1. How to handle questions in presentation & Common pronunciation errors
Heeyeul Kwon
December 30th, 2014
English Seminar
Technology Management Lab
Department of Industrial Engineering
Seoul National University
Corporate idealist

2. How to handle questions
Dealing with interruptions
If you don’t mind, I’ll deal with this question later in my presentation.
Can we get back to that a bit later?
Would you mind waiting with your questions until the Q&A session at the end?
Asking for clarification or repetition
Sorry, I’m not sure I’ve understood your question.
I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch your question.
I’m afraid I don’t quite understand your question.
Are you asking if…?
Do you mean …?
Answering a difficult question
It could be …
I would say …
In my experience …
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3. How to avoid questions Thank you for your question.
That’s an interesting question!
That was a great question!
That is a really good question and I am glad you asked it
But I’m afraid
I don’t quite know the answer to your question,
I don’t have the answer for that now
that’s outside the scope of my talk,
that’s not my field,
that isn’t my area of expertise,
we are running out of time
I think it would be better if I got a little more information from you to help answer that question.
but I am sure my colleague can answer that question.
but I’ll try to find out the answer for you and contact you via .
Can we meet after the presentation and exchange contact details?
Can we meet after the presentation? I would be happy to get you more information.
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4. How to avoid questions- a script
Thanks for your question.
(Just to make sure I give you the correct answer, are you asking for ~~)
Unfortunately I don’t have the answer for that now, but I have a colleague that can answer that question.
Can we meet after the presentation and exchange contact details?
I will then ask him and get you the answer right away.
Great, thanks for the question. Any other questions?
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5. Why Koreans are making English pronunciation errors
Different phonetic spectrum
Certain sounds do not exist in Korean
City? CD? Shitty? Shady?
Weak variation in prosody (monotonous)
Stress on the wrong syllable
Stress on the wrong word
Segmental sound
Korean character = one syllable
Missing R F V TH Z SH
Alternative L
P, Wh B
S, D, T
J, G S
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6. Weak variation in prosody
Stress on the wrong syllable
Stress on 1st syllable
Nouns: label, format, interest, pity, treaty, purchase
Adjectives: lucky, grateful, handsome, fearful, active
Compound nouns: blackboard, sidewalk, streetlight, shoelace, backhand, headset
Stress on 2nd syllable
Verbs: invent, reply, decide, persuade, divulge, conduct,
Compound verbs: withdraw, undo, give up
Stress on 2nd to last
Adjectives ending in –ic: epidemic, academic, historic, democratic, photographic
Nouns ending in –sion, -tion: distribution, decision, intuition, prevention, presentation, nation
Stress on 3rd to last
Noun ending in –cy, -ty, -phy, -gy: democracy, entity, photography, energy, urology,
Adjectives ending in –cal: medical, practical, theoretical, analytical, sabbatical
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7. Different Phonetic Spectrum
Shifting stresses in different grammatical forms
technology technician technical technological
industry industrial
system systemic systematically
information informative inform
Common mistakes
thesis hypothesis
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