DISCOURSE MAKERS

TO CHANGE SUBJECT By the way

Incidentally
Talking of

TO ADD SURPRISING Actually,

INFORMATION In fact,
As a matter of fact

TO RETURN TO THE MAIN Anyway,

TOPIC As I was saying,
In any case,

TO GENERALISE On the whole

All in all
Everything considered

TO MAKE THINGS CLEARER I mean

In other words
That’s to say

TO INTRODUCE A NEW TOPIC As far as … is concerned

Regarding + noun
As regards + noun

TO CONTRAST TWO THINGS On the one hand

On the other hand

TO TALK ABOUT THE RESULT Otherwise

IF STH DIDN’T HAPPEN

MENTION ADDITIONAL Besides

INFORMATION