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Presentation Useful Language
English for Special Educators II
Starting	Previewing structure of talk
1 am here today to ... My name is ... and 1 am going to talk about / tell you about...	In my presentation, 1 am going to cover three points. 1 am going to divide this talk into three parts.
I'd like to begin by ... (-ing)	First, 1 will ... Then, we'll go on to ... And finally I'll ... Feel free to ask any questions. I'll take questions at the end.
Introducing the first section / subtopic	Referring to visuals
Let's start by talking about...	As you can see, ...
To begin, ...	You'll notice that...
I'll start with ...	
Explaining reasons	Finishing a section
The main reason for this is ...	We've looked at...
The best thing about this is ...	We've talked about...
Starting a new section	Closing
Let's move on to ...	To sum up, ...
Now, let's turn to ...	Overall, ...
And I'd now like to talk about...	That brings me to the end of my presentation.
The next /second ...	Thanks for listening. Are there any questions?
(Adapted from Business Result Intermediate, OUP, 2008; https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/signposting-language.html)
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