EXPRESSIONS FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS
For the final exam, you will give an oral presentation in English about one of your projects, current or past. This may include something you have already presented in another course. Your presentation should last 10 minutes, and contain only 8-10 slides. Please remember that slides should contain images and a few words. No paragraphs are accepted on slides. Quotations from famous people are accepted. The idea is to take key words and images and use them as talking points. Below you will find expressions I will listen for, and an outline to help you organise your information.
NOTA BENE: you may use this as a ‘trainer’ but not during the actual presentation itself. As I have explained before, this is an exercise in giving an oral presentation, not an oral reading. Anyone who reads their presentation out loud (a voce alta) will be asked to give me their notes and start over.
Welcoming your audience:
-Good morning / afternoon. My name is________, and
I'm here to talk about_______.
-Thank you for coming. My name is_____________ and
this presentation (deals with) (is about)_______________
Listing your objectives:
-The purpose / objective of my talk / presentation
/ discussion today is to_________________.
-By the end
of this presentation, you will be familiar with.......
-What I'd like to present to
you today is...
-I'm / we're here today to
present a summary of...
-Today's topic is...
-The (subject) (topic) of my/
our presentation is...
-In my/our
presentation I/we would like to give you an overview of...
-In our (summary)
(presentation), we'll tell you about/ we’d like to inform you about...
-The purpose / objective / aim
of our presentation is...
-Our goal is to give you (a
summary of) (an explanation / overview of)...
-What we'd like to show you
is...
-Today, we'll be showing
you... /we'll be explaining the main points of...
Explain how your presentation
is organized:
-I've / We've divided my / our presentation into
three parts: Person A will talk about _____; Person B then goes on to
discuss _________; (and Person C_________).
-Let me / Allow me to give you a brief overview of
the main points: First, _____. Second,__________. And third,____________.
-I will discuss three main points:1)______________,
2)______________, and 3)___________.
Telling the audience
when they can ask questions:
-Please wait until the end of the presentation to ask any
questions you may have.
-There will be time for questions after my presentation.
-We’ll have a few minutes at the end for questions.
-If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt
me at any time.
-Feel free to ask questions at any time during my talk.
Introducing the
first point:
-First, let’s consider________________.
-To begin with, let’s look at how…
-Let’s now turn our attention to the first point:_________.
-Let’s take a closer look at the first
point:_______________.
-In this part, I’d like to discuss…
-Let’s begin by highlighting the importance of…
-To begin with, we need to consider_____________
first.
-Let me start off by asking you to look at this
picture / watch this short / brief video / listen to this short audio clip. (then ask the audience a follow up question
after you have looked at the picture, watched the video, or listened to the
audio clip. Then you may begin
explaining your first point.)
-Let's begin with a question: Have you ever asked
yourself:________________________
Giving examples:
• For example,____________________.
• For instance,
___________________.
• As we may see
from ______, it is clear that________
• As an example,
we may (take) (consider)_________
• Take____________: ____________________.
• Take_____________
as an example:______________.
• One example
includes_______.
• Another example
is_____________.
• As a final
example, I’d like to describe_________________.
• We may also
use_________as an example.
• _____________is
also a good example of this idea.
• Just to give
you an example:______________
• Just to give
you an idea of what I / we mean, let's look at_______
• To better
illustrate what I / we mean, let's look at an example.
• To explain
better the concept, let’s consider____________________.
Adding ideas, or explaining related details, such as a definition:
• In addition to
this, ...
• Additionally,
• Moreover,....
• Furthermore,....
• Besides
being_____________, this topic is also____________.
• That is to
say…..
• What I / we
mean by this is____________________.
• When we talk
about__________________, we should imagine____________.
• In fact,
_____________________________.
Explaining Cause and Effect:
• If you do A
first (If you consider this ) , you will quickly see how important it is
because....
• By doing A
first, you will see how point B becomes secondary.
• This is caused
by....
• This happened
because...
• Because of A, B
may not proceed first.
• As a
consequence...
• Consequently....
• As a result...
• This results
in...
• The result
is_____________
Concluding a point/section:
Ask and answer your own question:
• What conclusion
can we draw from this?
• So, what does
this mean?
• At this point,
we need to ask:....?
• Why would this
be important? It matters because.....
Summarizing a point:
·
This brings me to the end of my first point.
·
That’s all there is to say about the first/second / third
point.
·
So, that’s what it means to…../ that’s
how_________________.
·
And, that’s what it means to…./that’s how_________.
·
So, that summarizes how____________.
·
Therefore, ________________________.
Moving on to the next point
-Moving on....the (second) (third) (next point) point examines.......
-Moving on to our next point, we may see how.....
- This brings us to the next (question) ( point) (
issue):____________.
-Let’s now turn to….
-Let’s now turn our attention to…
-Let’s now take a look at…
- This brings me to my next point:___________.
