Phrases in English to present a presentation. How to make a presentation in English

To prepare for the action itself, you may need English words for the necessary materials at hand, tools and equipment for the presentation.

Screen- Screen (on which the presentation is projected)

white board(less often blackboard or green board) - Board

marker- Marker

Duster- Board sponge

Flipchart- Flipchart

Projector- Projector

Handouts- Handouts

The following questions will help you better prepare and guide you through your presentation:

Target Why are you making this presentation? What do you want to achieve?

Audience Who will the presentation be for? How knowledgeable are they on the subject? How many people will there be?

room- Where will the presentation take place? In a cozy little meeting room or in a spacious conference room? What equipment is needed? Are there enough seats?

Time and limits- When do you make the presentation and how long will it last? Will people be too tired by this time or hungry?

Material supply- Are you planning a formal or informal style? A serious approach or can you dilute the presentation with jokes? What will you use to get attention?

Structure- Be sure to think over the structure and logic of the speech and follow it clearly. So you can feel more confident, and your audience will better perceive the information.

Be sure to remember the following rules and return to them during the preparation of materials:

Preparing well for a presentation and rehearse it several times

The simpler and shorter the phrases, the better..
Throughout your presentation, use as simple and short words and sentences as possible.

Avoid complex terminology and jargon if you are not 100% sure that everyone present will understand them. Especially if not everyone speaks English as their first language.

Use active forms of verbs instead of passive ones.
Those. instead of the phrase “We found 100 kg of gold”, it is better to say “We found 100 kg of gold”.

Don't read the presentation! Tell it without looking at the text.
A presentation is best received when it looks as spontaneous as possible. To be sure, you can make small note cards or prepare a list of key points. But it doesn't have to be the full text of the presentation!

Consider what mandatory parts a presentation should consist of.

Introduction

What includes:

• Greetings
• Representation of the topic and purpose
• Description of the presentation structure
• Instructions for when to ask questions

Main part

What includes:

• The presentation of the prepared material in strict accordance with the plan indicated in the introduction.

Conclusion

What includes:

• Summary of all of the above
• Your final conclusions
• Thanks for your attention
• Questions

Now that we have dealt with the structure, let's look at what phrases are useful to us in order to start, conduct and end a presentation in English.

English vocabulary for presentation

Start your presentation by saying hello and thanking everyone for coming:

good morning ladies and gentlemen- Good morning ladies and gentlemen

good afternoon ladies and gentlemen- Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen

good afternoon, everybody- Good afternoon everyone

hello everyone- Hi all

Welcome everyone- Welcome

I "d like to start by thanking you all for coming- I would like to start by thanking you all for coming

It "s great to see so many fresh faces here today- It's great to see how many new faces are here today

Let me begin by welcoming you all of you here today- Let me start by welcoming you all here today.

It's great to be here with you all- It's great to be here with you.

Thank you for coming out today- Thank you for coming today.

Let's talk about ourselves and the purpose of our report:

I"m John Smith- I'm John Smith

My name is John Smith- My name is John Smith.

I am going to talk about... I'm going to talk today about...

The purpose of my presentation is to introduce our new range of.. - The purpose of my presentation is to present our new range...

There are three main areas I want to look at today- There are three main issues that I want to consider today

Describe to the audience what program awaits them during your presentation:

To start with I"ll describe... I will describe first...

Then I "ll mention some of the problems we" ve encountered and how we overcame them.- Then I will talk about some of the challenges we faced and how we overcame them.

After that I "ll consider the possibilities for further growth next year.- After that, I will consider the possibility of further growth next year.

Finally, I'll summarize my presentation.- In conclusion, I will sum up my presentation.

Here we will look at how to start the main part of the presentation in English:

I'd like to start by ...- I would like to start with...

Let's begin by ...- Let's start with...

First of all, I"ll ...- First of all, I...

Starting with...- Beginning with...

I'll begin by ..- I'll start with...

If you have finished the next logical part, it is worth marking it:

Well, I've told you about ... Well, I told you about...

That's all I have to say about ... That's all I wanted to say about...

We"ve looked at ... We have considered...

So much for...- Stop talking about...

When starting a new part of the presentation, warn the listeners about this so that they do not lose the thread of the speech:

Now we'll move on to ...- Now we're going to...

