5. Intonation
After the presenters learn the basic techniques of pausing and stressing at the right
places, they can start to give real expressive power to their presentations by making rising
and falling intonation. Intonation allows the audience to see their attitude and enthusiasm
for the subject.
6. Sound scripting
Sometimes it is difficult to chunk a speech in a presentation. A good way of
chunking is to write out parts of your presentation as the presenters would present them and
then read them aloud. After knowing where to pause and which words to stress, the
presenters should work on their voice and pacing.
The techniques mentioned above, articulation, chunking, stress, pacing, intonation,
and sound scripting, are essential to the presenters in making a successful presentation,
and this can also help them improve their speaking skills.
In addition, the presenters need to know some basic techniques for delivering effective
oral presentations as follows (Powell.1996: 48-60).
1. Emphasis
1.1. One can change the significance of what to say in a presentation by stressing
words which would normally be unstressed or contracted as the following examples:
(Powell. 1996: 48)