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Check List for Oral Presentations

General Structure

Message
Was the message clear? Did you clearly understand what the speakers wanted to get across?
Construction
Was the construction in a logical order? Could you follow effortlessly from the introduction to the end?
Clarity
Was the presentation graphical and demonstrative with good examples? Or very abstract?
Target Group Orientation
Was the level below or above your level of knowledge? Did you learn something new or was it old stuff? Or did you not understand most of what was said because it was too sophisticated?
Content
General
Was the content adequate? Too little or too much data, facts and theory?
Depth
Were the speakers well prepared? Did they do their homework or just rehashed some article?
Knowledge
Did the speakers understand their subject (i.e. they conveyed the impression that they know much more about it)? Or is what they said all they have?
Rhetoric
Dynamics and Modulation
Was it lively? Or monotonous?
Speed and Pauses

Speaking too slow or too fast? Short breaks or incessant talking?
Sentence Structure
Whole sentences not too long? Or rambling along without clear structure?
Idiosyncrasies
Hems and ohs, gesticulation, .... Annoying or cute and attention getting?
English
Acceptable international science English? Vocabulary and pronunciation OK?
Body Language
General Posture
Self-assured and with "presence"? Or looked like he/she would rather have been somewhere else?
Eye Contact
With audience? Or with outer space?
Movements
Gesticulation and body movements? Or stiff as a stick?
Visualization
Vuegraphs Technical
Overloaded or trivial, color or black-white, pleasing arrangements or ugly?
Vuegraphs Content
Helpful or confusing; trivial or too complicated
Others
Experiments, specimen, videos, ..

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