language of presentation

1. THE LANGUAGE OF PRESENTATIONS / SIGNPOSTING LANGUAGE
Welcoming the audience Telling the audience the
subject of the presentation
Outlining the
presentation
Introducing new
information
Referring to visual
aids
Ending the presentation Inviting and dealing
with questions
• Good morning
everyone
• Good afternoon ladies
and gentlemen
• It’s nice to see so
many of you here
today.
• Hello, everyone. Nice
to see you again.
• Ok, then let’s
begin/can we start?/
shall we start?
• My name is ...
• I’m ... (a specialist
in....)
• Let me introduce
myself...
• First of all I’d like to
introduce myself.
• Let me firstly
introduce myself. My
name’s ….. and I …
• I’ll be pleased/glad to
answer any questions
at the end of my talk.
• If you don’t mind
we’ll leave questions
till the end.
• If there are any
questions I’ll be
pleased/happy to
answer them (at the
end).
• The subject of my
presentation today is our
marketing plan.
• I’m going to talk to you
today about our company.
• What I’m going to talk
about today is...
• What I want to do today is
to…
• I’d like to give you a brief
overview of ...
• The reason I am here today
is to talk about...
• The aim of my
presentation this morning
is to…
• My objective/aim/purpose
is to…
• My subject today is…
• I’d like to talk to you
about…
• I’ll discuss each point
briefly and then give you
my recommendations.
• By the end of my
presentation, you will have
a clear idea of…
• By the end of my talk, you
will understand
how/why…
• I’m here this morning to
present…
• The goal of this meeting
is…
• I’m just going to start by
giving you a quick
summary of…
• I’d like to start by
giving you a short
overview of today’s
presentation.
• I’m going to divide
my talk into four
parts/sections.
• I’ve divided my talk
into three parts.
• I’ve divided my
presentation into…
• My presentation is
divided into three
parts.
• Basically there are
three main points I
want to talk about.
• My presentation is in
three sections.
• My presentation / talk
will be in three parts.
• There are three parts
to my presentation.
• My presentation is
made up of three
parts.
• I’m basically going to
be looking at three
main issues…
• First, I’ll give you
some basic
information.
• First I’m going to tell
you about ...
• Let me start with some
basic facts about....
• So, let’s start with the
first point...
• Let me start with the
background...
• I’ll give you some
background
information...
• Right, those are the
basic facts...
• What I’d like to talk
about now is....
• Now I would like to
describe....
• Now, I’d like to look
at…
• This brings me to
the/my next point..
• My next point is...
• My second point is…
• Turning now to...
• Let’s turn our attention
to…
• Now, if we turn to…
• Now, let’s move on to
...
• Moving on to…
• This leads me to…
• This diagram/
screen shows...
• If you look at the
next/first slide/the
graph/pie chart/flow
chart you can see…
• Could I draw your
attention to the
chart?
• If you take a look at
the first year you’ll
see....
• As you can see from
the table/graph...
• This chart gives a
comparison of
potential returns on
investment.
• What is interesting
in this slide is…
• I’d like to draw
your attention to…
• In this slide you can
see how our results
have improved…
• Let’s look at the
second chart.
• As you will notice
in the pie-chart…
• To conclude, I want to
tell you about our
future plans.
• That brings me to the
end of my presentation.
• To recapitulate what
I’ve been saying.....
• Now let me summarize
the main points again.
• So, to summarize…
• To sum up...
• So in conclusion....
• Well, that was my final
point. So I’ll just give
you a brief summary.
• So to go over/review
the main points again.
• Finally, a few words
about our new project.
• Finally, I’d like to
remind you that…
• I’d like to finish by
showing you how we
aim to reach this target.
• If you have any
questions, don’t
hesitate to ask.
• Feel free to
interrupt me. (if
there’s anything
you don’t
understand.)
• If you have any
questions , I’ll do
my best / I’ll be
happy / I’d be
happy to answer
them.
• Are there any
questions?
• Thanks very much.
Any questions?
• That’s a very good
question/point
• OK, I’m glad you
asked me that/
raised that point.
• That’s an
interesting
question. Let me
think…
• I’m not sure about
that, but I can find
out for you.
• Sorry, I didn’t catch
that.