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Presenting, initially, the talks organization
SIGNALLING LANGUAGE
Signposting the route through a presentation.
In a longer presentation it is useful to signpost the presentation to show where one parts ends and a new one starts. This helps to orientate the audience by making the structure of the presentation clearer to follow.
Here are some useful phrases and sentences:
| Opening a speech First of all, let us consider Let us begin with/by To begin, I propose to consider first The first thing that must be said is/needs to be said that It would be useful to consider Let us first of all look at The first question that arises is The first point | Marking the stages Next, Then The second/third point The following/ next/second/third.. part The second/third factor | Concluding a speech To sum up To recap In the final analysis All in all What conclusions can be drawn from all this? The conclusions which can be drawn from are .. The most sensible/satisfactory/convincing conclusion All this goes to show The lesson to be learned from The final/inescapable conclusion Ultimately/finally It would appear, then I have demonstrated/shown that To conclude, In conclusion, |
GIVING A TALK
When you give a presentation in English, clarity is very important, particularly if there are non-native speakers in your audience. It often helps if you state your purpose at each stage of your talk as well as at the beginning.
Look at the useful expressions and try to use them in your practice presentation.
Introducing the topic
The subject of this talk/presentation
Im going to talk about
My topic today is
I d like to talk today about
| consider | |
| Im here today to | review |
| My purpose today is to | present |
| What I want to do today is to | introduce |
| My objective today is to | analyse |
| My main aim this afternoon is to | describe |
| outline | |
| discuss |
Outlining the structure of your talk
There 3 main points to consider first Ill talk about then and finally
I am going to divide my talk into 3 sections
| I have divided | the talk | into three (four, etc.) | sections |
| my report | parts | ||
| our findings | |||
| this presentation |
Presenting, initially, the talks organization
The first part of my talk will concern/ will deal with
| Firstly, | Id like to | talk about |
| To start with, | I want to | go over |
| Secondly, | Im going to | look at |
| Thirdly, | I shall | review |
| After this | present | |
| Next | analyse | |
| Then, | consider | |
| Finally, | discuss | |
| I shall be talking about/going over/looking at/reviewing/analyzing etc. | ||
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