GIVING A SHORT PRESENTATION*

A presentation should have three main parts: i) Introduction, ii) Body, and iii) Conclusion.
We look at each of them in turn.

i) The Introduction
Describe what the presentation is about and how it will develop. For example:
‘I’m going to talk about ...’
‘This morning I want to explain ...’
‘The points I will focus on are first of all ...Then ...This will lead to ... and finally...’

Tip: Display the outline of your talk in key points on a slide.

ii) The Body

Decide the main ideas you want to get across and group them into logical and coherent
‘chunks’ of information.
• Keep focused on what’s important.
• Ensure that key ideas stand out.
• Keep relevant and to the point. Omit trivial ideas and waffle.
• Provide the necessary evidence to support your conclusions.
• Use clear examples to illustrate your points.
• Use ‘connective devices’ to move from point to point, to help your audience follow
your line of reasoning, e.g.,

‘The next point I want to make is ...’

‘From this we can see that ...’
‘As a consequence ...’
‘In spite of this, the results showed that ...’
‘An example of this was when ...’
‘On the other hand, it is also true that ...’

iii) The Conclusion

Conclude by briefly summing up everything that you have covered and restate your
thesis and your findings. For example:

‘to sum up…’

‘From this we can see ...’
‘To recap the main points ...’
‘My intention was to show that ... and the results confirmed that ...’

Thank the audience for their attention and ask if there are any comments or questions.

*(Adapted from: http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/presentations-phrases.htm //

http://media.otago.ac.nz/r73SjLdJm2/0BlgnSmE/Making_Oral_Presentations.pdf )
 Keywords used to signpost the different stages when giving a
presentation
FUNCTIONS
Starting the presentation
Why you are giving this
presentation
Stating the main points
Introducing the first point
Showing graphics,
transparencies, slides etc.
Moving on to the next point
Giving more details
Changing to a different topic
Referring to something which
is off the topic
Referring back to an earlier
point
Summarizing or repeating
the main points
Conclusion
Questions
PHASES
-Good morning ladies and gentlemen
-The topic of my presentation today is ...
-What I'm going to talk about today is…
-The purpose of this presentation is ...
-This is important because ...
-My objective is to ...
-The main points I will be talking about are:
firstly ... secondly... next..., finally...
-Let's start/begin with ...
-I'd like to illustrate this by showing you…
- Now let's move on to...
-I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point
-Let me elaborate on that
-Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?
-I'd like to turn to something completely different
-I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ...
-Let me go back to what I said earlier about ...
-I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation
-first I covered
-then we talked about
-finally we looked at
-I'd now like to sum up the main points which were: (…)
-I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to...
-In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to
-Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions.
-Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have.
-Do you have any questions?