Expressions and Introductory phrases – How to
start a presentation
Thank people for coming
·
Good morning, good
afternoon, etc…
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I’d like to take the
opportunity to thank you all for coming here today…
Beginning / Introduction
a) Self introduction
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My name is……… and I
am……….
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I am………and……….
b) Introducing the topic
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Let’s begin…
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I’m going to begin by
saying…
·
I’m here today to
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The subject of today’s
talk is to….
Organization
·
My presentation is
divided into three parts / sections….
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I’d like to begin by….
·
I have four main
points…
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Introduce another speaker
·
I’m going to hand you
over to …………. who is going to talk you through……..
·
………..will be telling
you about…….
·
……….is now going to
take over……
Awareness / Recognizing knowledge
·
You are certainly
aware…..
·
As you know….
·
You’ve probably heard
some of this before….
Diagrams / Figures
·
Let’s look at….
·
I’d like to draw your
attention to….
·
As you can see…
Enumerate points
·
To begin with / First
of all / Firstly…
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Next / Afterwards /
Moreover / Furthermore …
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Finally / To conclude
/ In conclusion…
Moving to another topic
·
This brings me to the
key issue…
·
I’d now like to turn
to….
·
Now let’s consider…
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Before I move on, does
anyone have any questions?
Stages of Progress
Rhetorical Questions
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What can we learn from
this?
·
How should we
interpret these figures?
·
You’re probably asking
yourselves what this all means.
Guidelines for questions
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I’m happy to answer
your questions at the end of my presentation.
·
Please feel free to
interrupt if you have any questions.
·
I’ll deal with
questions at the end of the talk…
·
I’ll come back to that
at the end if you don’t mind.
Summarizing
·
So to recap…
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In conclusion…
·
I’d like to
finish/end/wind up by saying…
·
Before I finish I’d
finally like to say…
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