How to use signpost language to

structure your presentation?

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What Is Signposting Language?
● Signposting Language guides your listeners throughout a
preseantation.
● It works as an effective structural device

to let your audience understand how your

ideas are connected and how they make sense
together.
● Knowing how your presentation is structured can

help your listeners process what you are trying to

express.
● How To Build Signposts Into Your Presentation Opening

A. Introducing the topic

Today I am going to talk about...

B. Overview(outline of a presentation)
There’re several points that I would like to make...
I would like to divide the topic into ...parts
I would like to give an overview of...
● How To Use Signposts Throughout The Body Of Your
Speech
A. Showing organization
To start with...
First, I’m going to talk about...
Next, let’s move on to/turn to...
Then, I will cover...
Finally,... *Paraphrasing and
Clarifying
B. Giving more details Simply put, ...
Let me expand on this point… In other words,...
Let me elaborate on that …. Let’s put it simple, ...
To put it another way,...
C. Giving examples
For example,...
To give you an example, ...
To illustrate my point...
As an illustration...
To exemplify this, ...

D. Re-capping an important statement or

idea
To recap, ...
I’d like now to recap...
Let me remind you of what I’ve
covered...
● How To Create Signposts In The Conclusion Of Your Presentation

A. Summarizing and Concluding

To conlude, ...
I would like to conclude,...
In conclusion,...
Now if I may conclude,...

To finish this up,... Now, let’s sum up, shall we?

To close this off, ... In conclusion, let me briefly go
To sum up,... through the main points again...
To summarize, ...
In short,...
B. Invitation to discuss/Ask questions

Do you have any questions?

Would you like to ask any questions?
Please feel free to ask questions.
If you would like to to elaborate on any of
these points, please ask.
●Signposting language
●gives structure to your
presentation and informs your
audience of what to expect,
keeping them engaged at all
times.
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