PRESENTATION SKILLS

1. LEAD-IN

- Ask a question about the topic you gonna to show

Eg: When you intend to talk about ecommerce then you can ask: Do you know when
did the first online-purchasing platform come into use? or Have you got any idea of
who introduced E-commerce? or What is the biggest ecommercial business in
China/the world....

Have you ever bought anything from Amazon?

- Tell a story related to the topic (short, 2-3 sentence, maily focus on the part you
gonna talk about, avoid lengthening and going into details)

The claim that the Earth circles the Sun used to be considered as crazy and proofless
when it was first proposed by Galileo Galille in the 17th century. It took people
hundreds of years to realize the accuracy of this......

- Include audience’s experience: Asking whether the audience have encountered

the problem/issue or thought/participated in sth?

Can you name me some ecommerce companies which are flourishing in

China/Vietnam....

Do you know the annual revenue of Amazon....

Annoyed by sth (a) bị phiền bởi cái gì

Irritated by the noise nextdoor

→ Purpose: To draw audience’s attention right at the beginning, raise their interest in
your presentation

2. INTRODUCTION

- Introduce the topic

So today I gonna talk about/discuss…

Today I will provide you with basic knowledge about…

My presentation today is mainly about….

As you can see in the slide, my topic today is….

- Clarify included parts

My presentation today will include/divide into 4 parts: the first one, second, third,
last, next, besides….

First I want to talk about…/the first section (phần, đoạn) will

concern=discuss…/I’d like to begin by…

Then I will move onto…./The next part will discuss…./Now let’s move onto

After that I want to explore/explain…/Now let’s consider (xem xét)…./Now what

about…? (Ask a question)

Next, Moreover, The next part will explore/explain

The fourth/third part will discuss…

Finally, I’d like to discuss…/I’ll conclude by....

Summary + Prediction + Opinions

3. INTRODUCING SLIDES

To illustrate/explain my point that/example, you can see in this slide/I have a slide
show you

Let me begin by showing you…

Now if we look at…we can see/notice that…

If you look at this line chart, you will understand…

This graph/chart/table indicates….

And here you can see…

Let’s turn to this diagram…

I’d like you to look at this map…

Let’s have a look at this pie chart…

Verbs:

- UP: rise (danh từ, động từ), increase (danh từ, động từ), grow, go up to, climb,
boom, peak, increase, rocket, reach, soar, leap, surge

- DOWN: fall, decline (động từ, danh từ), decrease (động từ, danh từ), drop (động từ,
danh từ), dip, go down, reduce, plummet (động từ, danh từ), sink

- STABLE: remain stable, no change, remain steady, stay constant, stay, maintain the
same level
Adjectives: sharp, rapid, huge, dramatic (nhanh, lớn) = substantial, considerable
(đáng kể), significant (đáng kể), sligh (nhẹ)t, small, minimal, massive (rộng lớn, bao
khắp, toàn bộ)

Eg: There is/ was a sharp increase in GDP per capital in China from 2003 to 2018

There is a remarkable plummet in….

The has witnessed/witnesses the significant increase/decrease in the

in economic growth/GDP during the pandemic/plague disaster caused by COVID -

19

Adverbs: dramatically, rapidly, hugely, sharply, considerably, substantially,

significantly, slightly, minimally, markedly.

Economy (n) nền kinh tế

Economic growth (n) sự tăng trưởng kinh tế

Economics (a) thuộc về kinh tế

Economical (a) tiết kiệm

Use natural resources economically

Eg: sharply increase….

4. EXPRESSING OPINIONS

In my opinion/ From my viewpoint,….

I think….

As far as I’m concerned….

As far as I know,…

I see you point, but I still believe…

Your ideas/arguments may be true to some extent; however,…

I understand what you mean, but I am still convinced/believe that….

I’m not so sure about your ideas/opinions, ….