Topical vocabulary

Presentations

Introducing yourself  Good morning, ladies and

gentlemen!
 First of all, I’d like to thank you
all for coming here today. My name is
… and I am a …-year student.
 We haven’t all met before, so I’d
better introduce myself, I’m … from
 I hope you’ll excuse my English.
I’m a little out of practice.
 Hello, everyone…
Introducing the topic  The theme of my talk is …
 My presentation concerns …
 This presentation focuses on the
issue of …
 I’m going to talk about …
 I will be looking at the following
areas: …
Ordering information  I am going to divide my
presentation into two main parts.
 I’ll start / begin with …
 Then / Next I’ll look at …
 And in this part of my presentation
I’ll be showing you some data / charts /
tables …
 Now I’ll move on to … / turn to …
 I’ll also try to explain my
findings …
● … then I’m going to suggest some
possible measures to solve these
difficulties.
● Finally, I’ll talk about / I’m going to ..
● Please feel free to interrupt me with
any questions you may have during the
presentation.
● At the end of my talk, which will last
about … minutes, I’ll be happy to
answer any questions
Delivering Firstly, … . Secondly, …
the message ● This brings me to my next point …
● I must emphasize …
 ● This means that …
● At this point we must consider …
● I’d like to take a minute or two to
define what exactly we mean by …
● I’d like to mention three points here..
● Finally …
Referring to ● Have a look at this slide.
visual aids ● This graph / diagram / table / slide
shows …
● If you look at this table you can see
that …
● There are some handouts coming
round on …
Presenting ● Some people claim that … but others
a point …
of view ● Most people / scientists would argue
that …
● I think it’s fair to say that …
● Personally, I think …
Checking ● Is that clear?
understanding ● Are you with me?
● OK so far?
Making conclusions and ● I’d like to quickly go over the main
summarising points of my presentation.
● Before closing I’d like to summarize
the main points.
● To conclude my presentation, / In
conclusion, …
● To summarise the main points of my
presentation …
Finishing ● That’s all I have to say for the
moment.
● OK. We’re coming to the end of the
presentation so I’d like to
thank you for listening …
● I hope you found it interesting.