Let me turn now to... Let me now move on to...

Next...- Next...

Turning to...- Going to...

I'd like now to discuss ... Now I would like to discuss...

Let's look now at ... Let's now look at...

After you have told the basic information, you need to analyze it:

Where does that lead us?- Where does this lead us?

Let's consider this in more detail ... Let's take a closer look at this...

What does this mean for ... ?- What does that mean for... ?

translated into real terms ...- It means...

To make the information better perceived, give more examples:

For example, ...- For example, ...

A good example of this is ...- A good example of this is...

As an illustration...- As an illustration...

To give you an example, ...- Let me give you an example...

To illustrate this point ...- To illustrate this point...

So, you were taken by surprise by the "pleasant" news. At work, the bosses happily announced that in a week you will have to presentation. And since the presentation will be attended by foreign partners, the presentation "must be in English without fail."

Before that, life seemed wonderful, the career moved smoothly, but inexorably uphill, relations with the authorities developed successfully. And then at one moment you faced a choice - "to be or not to be?" You studied English at school, for lack of practice you forgot everything that was possible. Presentations were held - yes, but not in English! The only question that arises in the head: "So what to do now?"

1. First and foremost- do not panic.
2. Second - and this is where many people make the mistake - try to imagine in advance how the presentation will go. Based on the given prerequisites, draw up a plan for the upcoming presentation.

   A typical presentation has the following structure:

   1. Starting
   2. Main part (introduction and focusing attention).
      • first (first);
      • second (second);
      • third (thirdly);
      • finally
   3. Conclusion.
   4. Answering questions.

   Now that you have a clear structure of your future presentation in front of your eyes, you can start working on it in more detail.

So, the third: it's time to decide on the format of your presentation in English. This can be a formal meeting (partners are visiting for the first time), or a meeting that takes place in a casual, informal setting. Depending on this or that option, phrases for the presentation are also selected.

Start

Starting
formal meeting	Informal meeting
good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen….. My name is… and I "m head of the marketing department. Our purpose this morning is to hear a presentation and to discuss it with all of you.	Okay everybody. Please take a seat. Let's get started. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at the end of the presentation. We'll hear a presentation and discuss it to see if there are any fresh ideas.
take a seat- take a seat purpose- target, get started- begin, discuss- discuss, feel free to ask- feel free to ask fresh ideas- Fresh ideas.

As a rule, the responsibility to open the rally is undertaken by the authorities, but if you have a few “control” phrases in reserve, it won’t hurt!)

main part

After the introduction, it is usually your turn to start the presentation. Here it will be useful to stock up on a number of introductory phrases and tell about the structure of the presentation.

Introduction
formal meeting	Informal meeting
As you already know, today's presentation is designed to present some important points of … This first slide shows our agenda for the day.	all right, let me start by saying thanks to all of you for the interest in this presentation. I would like to talk to you today about …. for…minutes.
First, I will begin with an overview of… Then, Ms. Smooth will present the data that she gathered and her ideas for … She will be followed by Mr. Hanson, who will discuss adapting our product to meet market needs, and at last we'll make a conclusion with the main recommendations.	First I would like to talk about…. Then I would like you to take a look at… Following that we're going to talk about… Then I "m going to wrap things up with our team's recommendations. Lastly we are going to discuss…
Since we have very limited time today, please hold your questions until the end of the presentation.	Any questions so far? Please feel free to interrupt me at any time.
be designed- be thoughtful slide- slide agenda- agenda, let me start- let me start say thanks- give thanks overview- review, present the data- present data at last- finally, conclusion- conclusion, wrap things up- let's finish hold the questions- keep (do not forget) questions, so far- Bye, interrupt- interrupt

Representing visual materials your presentation (usually in Power Point or any other similar program), you must also have some duty phrases, which create "links-transitions" between slides, and help listeners not to lose the main idea of ​​the presentation.

Some of the phrases given below will help you not to get confused and focus the attention of the audience on the most important points of the presentation. The phrases are the same for any type of presentation - formal and informal.

