The objective of a presentation is not about what you say but how you say it.

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READING
Reading comprehension is also an important part when you take an English test. Reading comprehension test can help you to improve vocabulary, grammar, and logical thought ability. There are some tips for you to improve reading skills:

- Practice reading every day. You should read different fields to improve your vocabulary.
- Take note all new words and learn them.
- Try to answer all the questions.
- After answer all the questions. Check the key and read the passage again to find out the mistake you have faced and deeply understand the passage you have read.
- Practice reading techniques - scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive reading.

+ Scanning: You try to find a particular piece of information. You read from top to down of the text quickly to find the specific information you need to answer questions.

+ Skimming: You try to gather the most important information as quickly as possible. You read from top to down of the text quickly and note important information.
+ Intensive reading: You try to find the details of a specific information. Example question: What does "intensive" in line 5 mean?

+ Extensive reading: You try to find general information of a passage. Example question: What is the best title for this passage?

Interview

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http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm

1. So, tell me a little about yourself.
2. Why are you looking (or why did you leave you last job)? 
3. Tell me what you know about this company.
4. Why do you want to work at X Company? 
5. What relevant experience do you have?
6. If your previous co-workers were here, what would they say about you? 
7. Have you done anything to further your experience?
8. Where else have you applied? 
9. How are you when you're working under pressure?
10. What motivates you to do a good job? 
11. What's your greatest strength?
12. What's your biggest weakness? 
13. Let's talk about salary. What are you looking for?
14. Are you good at working in a team? 
15. Tell me a suggestion you have made that was implemented.
16. Has anything ever irritated you about people you've worked with? 
17. Is there anyone you just could not work with?
18. Tell me about any issues you've had with a previous boss. 
19. Would you rather work for money or job satisfaction?
20. Would you rather be liked or feared? 
21. Are you willing to put the interests of X Company ahead of your own?
22. So, explain why I should hire you. 
23. Finally, do you have any questions to ask me?

http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-answer-23-of-the-most-common-interview-questions

Answer interview questions (3-5 sentences)

100 Potential Interview Questions

By Thad Peterson, Monster Staff Writer

While there are as many different possible interview questions as there are interviewers, it always helps to be ready for anything. So we've prepared a list of 100 potential interview questions. Will you face them all? We pray no interviewer would be that cruel. Will you face a few? Probably. Will you be well-served by being ready even if you're not asked these exact questions? Absolutely.  

Basic Interview Questions:

• Tell me about yourself.
• What are your strengths?
• What are your weaknesses?
• Why do you want this job?
• Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
• What's your ideal company?
• What attracted you to this company?
• Why should we hire you?
• What did you like least about your last job?
• When were you most satisfied in your job?
• What can you do for us that other candidates can't? 
• What were the responsibilities of your last position?  
• Why are you leaving your present job?
• What do you know about this industry?  
• What do you know about our company? 
• Are you willing to relocate?  
• Do you have any questions for me?

Behavioral Interview Questions:

• What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome? 
• Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work. 
• Can you describe a time when your work was criticized? 
• Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it? 
• Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it? 
• What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it? 
• What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it? 
• If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?
• What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it? 
• Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it? 
• What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it? 
• Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job. 
• If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do? 
• If you found out your company was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you do? 
• What assignment was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue? 
• What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?
• Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them. 

Salary Questions:

• What salary are you seeking?
• What's your salary history?
• If I were to give you this salary you requested but let you write your job description for the next year, what would it say?

Career Development Questions:

• What are you looking for in terms of career development? 
• How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?
• What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job? 
• If I were to ask your last supervisor to provide you additional training or exposure, what would she suggest?

Getting Started Questions:

• How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?
• How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?
• What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?
• If selected for this position, can you describe your strategy for the first 90 days?

More About You:

• How would you describe your work style? 
• What would be your ideal working environment? 
• What do you look for in terms of culture -- structured or entrepreneurial? 
• Give examples of ideas you've had or implemented.
• What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?   
• If you had to choose one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented person?  
• Tell me about your proudest achievement.  
• Who was your favorite manager and why?  
• What do you think of your previous boss? 
• Was there a person in your career who really made a difference? 
• What kind of personality do you work best with and why?  
• What are you most proud of? 
• What do you like to do?  
• What are your lifelong dreams?  
• What do you ultimately want to become? 
• What is your personal mission statement?   
• What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?  
• What negative thing would your last boss say about you? 
• What three character traits would your friends use to describe you? 
• What are three positive character traits you don't have?  
• If you were interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?  
• List five words that describe your character.   
• Who has impacted you most in your career and how? 
• What is your greatest fear? 
• What is your biggest regret and why?   
• What's the most important thing you learned in school? 
• Why did you choose your major?  
• What will you miss about your present/last job?  
• What is your greatest achievement outside of work?  
• What are the qualities of a good leader? A bad leader?  
• Do you think a leader should be feared or liked?     
• How do you feel about taking no for an answer?  
• How would you feel about working for someone who knows less than you? 
• How do you think I rate as an interviewer? 
• Tell me one thing about yourself you wouldn't want me to know.  
• Tell me the difference between good and exceptional.  
• What kind of car do you drive? 
• There's no right or wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be? 
• What's the last book you read?  
• What magazines do you subscribe to? 
• What's the best movie you've seen in the last year?  
• What would you do if you won the lottery? 
• Who are your heroes?
• What do you like to do for fun? 
• What do you do in your spare time? 
• What is your favorite memory from childhood?                                                                                                                                                  http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-questions/100-potential-interview-questions/article.aspx

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Useful language for making a presentation

What is communication?

    Useful language for making a presentation

1.    MAKING A START - Introducing yourself and your talk

Greeting, name, position:

- Good morning. My name’s (…). I’m ( the manager … ).

- Ladies and gentlemen. It’s an honour to have the opportunity to address such a distinguished audience.

- Good morning. Let me start by saying just a few words about my background. I started out  in ...

- Welcome to (…). I knew I’ve met some of you, but just for the benefit of those I haven’t, my name’s (…). 

Title / subject

- I’d like to talk (to you) today about …

- I’m going to present  the recent …

                     explain our position on …

                     brief you on …

 inform you about / describe…      

  - The subject of my talk

       focus            presentation    

       topic             paper (academic)       

                               speech (usually to public audience)

Purpose / Objective

- We are here today to decide …

                                  agree …

                                  learn about …

- The purpose of this talk is to update you on …

                                       put you in the picture about …

                                      give you the background to …

- This talk is designed to act as a springboard for

  discussion. Start the ball rolling.

Length

- I shall only take (…) minutes of your time.

- I plan to brief.

- This should be only last (…) minutes.

Outline / Main parts

- I’ve divided my presentation/talk into four

  parts/sections. They are (…).

- The subject can be looked at under the following

   headings: (…).

- We can break this area down into the following fields:

          Firstly / first of all … 

          Secondly / then / next …

          Thirdly / and then we come to …

          Finally / lastly / last of all ...

Questions

- I’d be glad to answer any questions at the end of my talk.

- If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.

- Please interrupt me if there’s something which needs clarifying.

  Otherwise, there’ll be time for discussion at the end.

Reference to the audience

- I can see many of you are …;     

- I know you’ve all travelled a long way.

- You all look as though you’ve heard this before.

- As I’m sure you know … ;          

- You may remember …

- We have all experienced …         

- As I’m sure we’d all agree …

2.    LINKING THE PARTS – Linking ideas

Sequencing / Ordering

- Firstly …    secondly …    thirdly … ;     

- Then …    next …   finally / lastly …

- Let’s start with …;  

- So that covers ....

- Let’s move/go on to … ;

- Now we come to … ; That brings us to …

- Let’s leave that (there) … ; That covers …

- Let’s get back to …;     … and turn to …

Giving reasons / causes

- Therefore / so;    

- as a result; that’s why ;

Contrasting

- But;

- however;

Comparing

- similarly;     

- in the same way;

Contrasting

- in fact;       

- actually;

Summarizing

- to sum up; 

- in brief / in short;

Concluding

- in conclusion; 

- to conclude;

Highlighting

- in particular;  

- especially;

Digressing

-By the way ;  

- in passing;

Giving examples

- For example / for instance;   

- such as;     

4.VISUAL AIDS – Describing trends, charts, and graphs

Types of chart

5. BODY LANGUAGE – Emphasizing and minimizing

Emphasizing

Strong adverbs intensify adjectives.

-Total adverbs: absolutely (fantastic); completely (awful);

  entirely (depressing);

- Very strong adverbs: extremely (good); very (bad);

- Moderate adverbs: fairly (safe); reasonable

  (expensive); quite (cheap);

Minimizing / Modifying

- It seems;  appear(s);   just;   a bit; 

- Perhaps;   might;     tend to; 

- To some extend;  

6. FINISHING OFF - Endings

Signalling the end

- That brings me to the end of my presentation.

- That completes my presentation.

- Before I stop / finish, let me just say …

- That covers all I wanted to say today.

Summarizing

- Let me just run over the key points again.

- I’ll briefly summarize the main issues.

