ADVANCED ENGLISH COMMUNICATION INDIAN STUDIES K2023

Session 2
Basic Introduction – Topic: Design and Innovation

Note-taking: Guidelines + Topic: Design and Innovation

Guidelines

1. Take notes only on important points-not everything

2. Use phrases or words instead of sentences.
3. Always use the same short forms and abbreviations.
Examples:
‘e.g.’ for example, ‘etc.’ so on
‘+’ and, plus; ‘=’ equals, is the same as,
‘>’ greater than or more important than, ‘->’ causes, leads to
4. Write the main idea or heading on the left. Indent examples, details, and
explanations.
5. Leave space to add or correct notes later.
6. After listening, reread your notes. Add missing information, Underline or put a star
next to the key points you want to remember

Suggestion: Make your own list of symbols and

abbreviations for note taking

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Task 1- Gap filling: Listen to a lecture about how to build eco-friendly cities. Take your
own notes. Then find suitable words to complete the notes below.
A, Your notes:

B. Example notes:

Eco-friendly cities-3 approaches

1 Good _________________

- Rooftop gardens. Where: Malmo (Sweden), NY, Singapore

- Use _____________ for temperature control. Where: Singapore

2 _________________

- _________________. Where Copenhagen and _________________

- Hydrogen-powered___________. Where: Reykjavik

- Improved bus system. Where: Curitiba, ___________

3 _________________

- Recycling trash for _________________. Where: Curitiba

- Color-coded bins. Where: _________________

- _________________. Where: many cities.

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Public Speaking: Basic Introduction

Welcoming – Introducing - Justifying

Task 2- Table Completing. Listen to the opening sentences of the three presentations
and complete the table.

Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3

Presenter’s Name

Presenter’s position

Topic of
presentation

Who is the
presentation for?

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Task 3- Sentence Completing. Listen to the openings again and complete the
sentences

Presentation 1

a. ___________________________________________________, let me thank you all for being

here today.

b. Let me _______________ myself. My name is…

c. I’m here today to _____________________ our new semi-automatic shelving.

d. My talk is _______________ relevant to those of you who place orders for the different
parts we supply.

Presentation 2

e. I’m happy that so many of you could ___________ today at such short _____________.

f. We’re going to ___________________ at drafting, storing, archiving, …

g. This is extremely _______________ for all of us who are directly __________________ in

international project management, right?

Presentation 3

h. I’m _____________ that you all have very tight ______________, so I appreciate you taking
the time to come here today.

i. As you ___________ know, my name is….. I’m the new manager here at Weston Ltd.

j. ___________ will be very important for you as department heads since I’ll need your
help to evaluate and select candidates for training.

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Task 4 - Categorising. Put the phrases above in the correct categories.

OPENING A PRESENTATION

A. Welcoming the audience

B. Introducing yourself

C. Introducing the topic

D. Saying why the topic is relevant for the audience

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Outlining

Apart from introducing the topic and why it is relevant to the audience, you also
should tell the audience how the talk is structured. Here are some useful phrases to
talk about the structure.

E. Outlining the structure

I’ve divided my presentation into three main parts: x, y and z.
In my presentation, I’ll focus on three major issues.
First (of all), I’ll be looking at…, second…., and third….
I’ll begin/ start off by explaining….
Then/Next/After that, I’ll go on to…
Finally, I’ll offer some solutions.

Setting expectations

The final part of the introduction deals with the organization of the talk how long it
will last, whether there will be handouts, and how questions will be handled.

Task 5-Arranging. The project manager of a construction company is giving presentation to his
colleagues. Put the sentences in the right order. Then listen and check.

a. This morning I’d like to update you on the current status of work at the construction
site. The information I give you today should help you with planning your next steps.
b. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Gordon Selfridge. Let me just
write that down for you….I’m the project manager in charge of the Bak Tower
building project in Dubai.
c. I’ve divided my presentation into three parts.
d. Hello, everyone.
e. Then I’ll move on the problems we’re facing with our local suppliers.
f. First of all, let me thank you for coming here today, I’m aware that you’re all busy
preparing for the annual meeting this week. So I really appreciate you taking the
time to be here.
g. I’ll start off by showing you some photos of the building site and discussing the
progress we’ve made since January.

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h. My talk should take about 30 minutes. Please feel free to interrupt me at any time
with questions.
i. I’ll end with some ideas for reducing labour costs that we’ve been looking into.
j. Oh, and don’t worry about taking notes. I’ll be handing out copies of the Power Point
slides.

F. Setting Expectations

Timing
My presentation will take about 20 minutes.
It should take about 30 minutes to cover these issues.

Handouts
Does everybody have a handout/brochure? Please take one, and pass them on.
Don’t worry about taking notes. I’ve put all the important statistics on a handout for
you.
I’ll be handing out copies of the Power point slides at the end of my talk.
I’ll email the Power point presentation to you.

Questions
There will be time for questions after my presentation.
If you have any questions, feel free to interrupt me at any time.
Feel free to ask questions at anytime during my talk.

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Task 6- Applying. Suppose that you were to present the talk in Task 1. Write the
introduction to the presentation

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Vocabulary Building: Design and Innovation

Word list

affect, alternative, approach, aware, source, housing, infrastructure, sprawling,

bustling, pioneering, renovate, devise

Task 7 – Vocabulary Building: Check the meaning of the above words. Arrange them in the correct
word forms. Add other word forms of the same word family.
Noun Verb Adjective Meaning
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Task 8- Summarising. Summarise the talk in Task 1 using at least 6 words from
the target word list.

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