5. EXAMPLE OF
TELEGRAPHIC STYLE=POINTS TO REMEMBER
RIGHT
WRONG PARAGRAPH √
Great Britain GREAT BRITAIN
(Welsh:Prydain
• Famous/Known as BRITAIN
Fawr, GAelic: Breatainn
Mhòr, Cornish Breten • Different names in
Veur, Scots: Great co-official languages
Breetain), also known as • Situation: North West
Britain, is an island Europe
situated to the north-
west of continental
Europe
6. TIPS FOR CONTENT
ADAPT LANGUAGE TO AUDIENCE
WRONG:
FORMAL LANGUAGE % PARAGRAPH RIGHT:
EASY LANGUAGE FOR 1ESO
The variety of fauna and flora on the
island is limited in comparison to • Not many plants and
continental Europe. This is due to the animals.
size of Great Britain.. The high level
of urbanisation on the island has
contributed to a species extinction • Causes:
rate that is about 100 times greater
than the background species Urbanisation -> extinction
extinction rate. of species.
7. TIPS FOR CONTENT USE IMAGES
TO SUPPORT YOUR TEXT
“An image is worth more than a thousand words”
Example: Not many plants or animals.
OR
Causes:
Urbanisation
& extinction of species.
8. TIPS FOR THE PRESENTATION
1. PRESENT YOUR TOPIC
2. DO NOT READ YOUR SLIDES, AND SPECIALLY, AVOID
READING TELEGRAPHIC TEXT
3. USE PHRASES TO INTRODUCE EACH SLIDE (Do not read
the title)
4. MOVE AROUND, POINT IMAGES, ENTONATE
9. 1. PRESENT YOUR TOPIC
USEFUL PHRASES
1. In this presentation we are talking about…..
2. This presentation deals about (trata de…)
10. 2. DO NOT READ TELEGRAPHIC TEXT
TRANSFORM YOUR TELEGRAPHIC TEXT INTO A SPEECH
EXPANDING IDEAS
WITH EXTRA INFORMATION
11. Example slide 6
WRITTEN TEXT
Causes: Urbanisation & extinction of species.
SPOKEN TEXT
The reason is that there are a lot of buildings. The
destruction of forests and countryside to build
caused animal extinction.
12. 3. USE PHRASES TO INTRODUCE
EACH SLIDE
• Now we are talking about….
• Next I am talking about
• Our following topic is…..
• In respect to….
13. 4. MOVE AROUND, POINT
IMAGES, ENTONATE
TO GET YOUR AUDIENCE ATTENTION
