| Presenting, initially, the talks organizationSIGNALLING 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,
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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
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| outline
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| discuss
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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
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| my report
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| parts
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| our findings
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| this presentation
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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
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| present
| Next
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| analyse
| Then,
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| consider
| Finally,
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| discuss
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| I shall be talking about/going over/looking at/reviewing/analyzing etc.
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