7 Tips for Presenting & Public Speaking

(upbeat music)

- Hello everyone, and welcome back to English with Lucy.

Buna, tuturor si bine ati revenit la Engleza cu Lucy.

Today I have got seven tips for presenting in English.

Astazi am 7 sfaturi pentru prezentarea in engleza.

These tips are really going to help you

Aceste sfaturi va vor ajuta cu adevarat

improve your presentation skills.

sa va imbunatatiti abilitatile cu privire la prezentari.

Now the vast majority of us, at some point in our lives,

Majoritatea dintre noi, la un anumit punct al vietii noastre

are going to have to give presentations.

va trebui sa faca prezentari.

We're going to have to speak in public.

Va trebui sa vorbim in public

And it was actually voted the scariest thing,

Si acest lucru chiar a fost votat ca fiind cel mai infricosator lucru

above death and spiders, in a recent study.

mai presus de moarte si paianjeni, intr-un studiu recent.

So it's quite obvious that it's something that

Deci este destul de evident ca este ceva

a lot of people hate.

ce multi oameni urasc.

I have to present a lot.

Eu trebuie sa prezint mult.

I hated it at first, but now I really enjoy it

La inceput am urat lucrul asta, dar acum imi place foarte mult

because I've learnt how to do it properly,

pentru ca am invatat cum sa fac acest lucru corect

and I'd like to help you guys out today.

si mi-as dori sa va ajut si pe voi astazi.

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Repejor, daca voi chiar vreti sa invatati engleza,

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nu va pot recomanda altceva decat Lingoda Language Marathon.

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Puteti obtine un curs de 90 de zile la pretul de 567 euro,

completely refunded to you.

complet rambursat.

But you have to be quick, because A,

Dar trebuie sa fiti rapizi, pentru ca A,

spaces are almost filled, and B,

locurile sunt aproape ocupate, si B,

if you want to do the English course,

daca vreti sa faceti cursul de engleza,

you've only got until the 19th of April to sign up.

aveti timp pana pe 19 Aprilie sa va inscrieti

I've got a video explaining all of the details,

Am un video in care explic toate detaliile,

which you can see up here.

pe care il puteti vedea mai sus.

But basically, you sign up for the marathon,

Dar pe scurt, va inscrieti pentru maraton,

you do 30 classes every month for three months,

luati 30 cursuri in fiecare luna timp de 3 luni,

and if you complete all of these classes,

si daca voi completati toate cursurile,

Lingoda will give you a full refund; that's 567 euros.

Lingoda va da banii inapoi; adica 567 euro.

There is also a half-marathon option,

Exista de asemenea o optiune a unui maraton pe jumatate,

which results in a 50% refund upon completion,

care are drept rezultat o rambursare de 50% la finalizare,

and that is just 15 classes per month.

cu doar 15 cursuri pe luna.

There are options for English and German.

Exista optiuni pentru engleza si germana.

I feel so passionately about this campaign.

Ma simt atat de pasionata cu privire la aceasta campanie.

As a teacher myself, and somebody who's worked

Ca un profesor eu insami, si ca o persoana care a lucrat

independently teaching students for many years,

independent invatand studenti pentru multi ani,

it's such a generous offer.

este o oferta atat de generoasa.

I mean, they're offering to refund it all back to you.

Adica, ei se ofera sa va ramburseze intreaga suma.

And to get the refund, all you have to do

Si pentru a primi rambursarea, tot ce trebuie sa faceti

is learn loads of English,

este sa invatati o tona de engleza.

i.e., 90 classes with real, native, qualified teachers.

In alte cuvinte, 90 cursuri cu profesori adevarati, nativi si calificati.

What's not to like?

Ce nu e de placut?

And you know what?

Si stiti ceva?

Even if you don't complete it, at the very least,

Chiar daca nu il completati, cel putin

you've done 90 days of English.

ati facut 90 zile de engleza.

If you're interested

Daca sunteti interesati

and you feel that you are dedicated enough

si simtiti ca sunteti suficient de dedicati

to do the Language Marathon properly,

incat sa completati Maratonul de Limba cum se cuvine,

all you have to do is click on the link

tot ce trebuie sa faceti este sa dati click pe link-ul

in the description box and use the code RUN5.

din descriere si sa folositi codul RUN5.

This will discount your five euro entry fee.

Acesta va deconta cei 5 euro ceruti pentru intrare.

All you will pay is 50 cents, and that's just to make sure

Tot ce veti plati va fi 50 centi, si asta pentru a fi sigur

they have your credit card details.

ca ei au detaliile contului vostru bancar.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

Succes tuturor celor inscrisi.

