatbot Chat GPT. Its ability to generate content that can bypass the traditional plagiarism technologies has educational authorities...
The Oral Success Stumbling Block
Decades of specialising in this niche of oral presentations has allowed us to identify and address many issues that compromised students’ success. Yet in one crucially important area, making an ill-conceived assumption about students’ ability caused us to let...
Getting It Right
One of the greatest challenges for the conscientious student faced with an oral assignment is knowing what’s expected of them. They want to get it right…but what does that mean? When talking to students, I hear comments like the following: “I just want to get the...
Developing a Speaking Skills Program for your Students
How much skill development do your students receive when asked to present an Oral Presentation? Is there a program that your students follow to develop their Speaking Skills? Are teachers equipped with the necessary resources to teach Presentation Skills? The answers...