-This leads me to the next point, which
is__________.
Making reference to visuals:
• If you could
just look at the photo / video for a moment, you will see that....
• If you would
listen to the brief audio clip, you will hear that....
• To better
explain what I / we mean, let's look at this (next slide) (photo) (video)
(image) (advertisement).
• According to
this graph, we can observe that 58 % of people do not use________. Therefore...
• As you can see
here....
• I'd like to
focus your attention on....
• I think you'll
be surprised to see that...
• What's really
important to observe here is how...
Making reference to something you said / showed earlier:
• As I said /
mentioned earlier
• Let me come
back to point number ______ for a moment.
• As I've already
explained, ___________
• As I pointed
out in ______section / on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, slide_______________.
Concluding your presentation:
Usually, when we say “In conclusion” it means the end of the
presentation is about to happen. Then
you must summarize your key points.
---> Summarize the main
points presented in the talk.
• Let me
just briefly go over the key points one more time. We have seen that...
• To conclude,
this presentation has presented A, B, and C. We discussed how.....
• In conclusion,
my / our talk / presentation has discussed points A, B, and C and why ....
• In today’s talk
/ presentation, we have discussed three key ideas / points: First, we discussed______________.
Then, we looked at___________. Finally, we talked about_______________.
• To sum up,
points A, B, and C have illustrated how....
Give your opinion of the topic’s relevance or implications for your field
of work.
-The success of Roma Sposa is so solid that it
should become a model for other large-scale events.
-In my opinion, it will be very interesting to see
how long social media can influence fashion design because it may affect other
industries, such as book publishing.
-The event / marketing model we presented today is
flexible enough that it can be used for other event or marketing plans.
Invite Questions:
• And now I'll
/ we'll be happy to answer any questions you may have.
• We just have a
few minutes for a couple of questions.
Useful verbs:
1 clarify : Before we go on, let me clarify one point.
2 depend on:
That depends on your meaning of________.
focus on: When we talk about communication strategy, we
need to focus on target customers.
3 go over:
Let me just go over the key points before we go into the details.
4 highlight:
I’d like to highlight the importance of _______________.
5 point out:
At this point, it’s important to point out that the packaging of the
product will follow the same color scheme.
6 bring your attention to... : I’d
like to bring your attention to the product’s history.
7 illustrate:
I think this video illustrates very well Chanel’s communication
strategy.
8
indicate
: All the online feedback from customers
indicates that they would like to be involved in the creation of future
products.
9 lead to:
This leads me to my next point.
10
mention: As
I mentioned / said before,________________:
11
move on to: Let’s now
move on to the next question.
12
notice: As
you watch the video for the Chanel no. 5 television advertisement, you will
notice how the logo is present but never mentioned.
13
see: As you can see from the image,_____________
14
show: This
type of ‘hidden logo’ shows us a new way to make an impression on potential
customers.
15
summarize: Let me just summarize the key ideas in this
presentation.
16
sum up: To
sum up, point number one has discussed_________.
17
conclude: To conclude,________________ / In
conclusion,______
18
understand: Let’s look at this image to understand more
clearly the concept.
19
vary: Customer
responses have varied from positive to negative, with the majority of them
being positive.
OUTLINE
FOR ORGANIZING YOUR PRESENTATION:
For the final exam, you will give an oral presentation in English about one of your projects, current or past. This may include something you have already presented in another course. Your presentation should last 10 minutes, and contain only 8-10 slides. Please remember that slides should contain images and a few words. No paragraphs are accepted on slides. Quotations from famous people are accepted. The idea is to take key words and images and use them as talking points.
Use this outline to
take notes and organize your information according to the model discussed in
class. NOTA BENE: you may use this as a
‘trainer’ but not during the actual presentation itself. As I have explained before, this is an
exercise in giving an oral presentation, not an oral reading. Anyone who reads
their presentation out loud (a voce alta) will be asked to give me their notes
and start over.
Introduction
Welcome the
audience:
Introduce yourself
(first and last name), and your colleagues, if applicable, and say what you do
(student or position at an agency):
What is the
objective of the presentation? What are you talking about?
Why is your topic
important for the audience? (a new model for other areas of your industry?)
How is your
presentation organized? How many parts does it have?
Say at which point
in the presentation you will answer questions.
Introduce your first point
Give an example
(or two or three), or explain in more detail
Summarize the
main ideas of your first point
Transition and introduce your second point
Give an example
(or two, or three), or explain in more detail
Summarize the
main idea(s) of your second point
Transition and introduce your third point
Give an example
(or two, or three) or explain in more detail
Summarize the
main idea (s) of your third point
Conclusion
Signal the end of
your talk
Summarize the key
points
Give your opinion
about the relevance or implication of your presentation for your field of work.
Leave your audience
with a memorable idea, such as a question, image, or quote from a famous
person.
Invite questions.
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