Week 1 - Day 2
Week 1 - Day 2
Week 1 - Day 2
SUMMER 2024
1. Not these things here, but those things
there. Tongue
Twisters
2. She sells seashells by the seashore.
3. Red leather, yellow leather.
4. Copper-bottomed coffee pot.
5. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
6. She sees cheese. I N STRU C TI O N S : SAY T HESE SLOWLY
7. Black background, brown background. AT FI RST, T HE N FA ST E R . HOW FA ST
CA N YOU SAY T H EM ? HOW M A N Y
8. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck T I M ES?
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Present-Day Entrepreneurs
Oprah Winfrey (born 29th January 1954)
Oprah Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show in the USA, The Oprah
Winfrey Show, which is the highest-ranked talk show in history. She is also an actress,
philanthropist, producer and the first Black woman to own and
run a television network; the Oprah Winfrey Network,
or OWN. She is one of a small number of women who
are self-made billionaires, believed to be the wealthiest
African-American and has also been ranked as the
greatest Black philanthropist in US history.
Think about:
• Your feelings, good or bad when you think
about the task.
• How you feel when you come up to the front
to speak.
• What it feels like after you have finished the
talk.
Today’s pitch
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What advice would
you give someone if
they came to you and
were worried about
giving a talk in class?
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Posture and Breathing
• Before you start to speak, check your posture. Make sure your shoulders are
relaxed.
• Take a deep breath – feel your lungs filling up all the way down to your
stomach. Make sure your shoulders don’t hunch up at this point.
• Allow the air to leave your lungs. There is no need to force it.
• I T W I L L M A K E YO U R AU D I E N C E
F E E L L I K E YO U A R E E N J OY I N G I T
A N D T H E Y W I L L B E AT E A S E .
• L O O K U P AT Y O U R A U D I E N C E -
YO U A R E C O M M U N I C AT I N G W I T H
T H E M . D O N ’ T B U RY YO U R N O S E I N
YO U R N OT E S .
• TA K E Y O U R T I M E - T H E R E I S N O
R U S H A N D W E W I L L E N J OY I T M O R E
I F YO U S P E A K C L E A R LY A N D S LO W LY.
BREAK
Strategies
Prepare well – if you know Take slow, deep breaths
It’s normal to feel nervous! you are ready, before you stand
it is less nerve wracking. up to speak.
• Appear to be comfortable and confident talking in front of the class. Even if you
aren’t – pretend!
• Listen carefully to what other people have to say and then ask questions. You
could even add some ideas of your own.
• Try to make your talk interesting and entertaining for your listeners by using
interesting words and putting expression in your voice.