hello everyone welcome back to the
english danny channel
i'm teacher sarah today's video
is the seventh video in our series
presenting in english today we're going
to learn
about using visual aids to support and
strengthen your presentation
let's get started
first let's take a look at this question
what is a visual aid well let's look at
the meanings of the words
visual and aid
visual is something you can see
and an aid is something helpful or
useful
so a visual aid is something you can see
like a photo a chart a video
a gif and so on that makes your
presentation
easier to understand
let's begin with an example first
i am going to share the first body
paragraph of my presentation
that we learned back in the how to write
an effective body video
with no visual aids so let's watch
this example of no visual aids first
okay here's the first body paragraph
with no visual aids
first i'd like to tell you why i decided
to learn
english we can all agree that it is a
big decision to make right
well there are many things that helped
me make this choice
growing up i loved english music and
movies
when i was a kid i would listen to
english songs and
longed to know their meaning
additionally i knew that learning
english could give me better
opportunities
it is my dream to own a business and i
knew that learning english would help me
make
better business deals and work with
business owners
in different countries i knew that
english would help me be
more successful okay
what did you think now let's watch the
same body paragraph
but this time with visual aids
now here is the same paragraph but this
time
with visual aids
first i'd like to tell you why i decided
to learn
english we can all agree that it's a big
decision to make right
well there are many things that help me
make this choice
growing up i loved english music and
movies
when i was a kid i would listen to
english songs and
longed to know their meaning
additionally i knew that learning
english could give me better
opportunities it is my dream to own a
business
and i knew that learning english would
help me make better business deals
and work with business owners in
different countries
i knew that english would help me be
more successful
so what do you think was example 1
or example 2 better do you think
visual aids made my presentation easier
to understand
often we use visual aids to express an
idea or show
an important point they are very very
important when giving a presentation
so let's look at some different types of
visual aids
the first kind of visual aid we'll talk
about today
is what i am using now a ppt
power points are very very useful when
presenting
have you ever seen a ted talk often when
giving ted talks
these professionals use powerpoints to
share their ideas and supply visual aids
for their audience
so professional presenters use
powerpoints
let's look at some do's and don'ts for
using
powerpoints as a visual aid
first let's look at what to do
do include pictures in your ppt
just like i've done today
make sure to use a simple but
interesting
theme so make sure your background and
your font are interesting to look at
you can use font size and color to draw
attention to what's important
for example i put the word do in green
to show you that this is what you should
do this is correct
so like this we can use the font size
and color to show what is important
make sure to be consistent and keep it
simple your powerpoint should not have
many many different
styles and themes and colors and fonts
make sure to
be consistent and keep it simple
we want to make sure that the people
watching our presentation are looking at
us and listening to us the ppt
is just an aid or something helpful
now let's look at what not to do
don't write too many words on each slide
sometimes when people present they will
put their whole speech
on a ppt and just read
don't do that you can use bullet points
like i've done here to just show the
most
important points
also don't use a white background and
black text
it is very boring to look at and there
are so many
great options out there for powerpoint
themes
also don't use many different
transitions
and animations don't have things flying
around the screen
just again be consistent and keep it
simple
next let's take a look at photos
so photos are a great way to
condense what we're saying into a simple
picture
so here we see someone showing a lot of
text
explaining an apple and then on the
right we just see a picture of an
apple that they can talk over of course
the picture
is much more interesting and gives the
audience something to look at
while we're talking so they can
understand what we're talking about
now let's look at some do's and don'ts
for photos
do use pictures that are relevant
and useful relevant means
about the topic so just like we saw
before
a in a presentation about an apple we
would want to show a picture of an
apple right make sure the photos you use
help to aid the understanding of the
audience
and are not too distracting
do use pictures that illustrate what
you're saying
especially if you are talking about a
complicated
idea a picture can be a simple way to
show
this is what i'm talking about
make sure to show and talk about just
one picture at a time
we do not want the audience to be
looking everywhere and feeling confused
about what they should look at
so just show one picture at a time
how about what not to do don't use
too many pictures again keep it simple
and don't use irrelevant pictures
don't just choose pictures randomly
because you want some color
on your presentation only use photos
that are
important and are about what you are
talking about
another very very helpful visual aid
is charts and graphs so here's an
example of a chart
right these can be very useful for
showing a lot of information
in a small picture
let's look at some basic do's and don'ts
for charts and graphs
do use them to show trends and
important information if you are giving
a business presentation
or even for school or a science project
charts and graphs are a great way to
show in a very simple way
what you have found or what you are
talking about
make sure to use simple charts with
simple lines and simple colors
and make sure they're well labeled we
don't want
different words in different colors
everywhere they should be easy to
understand
don't use confusing charts with too many
words or
too many different variables or
parts on them make sure again
you're going to hear this many times
keep it simple
at the end of the day we want the
audience to listen to
and pay attention to us a visual aid is
just something extra to help them
understand what we are saying
next let's take a look at gifs or gifs
depending on how you prefer to say it
i like to say gifs so here's an example
of a gif
gifs are fun aren't they they can show
our reactions
they can make the audience laugh
so let's look at some do's and don'ts
for using gifs
or gifts as a visual aid
do use them occasionally
so a little you can use them
especially to express humor
or your reaction to something so they're
a great way to help the audience
understand how you were feeling about
something or your
reaction to a situation
but be careful don't use too many
gifs they can distract the audience
because they move
right we want the attention to be on
us so just show them for a short time
to get your desired reaction or to show
your desired reaction
and then move on
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short videos are another great visual
aid
they're a great way to introduce your
topic
to express an idea to show other people
talking about your subject the subject
of your presentation
or to bring a little interest to your
presentation
so what should we do with short videos
use them to show things you cannot show
as you give your presentation
if i wanted to show someone using a
product
that i developed for example i would
want to
show that in the video i might not be
able to show it
on stage as i present
use video to illustrate the most
important
points videos are great
openers and closers to a presentation
they can start a presentation and get
the audience oh thinking about and
seeing
what we're going to talk about or a
closer
a final thought to end on
don't use very long videos and don't use
too many
usually just one or maybe two in a
presentation
last let's talk about props so props are
physical items that we bring to our
presentation
in this picture we see susan kane giving
a ted talk
we see she has a bag with her as a prop
she starts her presentation by talking
about taking a trip
and bringing her books with her on her
journey
so she used a prop to show the audience
and to make them help them feel what she
felt
in the story that she was telling
so do use props when they are important
to the story
if there is an item that will help you
show your idea
definitely use it make sure
everyone in the audience can see the
prop
so it's not out of view for anyone and
explain
why you are showing it or include it in
a story you're telling
don't use very small props that not
everyone can see
okay everyone that's it for our video
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and strengthen your presentation please
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