You also need to know the elementary names graphs, tables etc. in English.

pie chart– pie chart,
table- table,
bar chart- bar chart,
line graph– line chart,
market share- market segment

It’s good to learn (if you didn’t know) or remember (if you knew and forgot) - some useful terms that will help you correctly convey the main idea of ​​​​your presentation to the listener and present information intelligibly in graphs, tables, etc.:

represent- introduce, rise slowly- rise slowly go up steadily- rising steadily rise gradually- grow gradually rise sharply- take off sharply keep stable- stay at a certain level

descend- decrease fall/go down/drop- fall, fall slowly- fall slowly fall steadily- steadily decline drop sharply- fall sharply

justify- to confirm currently- currently, raise the price- raise the price, compared to- compared with, revenue- income

rise by 5%- rise by 5%, drop from… to…- the price fell from ... to ..., go to the level of 35%- reach the level of 35%

Conclusion

The phrases concluding the presentation, as a rule, differ little in the formal and informal versions.

Answers on questions

Of course, it is very good when the presentation is presented in such a way that there are no questions. But the speaker is bad who has not prepared for possible questions in advance. Therefore, an important point in preparing for a presentation in English is, among other things, the calculation of the "weak" points of your speech and the preparation of answers to possible questions in advance.

However, it is not always possible to calculate all the questions, unfortunately. Therefore, it’s good if you have a couple of template phrases prepared that will allow you to “pull” a little time and collect your thoughts if a completely unexpected difficult question is suddenly asked.

You can practice answering questions with any person who knows English. It can be your more advanced work colleague, an English tutor or just a good friend.

So, I hope this article will help beginners to master the art of presentation in English, gather their thoughts a little and not get confused during their speech. This will be especially important if the presentation really contains valuable and constructive suggestions!

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So, you were taken by surprise by the “pleasant” news. At work, the bosses happily announced that in a week you will have a presentation. And since the presentation will be attended by foreign partners, the presentation "must be in English without fail."

Before that, life seemed wonderful, the career moved smoothly, but inexorably uphill, relations with the authorities developed successfully. And then at one moment you faced a choice - “to be or not to be?” You studied English at school, for lack of practice you forgot everything that was possible. Presentations were held - yes, but not in English! The only question that arises in the head: "So what to do now?"

Make a successful presentation in English?
For this you need:
1. learn the principles of constructing a presentation;
2. master the technology of creating text for an oral presentation.
What is a presentation?
A presentation is a type of communicative activity, the purpose of which is to convey to the listeners information structured according to certain canons. Educational presentations, depending on the purpose, are divided into informative (informative) and persuasive (persuasive). What is a presentation?
Any presentation consists of three parts:
1. Introduction;
2) the main part;
3) conclusion.

How to correctly formulate the topic of the presentation?
Determining the topic of a speech is often difficult. She is usually very
general, extensive and therefore it is impossible to open it in 5-7 minutes.
For example:
The theme of our course is "Students studying abroad: English for academic mobility". For your presentation within the stated topic, you must choose a subject, for example, “About myself”. And then you choose a narrower sub-topic (topic) "My family tree", which you can cover for 5-7 minutes. This is an example of an informative presentation.

The title of the presentation (the title) can also be expressed in the form of a question. This presentation is much easier to prepare. The main difficulty here is the formulation of the key question. It must be remembered that if the title is expressed through Why-question, you must reveal the reasons, and if How-question, you must talk about ways to solve a particular problem, and then your presentation is an answer to your question.
If you want to make a persuasive presentation, then you can write a general question and put it in the title. "Does love make you happy?"
By answering this question positively or negatively, you give arguments (these will be parts of your presentation) that prove your point of view.

What is an introduction?
In the introduction, you must:
a) introduce myself to the audience (Let me introduce myself. My name is .. L am a first year law student);
b) name the topic of your presentation (The topic of my presentation is... Today I would like to tell you about...);
c) formulate the relevance and purpose of your presentation (I have chosen this topic because. . J The purpose of my presentation is to inform/ to persuade…);
d) talk about the nature and structure of the presentation (The form of my presentation is .. .The body of my presentation consists of ... parts);
e) announce the duration of the presentation (It will take only 5-7minutes of your time);
f) formulate in one sentence the main idea of ​​the presentation (thesis statement).
The main part, as a rule, consists of 2-4 parts, which are closely and logically related to each other.