I think you've done an amazing thing,

Cred ca ati facut un lucru incredibil,

and I cannot wait to hear your feedback.

si abia astept sa va aud raspunsurile.

Right, let's talk about my first tip.

In regula, sa vorbim despre primul meu sfat.

This is especially important for non-native speakers.

Acesta este important in special pentru vorbitorii nenativi.

It is, don't agonise over your accent.

Sfatul este, nu va ingrijorati cu privire la accent.

Forget your accent.

Uita de accent.

I always say, rather than working on reducing your accent,

Eu spun intotdeauna, in loc sa lucrezi sa va dimunuati accentul,

work on improving your pronunciation.

lucrati la imbunatatirea pronuntiei voastre.

Accents are part of our culture and our heritage.

Accentele sunt parte din cultura si mostenirea noastra.

Pronunciation is the way we say sounds and words.

Pronuntia este modul in care spunem sunetele si cuvintele.

And the best way to improve your pronunciation is

Si cel mai bun mod de a ne imbunatati pronuntia este

slow down.

sa o luam incet.

I've given lots of presentations

Am dat o multime de prezentari,

and I have watched lots of presentations,

si am urmarit multe altele,

and I can tell you the best presentations

si va pot spune ca cele mai bune prezentari

are the slower presentations.

sunt cele lente.

It's especially important

Este important indeosebi

at the beginning of your presentation

la inceputul prezentarii voastre

because everybody has an accent.

deoarece toata lumea are un accent.

Natives have accents too.

Nativii au accente de asemenea.

But we need to give the audience time to get used to

Dar trebuie sa-i dam publicului timp sa se obisnuiasca

and to adapt to our accents.

si sa se adapteze accentelor noastre.

Another reason to embrace your accent is

Un alt motiv pentru care ar trebui sa va acceptati accentul,

covering up an accent or putting on this fake posh voice

incercand sa iti acoperi accentul punand unul fals

might actually come across as insecure to a audience.

ar putea aparea ca o nesiguranta in fata unui public.

You might come across as fake.

Ati putea fi interpretati ca fiind falsi.

They might not trust you as much.

Ei ar putea sa nu se increada in voi la fel de mult.

Now when I'm talking to my friends and my family,

Atunci cand vorbesc cu prietenii si familia mea,

I don't always speak like this because I'm not presenting

Nu vorbesc intotdeauna in acest fel, pentru ca nu prezint

but I definitely don't put on a fake accent.

dar cu siguranta nu pun un accent fals.

I'm simply working on my pronunciation.

Pur si simplu lucrez la pronuntia mea.

I want to make sure I pronounce every relevant

Vreau sa fiu sigura ca pronunt fiecare

and necessary phoneme so that you guys can understand me.

fonem pentru ca voi sa ma intelegeti.

When students come to me and they say,

Cand elevii vin la mine si imi spun,

"Lucy, help me get rid of my accent," I tell them, "No."

"Lucy, ajuta-ma sa scap de accent", le spun, "Nu."

I'm not going to help you get rid of your accent.

Nu te voi ajuta sa scapi de accentul tau.

I think that's very negative.

Cred ca acesta e un lucru foarte negativist.

I will help you improve your pronunciation.

Te voi ajuta sa iti imbunatatesti pronuntia.

In my opinion, the only people that should be getting rid

In opinia mea, singurii oameni care ar trebui sa scape

of their accents are actors.

de accentul lor sunt actorii.

Otherwise, unless it's something you do for a hobby,

Altfel, daca nu este un hobby de-al vostru,

it's a little bit of a waste of time.

este o pierdere de timp.

Number two, use pauses to your advantage.

Numarul 2, folositi pauzele in avantajul vostru.

Pauses are great for so many reasons.

Pauzele sunt grozave pentru multe motive.

As I've said in the previous point about slowing down,

Asa cum am mentionat la punctul anterior despre a o lua usor,

they give the audience time

acestea ofera publicului timp

to understand what you're saying.

sa inteleaga ce spuneti.

A very clear example of this is when I shout a question

Un exemplu foarte clar este cand strig o intrebare

to my boyfriend, who is normally downstairs.

prietenului meu, care in mod normal este la parter.

He will immediately reply to that question with "What?"

El va raspunde imediat la intrebarea aceea cu "Poftim?"

I know, instead of repeating myself,

Stiu, in loc sa ma repet

if I wait three or four seconds,

daca astept 3 sau 4 secunde,

he will then answer my question

el va raspunde la intrebarea mea

because he's had time to process what I've said.

pentru ca a avut timp sa proceseze ce am spus.

