English for Academic Purposes Text type: presentation

Structure BeginningShort introduction welcome your audience introduce your subject explain the structure of your presentation explain rules for questions SAY WHAT YOUR MESSAGE IS GOING TO BE

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen Good afternoon, everybody My purpose today is to introduce our new range of... I am going to talk about... To start with I'll describe the progress made this year. Then I'll mention some of the problems we've encountered and how we overcame them. After that I'll consider the possibilities for further growth next year. Finally, I'll summarise my presentation (before concluding with some recommendations). Please feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions. I'll try to answer any of your questions after the presentation.

WHAT What I intend to say is What I'd like to do is to discuss What I intend to do is to explain In my talk today, My topic today is Today, I'm going to talk about I'm going to talk to you about Today I want to consider In this talk, I would like to concentrate on The subject of this talk is The purpose of this talk is to This talk is designed to The topic I’d like to deal with this morning is ….

HOW I'm going to deal with three aspects of the subject … I'm going to divide my presentation into three sections. I've divided my presentation into three sections. I thought it would be useful to divide my talk into three sections. This subject can be looked at under the following headings: … I'll take about... minutes. The talk should last about... minutes. I'll be happy to answer questions at the end If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them afterwards. If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt.

Structure MiddleBody of presentation present the subject itself say your real message

structure EndShort conclusion summarise your presentation thank your audience invite questions SAY WHAT YOUR MESSAGE WAS

Sum up: "In conclusion,..." "I'd like to sum up now...“ Give recommendations: "In conclusion, my recommendations are..." "I would suggest / propose / recommend the following strategy.“ Thank your audience: "Thank you for your attention." "May I thank you all for being such an attentive audience." Invite questions: "Are there any questions?" "Can I answer any questions?"

SIGNPOSTING Introducing the subject: "I'd like to start by..." "Let's begin by..." "First of all, I'll..." Finishing a subject: "Well, I've told you about..." "That's all I have to say about..." "We've looked at..." Starting another subject: "Now we'll move on to..." "Let me turn now to..." "Next..." 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 examples: "For example,..." "A good example of this is..." "As an illustration,..." Dealing with questions: "We'll be examining this point in more detail later on..." "I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may..." "I'll come back to this question later in my talk..." Summarising and concluding: "In conclusion,..." "Right, let's sum up, shall we?" "I'd like now to recap..." Ordering: "Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly..." "First of all...then...next...after that...finally..." "To start with...later...to finish up..."

GETTING THE AUDIENCE INVOLVED Asking questions and inviting participation "Has anyone considered just how many individuals are left permanently maimed by road accidents?" "Who can suggest some alternative uses for plastic bubble wrap?" “Someone’s home is broken into every seven minutes. Can you believe that?” Examples and Illustrations Repetition “Physical illness can be caused by fear: fear of failure,fear of other people’s reactions, fear or the unknown. Fear! Fear of something which may not even happen!” Verbal signals "In a few moments I will give you some statistics that will interest you..." "There are four ways of understanding this. Firstly - secondly - thirdly - finally" "I’ll now provide some evidence and examples to support my last statement."