How to prepare the text of the presentation?
1. Preparatory work.
a) Think first and identify those sub-topics that could make up the content of this thirteenth broad topic.
b) Choose one subtopic that you will cover in 5-7 minutes.
c) The chosen subtopic should be interesting to the audience and you should be well versed in it.
d) Brain storming to collect all the ideas that might be interesting, informative and relevant to your subtopic.
2. Organization of writing text.
a) Think of a title for your presentation. It can be either in the form of a question (general or specific), or in the form of a statement.
b) The title of the presentation determines its nature.
c) Formulate the main idea (a thesis statement) of your presentation, ie. a statement that captures the essence of your entire speech. It should be designed in such a way that it can be asked questions, and thereby stimulate the disclosure of the subtopic. The answers to these questions will be part of your presentation.
d) Each paragraph of the main part begins with a main sentence (topic sentence), which formulates who or what will be discussed in this part. The answer to the question to the topic sentence is the content of each paragraph.
e) Once you learn how to formulate thesis statement and topic sentence, the success of your presentation will be guaranteed, as these skills will help to make your presentation logical and concise.

Conclusion.
The conclusion usually consists of 2-4 sentences of a general nature and necessarily contains the answer to the question that was put in the title of the presentation. If the title of the presentation is presented as a statement, then the conclusion should contain answers to the hidden questions of the thesis statement. Moreover, they should not repeat the text of the main part of the presentation: for this, it is recommended to use the paraphrasing technique.
What should be the language of the presentation text? Presentation 1 is a public speaking, so it is necessary to choose language means that are typical for oral speech, namely:
1) sentences should not be very long;
2) if you take sentences from the text, then adapt them to oral speech, that is,
a) rephrase, make them shorter;
b) replace constructions in the passive voice with the active voice;
c) do not use a large number of unfamiliar words.
3) For the presentation, it is best to use an authentic English text that contains ready-made language tools that are typical for the English language.
When translating from Russian into English, you often use Russianisms and literal translation, which makes the language of your speech unnatural.

When is the text ready for public presentation?
After writing the first option, review the text again, paying attention to:
- grammar;
- choice of words and expressions;
- the length of sentences;
- consistency and coherence of its parts;
- smooth transition from one part to another;
- to use a sufficient number of facts and details illustrating; main points of your statement.
Speak the text, paying attention to the pronunciation of new and difficult words.

How to make your presentation more expressive?
1, Use visual aids.
The most effective is the power point format.
a) The first slide should have the title and outline of the presentation.
b) The outline of the presentation consists of listing those paragraphs that will be covered in the main part of the presentation. Parts of the speech should be written in a single language format. For example: if the first paragraph is indicated in the form of an infinitive, then the remaining parts must begin with an infinitive.
c) All text material of the presentation should be structured. The slides are meant to illustrate it. In essence, this is a mind map (content plan) of your speech. In addition, you can put all the factual information (place names, dates and numbers, tables and graphs) on the slides, helping the audience to fully understand your presentation.
d) However, it is not recommended to place a large amount of textual material on the slides (quotes, references, definitions, etc.), as these are samples of written speech, and they are not perceived by ear.
e) Do not forget to indicate the sources of information!
2. Use non-verbal means of communication (gestures, facial expressions, voice modulations). Watch for feedback from the audience (eye contact).
3. Your presentation will be successful if you speak at your natural pace.
NB! If after your presentation the audience had questions, and you were able to fully answer them, then the goal of your presentation has been achieved.

SPEECH CLISCHES THAT WILL HELP
MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION SUCCESSFUL
1 Introduction
-Good morning, everybody! (ladies and gentlemen).
-Let me introduce myself. My name is.. ./I am a first year law student.
-The topic of my presentation is.. ./Today I would like to tell you about…
-I have chosen this topic because…, / The purpose of my presentation is to inform/ to
persuade...
-The form of my presentation is .. ./The body of my presentation consists of… parts.
-It will take only 5-7minutes of your time.

2.Body
-First.,
-I have divided my presentation into 2-3 parts.
-Then…
I -After that I'd like to move on to… I -Next I'd like to move on to… | -Finally I'd like to move on to…

3.Conclusion
-Let us summarize briefly what we have looked at.
-Let us briefly summarize the main issues.
-In conclusion I want to say.
-That is the end of my presentation.
-Thank you for your listening/attention. 4. Inviting questions
-You are welcome with your questions.
-I am ready to answer any of your questions.
-Could you repeat your question?
-I am sorry, but I didn't follow your question.
-If there are no more questions thank you again for your attention.

