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Language For Presentations

The document provides language and phrases to structure a presentation into an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction includes greeting the audience, introducing yourself and your topic, and stating the purpose and structure. The body involves using transitions between points, examples, and referring to visual aids. The conclusion summarizes the key points and opens the floor for questions.

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Language For Presentations

The document provides language and phrases to structure a presentation into an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction includes greeting the audience, introducing yourself and your topic, and stating the purpose and structure. The body involves using transitions between points, examples, and referring to visual aids. The conclusion summarizes the key points and opens the floor for questions.

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Vo Dinh Quy (K17 CT)
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Presentation language

Greeting and introducing yourself


• Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
• Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
• Good morning and welcome to [my presentation].
• Thank you all very much for coming today.

• My name is Lan Chi, and I work at … .


• My name is Tran Tam from [name of company], where I am responsible for … .
• Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mark Watson, and I am a student at
… University.
Introducing your presentation and stating the purpose

• The purpose of today’s presentation is to … .


• The purpose of my presentation today is to … .
• In today’s presentation I’d like to … show you … . / explain to you how … .
• In today’s presentation I’m hoping to … give you an update on… / give you
an overview of … .
• In today’s presentation I’m planning to … look at … . / explain …
• My purpose/objective/aim today is...
• What I want to do this morning/afternoon/today is...
• I'm here today to...
Introducing the structure of your presentation

• In today’s presentation I’m hoping to cover three points. Firstly, … . After that, we
will look at … . Finally, I’ll … .
• In today’s presentation I’d like to cover three points. Firstly, … .Secondly, … .
Finally, … .
• This talk is divided into four main parts.
• To start with/Firstly, I'd like to look at...
• Then/Secondly, I'll be talking about...
• Thirdly...
• My fourth point will be about...
• Finally, I'll be looking at...
Announcing the timing

• My presentation (talk) will take (last) about (10) minutes.


Ways to handle questions

• If you have any questions you’d like to ask, please leave them until the end, when I’ll
be happy to answer them.
• If there are any questions you’d like to ask, please leave them until the end, when
I’ll do my best to answer them.
• At the end of my talk, there will be a chance to ask questions.
• I'll be happy to answer any questions you have at the end of my presentation.
Transitions

• Let's now move on to/turn to...


• I now want to go on to...
• This leads/brings me to my next point, which is...
• I'd now like to move on to/turn to...
• So far we have looked at... Now I'd like to...
Let me give you an
example...

such as...
Giving
examples
For instance...

A good example of this is...


Referring to visual aids
• As you can see here...
• Here we can see...
• If we look at this slide...
• This slide shows...
• If you look at the screen, you'll see...
• This table/diagram/chart/slide shows...
• I'd like you to look at this...
• Let me show you...
• Let's (have a) look at...
• On the right/left you can see...
• What I'm trying to say is...
• Let me just try and sum
Summarizing
that up before we move
your point
on to...
• So far, I've presented...
• Summing up,...
• To summarize,...
• To sum up,...
• To recap,...
Summing up • Let me now sum up.
and • Let me end by saying...
concluding • I'd like to finish by emphasizing...
• In conclusion, I'd like to say...
• Finally, may I say...
Closing

• Thank you for your attention/time.


• Thank you (for listening/very much).
• If you have any questions or comments, I'll be happy to answer them now.
• If there are any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.
• Are there any questions now?
Checklist
Are you going to do any of these? Yes Unsure
Greet and welcome the audience
Introduce yourself
Introduce your presentation topic and state the purpose
Introduce the structure of the presentation

Inform the timing and ways to handle questions

Use transitions
Use examples
Refer to visuals
Summarize your points and ideas

Sum up and conclude

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