Creating a good impression
After you have prepared your presentation, it’s important to practise delivering it. The more you practise, the more confident you will be.
Not only that, if you rehearse the presentation, you will become more and more familiar with the vocabulary and language patterns and you will become more fluent. Hopefully, you will then create a good impression!
If you practise, you will also be able to familiarise yourself with using your notes and this would also be a good opportunity to check that you can speak for the required length of time (eg 2-5 minutes for GCSE students).
Pronunciation is important too – and there is only one way to improve that: by speaking aloud! Record yourself to see how you sound.
Why not have a go at practising pronunciation now?
Exercise
Read the following sentences aloud and then play the audio clip to check your pronunciation. Pob lwc!
Heddiw, dw i eisiau siarad am yr ardal.Today, I want to talk about the area.
Heddiw, dw i’n mynd i siarad am yr ardal achos dw i’n byw mewn lle diddorol iawn.Today, I'm going to talk about the area because I live in a very interesting place.
Hoffwn i siarad am chwaraeon.I'd like to talk about sport.
Hoffwn i siarad am chwaraeon achos mae cadw’n heini’n bwysig iawn.I'd like to talk about sport because keeping fit is very important.
Dw i wedi penderfynu siarad am Gymru achos dw i’n byw yng Nghymru a dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg ac mae Cymru’n ddiddorol.I’ve decided to talk about Wales because I live in Wales and I'm learning Welsh and Wales is interesting.
Er mwyn gwneud y cyflwyniad yma, chwiliais i am wybodaeth ar y we. Darllenais i’r erthygl Sgorio yn y papur bro.In order to do this presentation, I searched for information on the internet. I read the Sgorio article in the community paper.
Edrychwch ar y sleid yma. Ydych chi’n gallu gweld y môr?Look at this slide. Can you see the sea?
Dyna ddiwedd y cyflwyniad.That's the end of the presentation.
Diolch am wrando. Gobeithio eich bod chi wedi mwynhau’r cyflwyniad.Thank you for listening. I hope that you have enjoyed the presentation.
Hoffech chi ofyn cwestiynau?Would you like to ask questions?
Diolch yn fawr.Thank you very much.