- To sum up …

- Briefly …

Concluding

- As you can see, there are some very good  reasons …

- In conclusion …

- I’d like to leave you with the following thought / idea.

Recommending

- So, I would suggest that we …

- I’d like to propose … (more formal).

- In my opinion, the only way forward is …

Closing

- Thanks.

- Thank you for your attention.

- Thank you for listening.

- I hope you will have gained an insight into …

Inviting questions

- I’d be glad to try and answer any questions.

- So, let’s throw it open to questions.

- Any questions?

7. QUESTION TIME – Asking and answering questions.

Welcoming a question

- Go ahead  / Please do / Certainly.

- That’s a good question.

- That’s interesting.

Clarifying a question

- If I understand you correctly, you are saying / asking …

- I didn’t quite catch that.

- Could you go over that again?

- I’m not sure what you’re getting at.

Avoiding giving an answer / or taking time to think before answering

- Perhaps we could deal with that later.

- Can we talk about that on another occasion?

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- I’m afraid that’s not my field.

- I don’t have the figures with me.

- I’m sure Mr. (…) could answer that question.

- That’s interesting, but I’d prefer not to answer that

   today.

Checking the questioner is satisfied

- Does that answer your question?

- Is that clear?

- May we go on?

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How to present

 Advice on how to make a presentation

Start preparing early; don't wait until the last few days to prepare

  prepare it early, let it rest a little bit and come back to it

  practice your entire presentation-including your slides

  if you can practice it before a group of colleagues or friends

Think about Your Audience:

  who are they and why are they here;

  what are their interests;

  what do they know; what do they want to know; what is a worthwhile investment in their time

Be clear about your purpose:

  are you informing or persuading;

  tell them what you are going to do, tell them, tell them what you told them;

  what do you want the audience to know, feel, or believe afterwards

Use an Effective Introduction:

  orient the audience; explain why it is important; set the tone,

  establish a relationship between the speaker and the audience; establish credibility;

  avoid weak introductions such as apologies, jokes, rhetorical questions

Organize your presentation clearly and simply:

• Prioritize topics and allocate time accordingly
• stick to only 3-5 main points;
• have a well thought pattern (examples are problem/solution, chronological, cause and effect, topical); use transitions to move smoothly from one point to the next

Use supporting materials to flesh out main points

  Use examples, statistics, expert opinions, anecdotes

Compose for the Ear, not for the Eye:

  use simple words, simple sentences, markers, repetition, images, personal language ("You" and "I")

Create an Effective Conclusion:

  summarize, set final image, provide closure; don't trail off, don't use trite phrases

  don't just present data or summarized results and leave the audience to draw its own conclusions

  you have had much more time to work with your information than your audience; share your insight and understanding and tell them what you've concluded from your work

Sound spontaneous, conversational, enthusiastic-

  use key phrases in your notes so you don't have to read, use the overhead instead of notes;

  vary volume, don't be afraid of silence, don't use fillers like "um"...

  Practice, Practice, Practice

Use Body Language Effectively: relaxed gestures, eye contact; don't play with a pen or pointer,

  don't block visual aids

Use Visual Aids to Enhance the Message:

  you will probably need to use overhead transparancies in your presentation but to be effective, they must be designed and used properly

  use visuals to reinforce and clarify, not overwhelm;

  keep visual aids uncluttered; use titles to guide the audience

  if you use tapes or disks, make sure the equipment is compatible

Analyze the Environment:

  check out size of room, placement of chairs, time of day, temperature, distractions

  check out AV equipment ahead of time; have a spare bulb

Cope with Stage Fright by Remembering: it's normal; it can be helpful, everyone feels it.  

Engleberg (1994) proposes a 7 P approach to the principles of public speaking. 

 You might find these helpful.

Purpose:- Why are you speaking? What do you want audience members to know, think, believe, or do as a result of your presentation
People : Who is your audience? How do the characteristics, skills, opinions, and behaviors of your audience affect your purpose
Place: Why are you speaking to this group now and in this place? How can you plan and adapt to the logistics of this place. How can you use visual aids to help you achieve your purpose
Preparation Where and how can you find good ideas and information for your speech? How much and what kind of supporting materials do you need.
Planning: Is there a natural order to the ideas and information you will use? What are the most effective ways to organize your speech in order to adapt it to the purpose, people, place, etc.
Personality: How do you become associated with your message in a positive way? What can you do to demonstrate your competence, charisma, and character to the audience?
Performance: What form of delivery is best suited to the purpose of your speech. What delivery techniques will make your presentation more effective. How should you practice?