11. Commenting on Visuals
• Use visuals for situations, developments,
events and processes that would take a long
time to explain.
• Good visuals speak for themselves and
require little or no description.
13. Commenting on Visuals
• You often need to draw attention to one or
more key points before you discuss in more
detail:
• Highlights Which part of the visual
are most significant?
• Comments Why?
• Interpretations What conclusions can you
draw?
15. Commenting on Visuals
• Highlighting Important Information
• I’d like to look at …
• I’d like us to focus our attention on …
• I’d like you to think about…
• I’d like to point out …
• I’d like to draw your attention to …
17. Commenting on Visuals
• Commenting on Important Information
• As you can see, there …
• If you look at it more closely, you’ll …
• However you try to explain it, this is very
bad news.
• Whatever the reason for this, the
underlying trend is obvious.
• Whichever way you look at it, these are
some of our best results ever.
19. Commenting on Visuals
• Interpreting Important Information
• I’m sure the conclusions to be drawn from
this are …
• I’m sure the lesson to be learned from this
is …
• I’m sure the implications of this are clear to
all of us.
• I’m sure the significance of this is …
• I’m sure the message here is …
21. Change and Development
• Vocabulary to talk about changes and
developments:
increase decrease shoot up plunge
rise fall take off slump
fluctuate recover pick up stabilize
level off remain peak hit a low
bottom out grow expand shrink
decline
23. Change and Development
• Vocabulary to talk about the scale or the speed
of the change and to comment on its
significance:
substantial rapid encouraging
slight spectacular disastrous
moderate disappointing steady
enormous
a(n) ……………… increase
25. Change and Development
• Except in complex technical and scientific
presentations, you don’t quote precise figures.
• Include important figures in a separate
handout or report at the beginning or end of
the presentation.
• When describing detailed visual aids, mention
overall trends and approximate figures.