Unit 3. Phrases
Unit 3. Phrases
PRESENTATION
Public Speaking
Unit 3: Phrases
Opening
1. Greeting & Welcoming
6. Thesis (The purpose of your presentation)
5. Background/Definition/Situation
1. Greeting &
Welcoming
Write a closing statement or call-to-action here.
Formal Greeting & Welcoming
Good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen
• Welcome to all the teachers and students.
• Special thanks to the chief guests for your precious presence here
today.
• It's an honour to have the opportunity to address such a
distinguished audience.
Informal greeting & welcoming
Hi, everyone.
• First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
• It’s good to see you all here.
• It’s great that you could join me.
2. Introducing yourself
• Let me start by saying a few words about my own
• I’m … from…
• I would like to take this
opportunity to talk to you about...
• I am delighted to be here
3. Introducing the today to tell you about…
8. Duration
My presentation will last
for about 10 minutes
• If you have any questions, I am
happy to answer them
• Please feel free to interrupt me
if you have questions.
• After my talk, there will be time
9. Q & A for a discussion and any
questions.
• If you don’t mind, I'd like to leave
questions until the end of my
Examples
• As an illustration,…
• To give you an example,…
• To illustrate this point…
.
.
• As I said at the beginning,…
• This relates to what I was
thesis when I…
• I hope that my presentation
.
today will help with what I said
at the beginning…
.
• Based on our findings,…
• According to our study,…
• Our data shows/indicates…
References .
.
• Let me use a graphic to explain this.
• I’d like to illustrate this point by
showing you…
• Let the pictures speak for
Graphs or themselves.
• I think the graph perfectly shows
images how/that…
• If you look at this table/bar
.
chart/flow chart/line chart/graph,
you can see that…
.
• It should be emphasized that…
• I would like to draw your attention t
this point…
Emphasis
• Another significant point is that…
• The significance of this is…
• This is important because…
. • We have to remember that…
.
• In other words,…
• To put it more simply,…
• What I mean to say is…
Paraphrase
• So, what I’m saying is….
• To put it in another way….
.
.
• Does anyone have any questions or
comments?
• I am happy to answer your questions
now.
answers
.
• Good question. I really don’t know! What do
you think?
an accurate answer.