I've just been engaged for a number of lessons to tutor a surgeon who is shortly due to undertake some presentations in English in his own speciality. As he told me, he doesn't worry when it comes to surgery but obviously is not very confident when he comes to presentations. He has had some experience of doing them in English. Apart from our initial brief meeting, tomorrow will be the first lesson, and I'll get to see his Powerpoint presentation and become more conversant with the specifics.
I'm anticipating proof reading his presentation from a lay-person's point of view and do some work on pronounciation issues I noted. I'll get him to practise and see how he uses his voice and then work on pauses, emphasis and intonation, as necessary. Post-presentation questions, where the language is not controlled, are also an issue and I'll be looking at that as well.
Has anybody any advice, comments, experience in this area? What sort of questions are commonly asked at the end of such presentations? I presume the audience are his peers, but I'll find out more tomorrow.
Thanks to anyone who is able to contribute in any way.
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He'll have a better idea of what questions he'll be asked. Perhaps you can ask him to invent certain personalities, typical among doctors, and to write questions that these personalities would ask him. You ask him the questions, and he has to answer. Also, perhaps you can think up similar questions to pose to him.