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3. Gestures

Read (or just say) the following sentences with appropriate hand gestures:

 Let me introduce the Headmaster of the school, Peter Blacksmith.
 There are three main types of secondary schools in the Czech Republic:
general secondary school, secondary technical school and secondary
vocational school.
 The mechanism moves in the clockwise direction.
 Bacteria are very small or tiny organisms.
 The surface area of an object differs according to its shape. The smallest
surface can be seen for spheres.
 Acid rain falls to the ground and deposits on plants.
 Hold the tool between your thumb and index finger.
 Let’s have a look at the apparatus from right to left.
 ... and then he came and punched the other child in the nose.
 This type of waste is very, very dangerous.

Now, you create some sentences from your area and present them with
adequate gestures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STkFEYPmb14 (What Do I Do With My Hands
2:00)

Timing

As a rule, the time for your presentation is limited. There is nothing more frustrating
than to hear from the chairperson or someone in a similar position that the time
is over and you have to finish in the middle of explaining your brilliant ideas. Then
the audience will never learn your conclusions. Thus, when you have the first
version of the presentation, you should rehearse it with all the things you will be
doing in the real presentation. Speaking loudly takes much more time than if you
just read the text for yourself. Also showing your visuals and pointing at details
slows the presentation down. The first rehearsal gives you the idea how long the

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From the beginner to the mentor (Supporting strategies of education of teachers in Zlin region)
Fund of Educational Policy project, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports