Modelling oral presentations
R. Boyle · ELT Journal · 1996
Many non-native speakers need to learn how to give oral presentations, and there is a great deal of general literature on their preparation. There is little specific guidance, however, on how students can use language to shape their work and to signal their intentions. Using a group of undergraduate students as an example, this paper will argue that the clause relational analysis developed by Hoey (1983, 1991), Hoey and Winter (1986), and Jordan (1980) can provide a framework for oral presentations, as well as giving them greater cohesion, and a method of analysing their effectiveness.