LANGUAGE FOR PRESENTATION
3 PREVIEWING THE MAIN POINTS
THE BEGINNING:
1 GREETING THE AUDIENCE
· Good morning, gentlemen.
· Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
· Hello. Thank you for being here.
· Thank you, Mr. Johnson, for that introduction.
2 ANNOUNCING THE PURPOSE OF YOUR TALK
· I am here today to talk about …
· My intention is to convince you that …
· The aim of my talk is show you that …
· The purpose of my presentation is to inform you about ...
· I'm going to talk about …
· I would like to talk about …
· The purpose of my presentation is……..
· My presentation would talk about…
· My talk today consists of three main points.
· I'd like to cover four main points in my talk today.
· I will address three separate issues in my talk today.
(other words you might want to use: sections, items, problems,
questions,etc.)
4 ANNOUNCING THE MAIN ITEMS IN ORDER
· First … Second … Third … Last (but not least) …
· First of all … Next … Then … After that … Finally …
THE MIDDLE:
5 STARTING THE MAIN PART OF YOUR
PRESENTATION
· I'd like to start by saying that …
· Let me begin by saying that …
· Okay, let's begin by looking at …
· To begin with, I'd like to discuss …
· I would like to start of by…
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6 REFERRING TO VISUAL AIDS 10 ADDING A COMMENT

· Let's take a look at the next foil (transparency / overhead / · By the way, let me say that …
slide). · Incidentally, I'd like to say that …
· As you can see from this chart, … · I might add that …
· We can see from this chart that … · Let me add a comment here.
· You will notice from this graph that …
· The table clearly shows that … 11 MAKING A GENERALIZATION/
SUMMARIZATION
7 INTRODUCING A NEW POINT
· On the whole …
· Now, I'd like to talk about … · In general …
· Next, let's turn to … · Generally speaking …
· Let's move on to … · By and large …
· For the most part …
8 GIVING AN EXAMPLE · Let me just summarize…

· Let me give you an example. 12 DRAWING A CONCLUSION FROM THE

· To show you what I mean, let's examine … EVIDENCE
· For example, let's take a look at …
· To illustrate my point, consider … · From this, we can conclude that …
· A case in point is … · From this, we can infer that …
· Based on this, we can draw the following conclusion /
9 GIVING A BALANCED VIEW inference.

· On the other hand, …

· Nevertheless, …
· Still, …
· Having said that, …

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THE END:

13 REVIEWING THE MAIN POINTS

· I'd like to review the main points.

· I'd like to re-cap the main points.
· I'd like to go over the main points again briefly.

14 ENDING THE PRESENTATION

· In conclusion, …
· In conclusion let me say, …
· Let me conclude by saying, …
· Let me finish by saying, …
· In the end, …

15 INVITING QUESTIONS FROM YOUR LISTENERS

· I would be happy to answer any questions at this time.

· If there are any questions, I'll take them now.
· Are there any questions?

16 THANKING YOUR LISTENERS

· If there are no more questions, thank you for your attention.

· Thank you very much for your attention.
· Thank you for your attention.
· Thank you very much.
· Thank you.

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TRANSITION SIGNALS
To introduce an example:
Providing transitions between ideas is largely a matter of in this case
attitude. You must never assume that your readers know what for example
you know. In fact, it's a good idea to assume not only that your for instance
readers need all the information that you have and need to on this occasion
know how you arrived at the point you're at, but also that they to illustrate
are not quite as quick as you are. You might be able to leap to demonstrate
from one side of the stream to the other; believe that your this can be seen
readers need some stepping stones and be sure to place them in when/where . . .
readily accessible and visible spots. take the case of

To indicate time:
To indicate sequence or to order information : immediately
thereafter
first, second etc.
formerly
followed by
finally
at this point
prior to
next, last, finally
previously
previously, subsequently
then
after that
soon
initially
during
and then
at that time
next, before, after
before, after
concurrently
at this point
simultaneously
meanwhile
To logically divide an idea:
first, next, finally

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firstly, secondly, thirdly further
initially, subsequently, ultimately another
To compare: To introduce an opposite idea or show exception:
similarly however
by comparison on the other hand
similar to whereas
like, just like instead
whereas while
balanced against yet
but
To contrast: despite
in contrast in spite of
on the other hand nevertheless
balanced against even though
however in contrast
on the contrary it could also be said that
unlike
differing from To give an example:
a different view is for example
despite to illustrate
for instance
To introduce an additional idea: in this case
in addition to demonstrate
also take the case of
finally
moreover To indicate a result/ cause of something:
furthermore therefore
one can also say thus
and then consequently

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as a consequence
as a result
hence
To summarise or conclude:
in summary
in conclusion
in brief
as a result
on the whole
summing up
as shown
ultimately
therefore
consequently
thus
in other words
to conclude
to summarise
finally

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