BOOK REVIEW: PRESENTING IN ENGLISH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Pasan Athapaththu

doi:10.24071/llt.v28i1.12074

BOOK REVIEW: PRESENTING IN ENGLISH: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Pasan Athapaththu^(1*),

(1) University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

Authored cautiously, keeping in mind the individuals who find it challenging to deliver presentations in English, Presenting in English: A Practical Guide by Dick Smakman is a potential candidate to occupy space on the bookshelf of any student genuinely seeking straightforward advice for their presentations. As presentations are a powerful persuasive tool (Duarte, 2010) and the most transferable of all other skills (Van Emden & Becker, 2016), a majority of modules in educational programmes have allocated space for a component on presentation skills (Grieve et al., 2021).

Keywords

English language, oral communication, presentaion skill

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.v28i1.12074