Lesson Objective:

• At the end of the lesson, students are

able to give a timed speech to give a
presentation

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LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSIONS FOR
GIVING A SPEECH

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 Welcoming

• Good morning and welcome to ……..

[name of institution, name of group, etc.].

• Thank you all very much for coming today.

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 Introducing yourself

• My name is ……….and I am responsible for ….

• My name is …… from [name of group], where I

am responsible for … .

• Let me introduce myself; my name is….. and I

am responsible for … .

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 Introducing your presentation

• The purpose of today’s presentation is to … .

• The purpose of my presentation today is to …

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 Starting the presentation

• To begin with … .
• To start with … .
• Let’s start by looking at … .
• Let’s start by looking at … .
• I’d like to start by looking at … .
• Let’s start with / start by looking at … .

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 Closing the presentation

• So, that’s an overview of … .

• I think that just about covers … .

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 Finishing and thanking

• Thank you for your attention.

• That brings the presentation to an end.

• Finally, I’d like to finish by thanking you (all)

for your attention.

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