It's the same for your audience.

Este la fel si pentru publicul vostru.

It will sometimes take them a couple of seconds

Cateodata publicului ii va lua cateva secunde

to understand what you've said.

sa inteleaga ce ati spus.

So use a pause to your advantage.

Asa ca foloseste o pauza in avantajul tau.

Pauses also give you time to think

Pauzele va dau de asemenea timp sa va ganditi

and also time to have a break.

si timp sa va relaxati.

Our tongues can in a twist.

Limbile noastre se pot incurca.

You guys only get to see the finished cut

Voi apucati sa vedeti doar rezultatul final

of what I film here, but I have to repeat things

din ceea ce filmez aici, dar trebuie sa repet lucrurile

again and again and again because my tongue

din nou si din nou pentru ca limba mea

doesn't always go where I want it to.

nu se duce intotdeauna acolo unde vreau.

When I make a mistake, I pause, I have a break,

Cand fac o greseala, fac o pauza, ma relaxez,

and then I try again.

si apoi incerc din nou.

And it normally comes out a lot better.

Si in mod normal, iese mult mai bine.

Take three or four seconds

Luati-va 3 sau 4 secunde

to plan what you're going to say next

sa planuiti ceea ce vreti sa spuneti in continuare,

and then you can be confident in your delivery.

si apoi puteti fi increzatori in ceea ce ati livrat.

Now the best speakers that I've listened to

Cei mai buni vorbitori pe care i-am ascultat

are people that make the audience feel

sunt oameni care fac publicul sa simta

as if the pauses have been included for their advantage.

ca si cum pauzele au fost incluse in avantajul lor.

So the audience might think that the pause has been used

Deci publicul ar putea crede ca pauza a fost folosita

for emphasis, they've said something important,

pentru accentuare, ei au spus ceva important,

they want them to consider how important this point is,

vor ca publicul sa vada cat de important este acest lucru,

when actually, they just needed to think about

cand de fapt, ei au avut nevoie sa se gandeasca la

what they were going to say next.

ce vor sa spuna in continuare.

The speaker may make the audience feel

Vorbitorul poate face publicul sa se simta

as if they've left a pause to give them time to think

ca si cum ei au lasat o pauza pentru a le da timp de gandire,

when actually, they're just skimming the audience,

cand de fapt, ei doar testau publicul,

making sure that everyone's understood

facandu-se siguri ca toata lumea a inteles

because they're not sure if they've said it quite right.

pentru ca ei nu sunt siguri ca au spus bine ce era de spus.

Number three, now this one is a controversial one,

Numarul trei, acesta este unul controversat,

and I'm not going to say absolutely don't say this,

si nu o sa zic nu spuneti asta,

but I will say reconsider saying this

dar voi spune sa va ganditi la acest lucru

at the beginning of your presentations.

la inceputul prezentarillor voastre.

If I go to another country,

Daca merg in alta tara,

and someone is giving a presentation in English,

si cineva ofera o prezentare in engleza,

which happens a lot,

ceea ce se intampla foarte mult,

and wow the people who are presenting in another language,

si wow pentru oamenii care prezinta in alta limba,

nine out of 10 times, they will start the presentation

9 din 10 ori, ei vor incepe prezentarea

by saying, "Sorry for my English."

spunand "Scuze pentru engleza mea".

Now I'm not sure that I really like this.

Acum nu sunt sigura ca imi place acest lucru.

I feel like you can take more control over this situation.

Simt ca puteti sa luati mai mult control asupra situatiei.

Why not try saying something like,

De ce sa nu incercati sa spuneti ceva ca,

"English isn't my first language,

"Engleza nu este prima mea limba,

"but I'm going to try my best here."

dar o sa incerc sa dau ce am mai bun".

Instead of apologising and being all small

In loc sa va cereti scuze si sa va faceti mici

and seeming a bit unconfident, you're taking ownership.

parand un pic nesiguri. Preluati conducerea,

English isn't my first language,

"Engleza nu este prima mea limba,

but I'm going to try my best.

dar voi incerca sa dau ce am mai bun".

It's unapologetic, it's confident,

Este neapologetic, este increzator,

and it makes you seem like you're totally in control,

si te face sa pari ca detii controlul in totalitate,

and the audience is going to want to work with you.

si publicul va vrea sa lucreze cu tine.

So this is a opportunity to participate here.

Deci, aceasta este o oportunitate la care puteti sa luati parte.

