This document provides recommendations and language for discussing options or candidates in a formal presentation or meeting. It includes phrases for introducing and listing points, recommending an option, comparing and contrasting advantages and disadvantages, justifying viewpoints, and reaching consensus. The recommendations emphasize smoothly connecting ideas, focusing on benefits, discussing pros and cons, and avoiding repeating points or defending positions too rigidly.

6. Recommendations
 Rephrase the points
 Expand into full sentences
 Link them together
 Rearrange order so that the
connection is smooth and logical
 Leave the negative aspect to the end
 If you don’t understand a point, try to
connect it as smoothly as possible
without attempting paraphrasing

7. INTRODUCING INFORMATION AND LISTING
POINTS
 Firstly …/ Primarily … / Most importantly … / This
candidate .../ The first proposal … / Well, my first
option is…
 Secondly. .. / Then, … / Moreover / In addition,
 The most important quality... / Another
interesting point about the candidate is … /
Another feature about this proposal is that …
 Finally, this candidate / proposal also …
 If chosen, this candidate would provide …
 The only disadvantage is / The only downside is
… / The only drawback is …/ However, there is a
problem… /On the downside…

8. RECOMMENDING
 After hearing about both candidates/
options,
 If you ask me,
 I think I would choose… because…
 I think that… is preferable because…
 It makes sense to choose..
 I’d recommend …
 … would greatly improve
 It would certainly help … if …

10. Recommendations
 Don’t rephrase the points again!!
 Elaborate placing yourself in the shoes of
those who need to take the decision
 Give justifications based on the benefits
such candidate/proposal will bring about
to the company/city/etc.
 Discuss with your partner the pros and
the cons of each option, trying to cover
similar points/categories
 Do not defend your option no matter
what
 Do not give in too easily or quickly

11. COMPARING AND CONTRASTING / EXPRESSING
ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES
 From the two options… I believe … is the better choice
because ….
 ..is much more .. than …because
 However, the downside of
 One of the difficulties of …
 The only disadvantage is that …
 A key advantage is that …
 Even though …. Is ….., it would ….
 What makes you think that… is a good option?
 I see your point but my option / candidate offers…
 Another point we should take into consideration is…
 Yes, that’s definitely an advantage.
 You’re right. I hadn’t thought about it.

12. JUSTIFYING VIEWPOINTS
 … on the grounds that …
 .. mainly because …
 This is due to the fact that …
 The main reason behind this is...
EXEMPLIFYING
 … for example … / … such as …/ In fact, ….

13. REACHING A CONSENSUS AND SUMMARIZING
 Well, I partly agree with you but …
 Yes, but don’t forget that …
 I suppose you are right about that but …
 That’s one view but …
 It seems that we both feel / agree that …
 Considering all the above it’s clear that… is the
best option
 So we both agree that…. is the best.

15. Recommendations
 Choose two (2) points each
 Present enthusiastically the reasons
why you chose this option.
 Be more formal and if possible, more
sophisticated in your language choice
 Avoid presenting the drawback – this
could be useful in the next stage
 Do not repeat the same words given;
provide arguments why that feature
you are presenting is beneficial.

16. PRESENTING AN OPTION
 Having thoroughly discussed all the options we believe that the
best one is… for several reasons
 First of all,
 Another deciding factor for us was…
 To begin with, we believe
 The main reason behind this recommendation is that …
 This is largely due to the fact
 And now my partner has more to add
 And now I'll let ... share more reasons for choosing .. .
 A further reason is…
 Another reason that makes …. The most suitable choice is ….
 Another reason why we support …. Is
 Last but not least, we would like to say…

18. DEFENDING A DECISION
 We don’t think that poses a problem because…
 We discussed that problem and we think that…
 We feel that this is something that can be
overlooked because…
 That is a valid concern, but we feel that…
 That is an interesting question; we do believe
that….
 We gave that problem some thought and decided
that ...
 At first, we were also concerned about that, but it
doesn’t really matter.

20. Final reflections about speaking…
The goals for today were….
I took advantage of ….
I need to continue ….
I felt ….