Before-watching Questions
Have you ever been asked a question and your mind goes blank or you ramble and fail to make a coherent point? Instead, wouldn’t you like to answer questions in a way that makes you sound clear and confident?
Note:
PREP is an approach described in the book Speaking Up: Surviving Executive Presentations .
After-watching Activity
Provide information as required according to what you’ve heard in the video.
1) PREP is an acronym in which:
P stands for ______________________.
R sands for ______________________.
E stands for ______________________.
P stands for ______________________.
2) According to the video,where wouldbe goodto go onthe speaker’s nextvacation?
P: ______________________.
R: ______________________.
E: ______________________.
P: ______________________.
Note:
A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false.
An opinion is an expression of a person’s feelings that cannot be proven.
Opinions can be based on facts or emotions and sometimes they are meant to deliberately mislead others.
( ) 1) When eggs are dropped on the floor, they break.
( ) 2) Fried eggs are the most delicious breakfast.
( ) 3) Cats make the best pets.
( ) 4) More people stopped smoking last year than the previous two years.
( ) 5) Surfing the web is more fun than watching TV.
( ) 6) College students would benefit greatly from participating in debate.
( ) 7) At least half of all automobile accidents involved alcohol.
( ) 8) Cycling is a truly enjoyable form of exercise.
( ) 9) “Spam” is the e-mail equivalent of junk mail.
( ) 10) Scientists recently discovered that COVID-19 is airborne.