In the comments below, I'd really like to know

Jos in comentarii, mi-ar placea sa stiu

if you have had any great alternatives

daca aveti alte alternative

to "Sorry for my English."

pentru "Scuze pentru engleza mea"

Or, you can say if you think "Sorry for my English" is fine.

Ssau, poti sa o spui daca tu crezi ca "Scuze pentru engleza mea" este in regula.

I look forward to seeing what you have to say.

Astept cu nerabdare sa vad ce aveti de spus.

Now number four.

Acum numarul 4.

You guys always knew I was going to mention this one.

Intotdeauna ati stiut ca voi mentiona acest lucru.

It is practise.

Este practica.

But I want to say, practise, but don't learn.

Dar ceea ce vreau sa spun este repetati, nu invatati.

You can tell when somebody has practised a presentation

Se vede atunci cand cineva a exersat o prezentare

or rehearsed a presentation, and you can also tell

sau a repetat-o, si se vede atunci

when they've learnt a presentation.

cand cineva a invatat-o.

The difference being that a practised presentation

Diferenta fiind ca o prezentare exersata

is organic, it's genuine, it flows, and it's trustworthy.

este organica, sincera, curge de la sine, si este demna de incredere.

You can trust what that person is saying.

Poti avea incredere in ce spune persoana respectiva.

A learnt presentation is memorised, it's stagnant,

O prezentare invatata este memorata, stagnanta,

and it's sterile.

si este sterila.

It's not interesting,

Nu este interesanta,

which is why you need to use number five, cue cards,

tocmai de aceea trebuie sa va folositi de numarul 5, cartonase,

to your advantage.

in avantajul vostru.

This really ties in with number four.

Acest punct se leaga cu numarul 4.

If you are allowed to use cue cards or speaker notes

Daca va este permis sa folositi cartonase sau notite

in your presentation, for goodness sake, please use them.

in prezentarea voastra, pentru numele lui Dumnezeu, va rog sa le folositi.

Use them, they are so, so useful.

Folositi-le, sunt atat, atat de utile.

You never know when you're going to be caught off-guard,

Nu stii niciodata cand poti fi prins cu garda jos,

so it is so essential to have something up there with you.

deci este esential sa aveti ceva la voi.

You don't have to have them in your hand

Nu trebuie sa le tineti in mana

but have them up there.

ci doar langa voi.

I've seen a lot of people get stage fright.

Am vazut multi oameni care au avut emotii pe scena.

Those who have speaker notes can quickly look back

Cei care au notite se pot uita rapid inapoi

and figure out where they are.

si isi pot da seama unde se afla.

Those who don't stand up there like a lemon.

Aceia care nu au, stau acolo ca o lamaie.

Cue cards should be tiny little bullet points

Cartonasele ar trebui sa fie niste scurte idei

that keep you on track, that remind you where you are.

care va tin pe drumul cel bun, care va arata unde sunteti.

They should not be a whole written presentation.

Acestea nu ar trebui sa contina toata prezentarea.

I used to hate it at university.

Obisnuiam sa urasc lucrul asta la universitate.

We'd give presentations in class

Faceam prezentari in clasa

and people would stand up there with two A4 papers

si oamenii stateau acolo cu 2 foi A4

of their entire speech.

ce contineau intregul lor discurs.

It doesn't look good, it doesn't look professional.

Nu arata bine, nu arata profesional.

It looks like you've written it the night before.

Arata ca si cum ati scris discursul cu o noapte inainte.

You need to practise and rehearse multiple times

Trebuie sa exersati si sa repetati de multe ori

just using your cue cards.

doar folosindu-va de cartonasele voastre.

So if you practise it loads, it will come out

Deci, daca exersati mult, va iesi

a little bit differently each time, but that's good

putin diferit de fiecare data, dar este bine,

because you're going to be preparing yourself

pentru ca va veti pregati singuri

for a multitude of situations.

pentru o multime de situatii.

Number four, think about your body.

Numarul patru, ganditi-va la corpul vostru.

Everyone is different.

Toata lumea este diferita.

When I present, I like to have my feet apart.

Cand prezint, imi place sa am picioarele departate.

I definitely don't walk around on stage.

Cu siguranta nu ma plimb pe scena.

I have them planted on the floor,

Am picioarele lipite de podea,

and I like to use my two hands and my waist to sort of pivot

si imi place sa imi folosesc mainile si talia

and I'll kind of talk like this.

si voi vorbi cam asa.

I've got loads of room to move,

Am mult spatiu de miscare,

but I'm not moving up and down.

dar nu ma voi misca inainte si inapoi.

That's a distraction and also you can trip over

Acest lucru este o distractie si de asemenea, va puteti impiedica

which is not what you want.

si nu cred ca va doriti asta.