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Do you have a presentation in English? No panic. The main thing is preparation. In addition, it will be useful to pay attention to some standard phrases that will help you start and end your presentation, structure your thoughts, and organize a discussion. We have collected some of them.

Topic presentation

1. I'd like to start by…– I would like/want to start with…

2. Let's begin by...- Let's start with...

3. First of all, I'll...“First of all, I…

4. Starting with...- Let's start with...

5. I'll begin by...- I'll start with...

Completion of the topic

6. Well, I've told you about …- In general, I told you about ...

7. That's all I have to say about ...- That's all I wanted to tell you about...

8. We've looked at... We have considered...

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Starting a new topic

9. Now we'll move on to... Now we move on to...

10. Let me turn now to… Now I will move on to...

12. Turning to...- Going to...

13. I'd like now to discuss ...- Now I would like / would like to discuss ...

14. Let's look now at... Now let's look at...

Analysis

15. Where does that lead us? Where does this lead us?

16. Let's consider this in more detail... Let's look at this in more detail...

17. What does this mean for …? What does this mean for...?

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Examples

18. For example, …- For example, …

19. A good example of this is…- A good example of this...

20. As an illustration, …- As an illustration...

21. To give you an example, …- To give an example...

22. To illustrate this point…– To illustrate this point…

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Postponed questions

23. We’ll be examining this point in more detail later on… We will look at this point in more detail later...

24. I'd like to deal with this question later, if I may ...– I would like to answer this question later, if you don’t mind…

25. I'll come back to this question later in my talk... I will return to this issue later...

26. Perhaps you'd like to raise this point at the end...- Perhaps you will come back to this point / ask this question at the end ...

27. I won't comment on this now ... I won't comment on it now...

Order

28. Firstly… secondly… thirdly… lastly…“First… second… third… and last…

29. First of all… then… next… after that… finally…“First of all…then…then…and finally…

30. To start with… later… to finish up…- Let's start with that ... further ... in conclusion ...

Conclusion and Conclusions

31. In conclusion, …- Finally …

32. Right, let's sum up, shall we?- Now let's recap.

33. I'd like now to recap… Now I would like to recap...

34. Let's summarize briefly what we've looked at ... Let's briefly recap what we've covered...

35. Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we’ve covered… In conclusion, let me remind you of some of the issues that we have considered...

Introductory part

It is best to start by greeting the audience, introduce yourself, announce the topic of the presentation to the audience and tell them when to ask questions.

After the introductory part, it is customary to inform the audience about how long the presentation will last and outline its main points.
First I would like to talk about…. - First I want to talk about...
Then I would like to take a look at ... - Then I want to introduce you to ...
Following that we should talk about… - Next we'll talk about...
Lastly we are going to discuss… - In conclusion, we will discuss...
My presentation will last for ___minutes. - My presentation will last ___ minutes.
Or (or)
We should be finished here by____o'clock - We will finish at ___ hours.

Audience Management

It is extremely important during the speech to focus the attention of the audience on the next paragraph of your report. This will allow you to control the attention of the listeners, as well as help them follow the logic of your story.
I’d like now to discuss… - Now I want to talk about...
Let's move on to… - Let's move on to...
Let's now turn to… - Let's turn to...
Now we will look at…. We will now look at...
Let "s move on to our next point ... - Let's move on to the next point ...
Firstly ... - First of all / firstly
Secondly… - Secondly
Thirdly… - Thirdly
Lastly… - In conclusion
Before you start asking questions, briefly summarize your presentation and outline the main points. Such a step will save you from unnecessary questions, and once again you will be able to focus the attention of the audience on key points.

Summarizing

I would like to sum up the main points again… - I want to go over the main points again
I "d like to summarize our main points before your questions. So, in conclusion ... - I would like to summarize the main points before you start asking questions. So, in conclusion ...
Finally let me just sum up today’s main topics… - In conclusion, let me briefly summarize today’s main topics.

The following are phrases that you can use if you don't get the gist of the question asked by the listener:

I'm sorry could you clarify your question for me? - I'm sorry, could you clarify your question?
If I’ve understood you correctly you are asking about…