Week1 - Lesson 1: Signposts

Vocabulary List

Sequence

• To begin

• First

• Then

• Next

Next Topic

• Let’s move on to talk about our options.

• Now let’s look at some possible reasons.

• This leads us to the next part of our presentation, our options.

• Moving on to the results of our study, here is some data.

• The next thing we’re going to look at is reasons for the problem.

Explanations

• So, why does this happen?

• So, what can we do about this?

• You may be wondering when/why/how…

• Let’s look at this in a little more detail.

• Let’s examine some reasons for this.

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 Showing Significance or Effects

• What’s the significance of this?

• What impact does this have on the process?

• Why is this important?

• This is important because it shows the risks in the procedure.

• This step is important to prevent later problems.

Referring Back

• As I mentioned before/earlier …

• As you saw in the last slide…

Going Back

• Let’s go back a bit here.

• Let me go back a minute.

• Going back up a minute, …

Promising More Later

• I’ll come back to this later.

• We’ll discuss this in more detail in a few minutes.

Details

• There are two important things/factors/issues/reasons to consider:

• First, / The first one/thing is cost.

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• One reason is cost. The other reason is time.

Examples

• Let me give you an example.

• To give you an example, …

• Here’s an example.

• Let’s look at an example.

• For example, let’s look at fuel costs.

Rephrasing

• To put it another way, …

• In other words, it’s too expensive.

• What I mean is that everyone can use it, not just tech people.

• What I’m saying is that this plan won’t work 100% of the time.

Changing Speakers

• Now I’m going to turn it over to Paul.

• And now, Paul is going to talk about possible solutions to the problem.

• Next in our presentation is the budget projection. Paul?

Conclusions

• So, to recap…

• To close, I’d like to summarize my main points.

• To end,

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• In conclusion, let me just suggest…

• I’d like to close by (verb+ing)

• Finally,

• Conclusions.

• Thank you.

• Thank you for your attention.

Questions

• Feel free to stop me anytime with your questions.

• I’d be happy to answer questions at the end of my talk.

• We’ll have time for questions at the end.

Postponing to the end

• I’d be happy to answer that question at the end.

• Let’s talk about that at the end (in a few minutes).

• Would you mind waiting to ask that question?

Postponing to Later

• Good question. I’ll come to that in a few minutes.

• Yes, I’m just about to talk about that.

Asking for Questions

• So, does anyone have any questions?

• Any questions or comments?

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• I’m happy to answer any questions.

• What questions do you have?

Repeating

• Let me repeat the question.

• Let me repeat that.

Unclear Questions

• I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch that.

• Could you repeat that, please?

• I’m sorry. Are you asking how long it will take to launch this?

• Do you mean why can’t we get it done faster?

Difficult Questions

• That’s a great question.

• Yes, good question.

• I don’t know the answer to that

• off the top of my head

• right here

• I’d like to think about that / talk to you about that in the break.

• Interesting question, but that’s not something I looked at.

• That’s a good question, but I don’t know the answer.

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 Challenges

• I understand how you must feel.

• I understand that you have a different point of view.

• I’m sorry that you disagree.

• It’s true that not everyone agrees about this.

• I don’t believe you’re right about that.

• I don’t think that’s true.

• Let’s not get into that discussion right now. Thank you everyone.

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