Under the collaboration of the English Language Centre and the Higher Studies and International Affairs Dept, University of the West of England, Bristol organised a workshop for Hin Hua High school students on how to make a great presentation on 28th February 2022, Monday at 2.00p.m - 3.00p.m via Zoom. The speaker, Mr Thom Howell, is an English Language consultant and holds a Cambridge DELTA qualification. There were approximately seventy students who participated in this workshop which aimed to introduce some speaking strategies as well as non-verbal communication cues that all good presenters should possess when giving a presentation.
Mr Howell began the session by checking the students' perception on “What makes a good Public speaker” and was later impressed by the excellent ideas provided by the students. He then provided key contents, including a short self-introduction to grab the audience’s attention and giving an overview on what one will be presenting. Mr Howell highlighted that a presenter could start the presentation with an anecdote which helps people to relate to his/her story. Besides, a little sense of humour would grab the audience's attention and emphasising key words was a great way for making the presentation interesting.

The focus was then brought to “What factors do you need to consider when designing a presentation?” According to Mr Howell, the presentation slides should not be overcrowded; key points or pictures could be used for the audience to have a general understanding of the presentation. He also went over the seven main considerations that a presenter should make: using bullet points, not using different fonts within a slide, using phrases and keywords instead of sentences, using as many illustrations as possible, contrasting the font with the background, not using capital letters for all the text and using three to five points for each slide.