PRESENTATIONS STRUCTURE Beginning INTRODUCTION * welcome your audience * introduce your subject * explain the structure of your presentation * explain rules for questions Middle BODY * present the subject itself End CONCLUSION * summarise your presentation * thank your audience * invite questions Questions and Answers INTRODUCTION Function Possible language 1 Welcoming your audience * Good morning, ladies and gentlemen * Good morning, gentlemen * Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman * Good afternoon, everybody 2 Getting attention * Can I have your attention, please? * So, ladies and gentleman. 2 Introducing your subject * I am going to talk today about... * The purpose of my presentation is to introduce our new range of... 3 Outlining your presentation * To start with I'll describe… * Then I'll mention… * After that I'll consider the … * Finally, I'll summarize my presentation (before concluding with some recommendations). 4 Giving instructions about questions * Do feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions. * I'll try to answer all of your questions after the presentation. * I plan to keep some time for questions after the presentation. BODY Function Language Introducing the subject * I'd like to start by... * Let's begin by... * First of all, I'll... * Starting with... * I'll begin by... Finishing one subject... * Well, I've told you about... * That's all I have to say about... * We've looked at... * So much for... ...and starting another * Now we'll move on to... * Let me turn now to... * Next... * Turning to... * I'd like now to discuss... * Let's look now at... Analysing a point and giving recommendations * Where does that lead us? * Let's consider this in more detail... * What does this mean for ABC? Giving an example * For example,... * For instance,… * A good example of this is... * As an illustration,... * To give you an example,... * To illustrate this point... Dealing with questions * I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may... * I'll come back to this question later in my talk... * Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end... * I won't comment on this now... Summarising and concluding * In conclusion,... * I'd like now to recap... * Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at... * Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered... * If I can just sum up the main points... Ordering * Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly... * First of all...then...next...after that...finally... * To start with...later...to finish up... CONCLUSION Function Possible language 1 Summing up * To conclude,... * In conclusion,... * Now, to sum up... * So let me summarise/recap what I've said. * Finally, may I remind you of some of the main points we've considered. 2 Giving recommendations * In conclusion, my recommendations are... * I therefore suggest/propose/recommend the following strategy. 3 Thanking your audience * Many thanks for your attention. * May I thank you all for being such an attentive audience. 4 Inviting questions * Now I'll try to answer any questions you may have. * Can I answer any questions? * Are there any questions? * Do you have any questions? * Are there any final questions? Adapted from: http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/presentations.htm