EAP Class Listening Activity Answers.

Since in some classes we didn't have time to go through the answers from the listening activities so I will put the answers here for you to check out.

Presenting Your Seminar – Listening Questions


1. How long will the presentation last?
20 minutes

2. What are the 2 main purposes of the talk?
Show how a seminar is presented, and give you some tips on presenting a seminar

3. Why would a student give a seminar presentation at university?
To demonstrate what they have learnt.

4. What are the 3 main areas that the talk will cover?
How to interact with the audience, how to organise your seminar and how to present your seminar.

5. What are the 4 important areas to consider regarding speaking (verbal communication)?
Volume, pausing, sentence stress and pronunciation.

6. Complete the sentence from the passage:
Sentence stress allows you “to get your message across more _________.” (forcifully)

7. All aspects of body language are the same in all countries. T / F / NG
F -not true.

8. Complete the sentence from the passage:
“…some things are ________ accepted as good presentation techniques.”
universally

9. Standing up in a straight, relaxed posture will help you in what 2 ways?
breathing, voice to travel
10. What one word is the key to controlling nervousness?
practice

11. What advice is given if you find it difficult to look directly into people's eyes?
Look at the top of people's heads instead.

12. Name 2 benefits of good eye-contact.
Gives your credibility and also allows you to see if the audience understands.
13. When should you move your arms?
To emphasise a point.
14. Which expression is used to introduce the potential power of visual aids.
A picture paints a thousand words
15. 9 different types of visual aids are mentioned. Can you list 6 of them?
sketches, graphs, charts, photographs, pictures, posters, objects, models, handouts.

16. Which 3 different types of audiovisual equipment are mentioned?
video,overhead projector, computer -for using the powerpoint presentation.
17. You should use ‘Arial’ or ‘Times New Roman’ font types as they are easy to read. T / F / NG
Not given
18. Complete the sentence from the passage:
“You should ________ look at the audience.”(always)
Never / occasionally / sometimes / most of the time / always

19. What is the problem of showing an audience a visual aid before it is necessary?
They'll stop listening

20. What should you do every time you show a new picture or piece of text?
Make a short pause

21. When should handouts be given out, and why?

At the end of the presentation otherwise they'll spend all the time looking at your handout.