So I like to stay in one place.

Deci imi place sa stau intr-un loc.

I like to look really, really confident.

Imi place sa arat increzatoare, foarte increzatoare.

Chest out, great posture, and I try not to do

Pieptul in fata, postura, si incerc sa nu fac

my typical fidget things, which is touching my hair,

tic-urile mele obisnuite, acelea de a-mi atinge parul,

touching my nose, touching my neck.

a-mi atinge nasul, gatul.

So I really try not to do that.

Deci chiar incerc sa nu fac asta.

Before you go on stage, you want to think,

Inainte sa urci pe scena, vreti sa va ganditi,

am I going to walk up and down, which is fine,

ma voi misca dintr-o parte in alta, ceea ce este ok,

but only if you're comfortable with the space.

dar doar daca sunteti confortabili cu spatiul.

What is my stance?

Care este pozitia mea?

I like to call this like a Supergirl stance.

Imi place sa o numesc pozitia Superfetei.

How are you going to stand?

Cum veti sta?

Think about it so you go up there

Ganditi-va ca mergeti acolo

and you know exactly what to do.

si stiti exact ce trebuie sa faceti.

It's also a really good idea to identify the things

De asemenea, o idee buna este sa va dati seama de lucrurile

that you keep doing over and over again

pe care le faceti incontinuu

like fluffing hair, touching your eyelash

ca atinsul parului, atinsul genelor,

because your hair is on your eyelash,

pentru ca parul vostru este pe o geana,

itching, fiddling, doing thumb things.

scarpinat, miscat, facut lucruri cu degetele.

Think about them forehand, so you can quickly snap out of it

Ganditi-va la lucrurile acestea inainte, ca sa puteti sa va reveniti cu usurinta

if you're doing it.

daca le faceti.

The last one, number seven, is dress to impress.

Ultimul, numarul sapte, imbracati-va sa impresionati.

And this one can also be controversial,

Si acesta poate fi controversat,

especially in the influence industry,

in special in industrie,

because people like to look really casual.

deoarece oamenilor le place sa se imbrace casual.

I would say just go one notch

As spune mergeti cu putin mai mult

above the predicted dress code.

peste dress cod-ul prezis.

If it's smart-casual, lean towards the smart side.

Daca este smart-casual, indreptati-va catre partea smart.

If it's office wear, wear a suit.

Daca este tinuta office, purtati un costum.

It's always better to look overdressed

Este mereu mai bine sa aratati prea elegant,

as opposed to underdressed.

decat sa aveti o tinuta nepotrivita.

It makes you look professional.

Acest lucru va face sa aratati profesionist.

It makes you feel good about yourself.

Va face sa va simtiti bine cu voi insiva.

And somebody who looks groomed is the kind of person

Si cineva care arata ingrijit este tipul de persoana pe care

the audience is going to keep their eyes on.

publicul isi va tine ochii.

There's nothing worse than having the audience drift off.

Nu este nimic mai rau decat sa aveti un public adormit.

At the end of the day, you want to engage with your audience

La sfarsitul zilei, vreti sa va conectati cu publicul

and if you look scruffy and like you're not really

si daca aratati neingrijiti si ca si cum

meant to be there, are you going to engage with them?

nu sunteti meniti sa fiti acolo, va veti putea conecta cu ei?

So have a think about that one.

Asa ca ganditi-va la asta.

Right, guys.

Those are my seven tips.

In regula, prieteni.

Acestea sunt 7 sfaturi ale mele.

If you have any other recommendations,

Daca aveti alte recomandari,

please comment them down below.

va rog sa le lasati in comentarii.

Don't forget to check out the Lingoda Language Marathon.

Nu uitati sa va interesati cu privire la Lingoda Language Marathon.

There's additional information in the description box

Exista informatii suplimentare in descriere

along with the link and the code

impreuna cu link-ul si codul

which gives you a discounted entry fee.

ce va dau discount pentru intrare.

And don't forget to connect with me

Nu uitati sa va conectati cu mine

on all of my social media.

pe site-urile mele sociale.

I've got my Facebook, I've got my Instagram,

Am Facebook, Instagram,

and I've got my Twitter.

si Twitter.

And I really recommend checking out my Instagram

Si va recomand sa imi verificati Instagram-ul

because we've got another book giveaway happening

pentru ca vom avea un concurs cu o carte cadou ce se va petrece

very soon.

foarte curand.

And I will see you soon for another lesson.

Ne vedem curand cu o alta lectie.

Muah.

Pupici.

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