Presenting in English Language Checklist

Ms. Pham Khoa Thy

INTRODUCTION
Greeting Subject
I plan to say a few words about Im going to talk about The subject of my talk is The theme of my presentation is Id like to give you an overview of Id like to give you a brief presentation about

Timing
My talk will take/last about ten minutes. The presentation will take about two hours but therell be a twenty-minute break in the middle. Well stop for lunch at 12 oclock.

Policy on questions
Questions while you talk Please interrupt if you have any question. If you have any question, please feel free to stop me. Please feel free to ask questions as we go along.

Questions at the end I'd be grateful if you'd hold any questions until the end of my talk.
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Presenting in English Language Checklist

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Please save any questions for the end of my talk. After my talk therell be time for a discussion and any questions. Ill leave fifteen or twenty minutes at the end for questions, so if anything is unclear please ask me then.

Structure
Ive divided.../ Im going to divide my talk into (three) parts. First Second Third My talk will be in (three) parts In the first part Then/ Next/ After that, in the second part Finally I'm going to develop three main points. I'll be addressing three main points, The first one is The second point going to be ... will be ...

And finally the last point is ...

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THE END
Signaling the end
That brings me to the end of my presentation. That completes/ends the main part of my talk. That covers all I wanted to say today.

Summarizing
Now let me just run over the key points again. I'll briefly summarize the main issues. Id like to end by emphasizing the main points. To sum up.. . (Very) briefly, (there are 3 main points)

Concluding
In conclusion, I'd like to leave you with the following thought/idea... Id like to finish with some observations based on what Ive said. There are two conclusions/ recommendations. + So, I would suggest that... + I'd like to propose... + In my opinion, the only way forward is...

Closing
Thank you for your attention.
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Presenting in English Language Checklist

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Thank you for listening. I hope you will have gained an insight into... I sincerely hope youll all go away with a more complete picture of the Hopefully, this will help us to ...

Inviting questions/ comments

So, let's throw it open to questions. Now Id like to invite your comments/ questions Now we have 15 minutes for questions/discussion I'd be glad/pleased to answer any questions... Id be very interested to listen to your comments.

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QUESTION HANDLING
* No questions
Are there any questions? No questions? Thats fine. But if you have any questions later, please feel free to contact me. My email address and work number are on the screen. Youre welcome.

* If you dont understand the question

Im sorry, could you rephrase/ simplify your question please? Sorry, Im not sure Ive understood, are you asking if? Sorry, I didnt catch the last part, could you say that again please? If I understand the question correctly, you mean ?

* Questions understood but irrelevant

Im afraid / Im sorry, but

thats outside the scope of my talk thats not really part of todays discussion thats not actually my area I suggest you speak to

I suggest you raise it with If I were you, Id discuss that with

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* Questions understood but difficult or impossible to answer

Thats a difficult question to answer in a few words I dont think Im the right person to answer that. Perhaps Mr. ( -) can help Im afraid I cant give you a full answer right now

If you dont mind, Ill look into it and get back to you later. Id be happy to get back to you later.

*Questions understood & relevant

Repeat/ report questions Paraphrase questions + Use introductory phrases + Make the question less personal (avoid the repetition of I, you, we) + Make the question less negative (replace negative vocabulary) Example: Did you do any market research ? The question is about market research. When did you discover this strategy was a disaster? So you are asking when we knew this strategy wasnt working as well as expected. How expensive is it? So you would like to know our pricing strategy? Do you think that your figures are accurate? You would like to know the methodology we used ? Answer the questions neutrally and non-defensively Check that your answer is sufficient
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Is that okay? Does that answer your question?

* Stay on track
(Clarify the policy on questions from the start) This is an interesting line of questions, but we need to give other people a chance to ask questions, so I suggest Unfortunately, we only have a few minutes left. time is nearly up. time wont allow me to explain all the details, so Now time for one more question / the last question

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