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Speaking to an audience as an assessed task. Structure and timing beat slides.
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What it is
A presentation is a spoken delivery to an audience, assessed in the spoken language endorsement in English, in the EPQ, and in many vocational qualifications.
Where it applies
English spoken language, EPQ, BTEC and iMedia.
How it works
Assessment usually covers content, organisation, delivery and response to questions. Slides are a support and are frequently over-relied on.
How to use it in your work
Plan an opening, three points and a close, and time it. Overrunning is the commonest problem.
Practise aloud, standing, at least three times. Reading it in your head does not prepare you for it.
Prepare for questions — that section is separately assessed in the EPQ.
Slides: few words, no reading from them.
Where to get help
Your teacher and your board's specification and mark scheme.
Where to read more
Last reviewed 2026-08-28 by Fiducia Together · Next review due 2027-08-28
Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.