TEACHING COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO BUSINESS STUDENTS - PRESENTATIONS

One of the greatest challenges in teaching Business English nowadays is to identify students' needs and consequently devise activities able to improve their capacity to communicate effectively in the context of their future careers. Either with the purpose of getting a job or of simply promoting a product or idea, presentations occupy an important place in the business world. Teaching presentations may turn out to be a rather difficult task especially with students who lack not only in fluency in the foreign language but also in self confidence, which is essential in public speaking. The present paper aims to discuss some tips on how "to plant the seeds of confidence" in our students as well as to point out some strategies in teaching them how to deliver successful presentations.