CHAPTER 21: PRESENTING TO A FOREIGN AUDIENCE
You’re giving a presentation you’ve given many times to your colleagues. But this time listeners are staring at you, as if they don’t understand a word you’re saying. What’s going on?
It could be that they don’t understand if the language you’re speaking isn’t their native language. Given the global nature of so many companies and the prevalence of geographically dispersed teams, the odds are good that you will some day give a presentation to people whose native language is not your own. This chapter offers tips for presenting in these circumstances.
Language and cultural differences
When the native language of the audience differs from yours, they may not understand the slang, idioms, and colloquialisms ...
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