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Presentation Language

Signposting phrases & linking language


Use phrases that act as signposts to indicate to your audience where you are going with your
presentation.

Saying what you are going to do before you do it creates space for the audience to assimilate your
previous message. Signposting phrases act as ‘verbal paragraphs’ in your speaking.

FUNCTION PHRASE

Introducing your topic What I’d like to present to you today is…
I’m here today to present…
Today I’m going to talk about…
The subject/topic of my presentation is…

Saying why your topic is relevant for Today’s topic is particularly relevant for those of you who…
your audience By the end of this talk you will be familiar with…
I’m sure this will help you with…

Stating your purpose/objective The objective/purpose/aim of this presentation is to…


Our/my goal is to…

Structuring I’ve divided my presentation into 3 (main) parts


In my presentation I’ll focus on 3 major issues/areas…

Sequencing First, I’ll be looking at…, second…, and third…


I’ll begin/start off by… Then I’ll move onto… Then/Next/After that…
I’ll end by…

Saying what is coming In this part of my presentation, I’d like to talk about…
So let me first give you a brief overview

Summarising a point Before I move on, I’d like to recap the main points
Let me briefly summarize the main issues
I’d like to quickly summarize what I’ve said so far

Indicating the end of a section This brings me to the end of my first point
So, I've told you about...
That's all I have to say about...
We've looked at...
So much for...

Janice Haywood | Presentation & Public Speaking Trainer & Coach

Based in Madrid, Janice Haywood trains and coaches managers and executives in companies in Spain and Europe
to help them improve their communication, presentation and public speaking skills in English.

+34 605 288 183 | www.janicehaywood.eu | [email protected]


Presentation Language

FUNCTION PHRASE

Starting another section Now we'll move on to...


Let me turn now to...
After examining this point, let’s turn to…
Turning to...
I'd like now to discuss...
Let's look now at...

Going back As I said/mentioned earlier


As I’ve already explained
Let’s go back to what we were discussing earlier

Adding ideas In addition to this, I’d like to say that…


Moreover/furthermore, there are other interesting facts we
should look at

Talking about (difficult) issues I think we first need to identify the problem
Of course we’ll have to clarify a few points before we start
We will have to deal with the problem of…
If we don’t solve this problem now…
I understand this will be challenging

Introducing a visual Let’s now look at the next slide which shows…
To illustrate this, let’s have a closer look at…
As you can see in this next slide/chart/graph…
As you can see here…

Indicating the end or your talk I’m now approaching/nearing the end of my presentation.
Well, this brings me to the end of my presentation.
That covers everything I wanted to say about…

Ending the presentation Before I finish, let me go over the key issues/main points again
To sum up, we…
Just to summarise the main points of my talk

Janice Haywood | Presentation & Public Speaking Trainer & Coach

Based in Madrid, Janice Haywood trains and coaches managers and executives in companies in Spain and Europe
to help them improve their communication, presentation and public speaking skills in English.

+34 605 288 183 | www.janicehaywood.eu | [email protected]

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