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About You

! Find 3 reasons why presentations are important toyou.

!

Find 3 things you like about presenting. 

! Think of 3 reasons why presenting is problematicfor you. 

! What would you like to improve when presentingin English?

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The Introduction

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! steps of an introduction? 

! 4 parts? 

! how much time?

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“The secret is: have a good beginning, a good ending and

keep them as close together as possible.”

 –George Burns

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The

Introduction

! Who 

!

Why(the PURPOSE) 

! What 

! How (you are going toproceed)

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The PURPOSE

! The purpose of your presentation should be yourguiding light throughout your preparation. Determine

what you objective is and make sure that everythingthat you say or show works towards your main goal.

! Make a list of different objectives someone can havewhen presenting.

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Activity Put the following phrases into a category(who, why, what, how)

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Categorise and Note Grammar

1. On behalf of Mr. Keane, may I welcome you to Jackson Inc. Myname is Jo Black and I'm responsible for...... 

2. My purpose today is to........... 

3. I'm going to develop three main points.First, ....Second,....Third,....

 

4. Let me introduce myself. I am........ 

5. I'll pass round copies of my slides (diapo) so you can makenotes as I go through the presentation

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6. Before I continue, let me tell you something aboutmyself...... 

7. Today I would like to give you a general overview of..... 

8. I've divided my presentation into three main points andI would like to begin with... 

9. So, I'll be addressing three main points the first one isgoing to be... The second point will be and finally thelast point is.... 

10.I'm going to outline three proposals. Firstly, I'll.....Then,

I'd like to....and finally….

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11.Today, I'm going to bring you up to date with... 

12.The presentation should last about 5 minutes..... 

13.We'll take a short coffee break at about 10:30 

14.My objective today is to ..... 

15.Morning everyone. Thanks for coming. My name isLuca and I'm in charge of...

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16.If you have any questions, I'd be grateful if you could

leave them until the end.... 

17.I'm happy to take any questions after that.... 

18.For those who don't know me, my name is CarlosLopez and I'm the managing director... 

19.We can take two or three questions at the end of eachpoint... 

20.You don't need to take notes as we'll be handing out

presentation booklets....

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21.I would like to start with.....and then.....lastly... 

22.Today, I'm going to tell you..... 

23.What I am going to do today is review..... 

24.Please feel free to interrupt me at any time if you havea question.

25.The reason we are here today is to... 

26.Morning everyone, I'm......

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Activity Think of a few ways of capturing youraudience’s interest right at the start of

your talk. Write your ideas on the board.

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imagine, joke, know, like ,

misconception, raise, said, turn1. Did you …..that? 

2. Could I ask you to ….your hand if you? 

3. Could you ….to a partner and discuss? 

4. Just….what it would be like to …. 

5. There’s a common …that 

6. My favourite…about that is 

7. How would you …to be able to?

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Your Own Start 

! Prepare an introduction ofa presentation- your threefavourite books, films,

places to travel etc.

! Make your PURPOSE clear 

! Try to capture youraudience’s attention

instantly

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Signposting 

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! Why do you think using transition language isimportant? 

! Make a list of 5 transition sentences you often use 

! Have a look at some examples in sentences 1 to 16 oftransition language. 

! Write down the sentences you think are most useful

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e

! I'd like to conclude this point

 by saying... 

! This leads me to a point 

! So, we've looked at 

! That completes my overview

of  

! Next we come to... 

! My next point is... 

! That covers all I want to say

about this point 

!

And finally.....

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Grammar

!  When doing a transition, you may want to use the presentperfect: have/has + participe passé for summing up and thefuture to introduce your next point. 

! Example:

! I have finished talking about…. I will now go on to 

! I have completed my first part… I am now going to discuss 

!

I have now come to the end of my second part ….. I would nowlike to address....

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The Conclusion

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“Try to make your last line or two truly eloquent,

meaningful, touching, accurate and wise. Always memoriseyour last few lines. This is the time to deliver straight to

them: eye to eye, person to person. Try to leave them with a

thought that will continue to provide an echo after you stop.”

 –Sony Hamlin, HLS Presentation Coach

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! In your opinion, why do some people poorly finishtheir presentation? 

! Does every presentation have a conclusion? 

! Do you ever wonder, at the end of a presentation,what was the point? 

! Guess what the four main points of a conclusion are

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! Signal 

! Summarise 

! La phrase qui tue/“take-home statement”/conclusion 

! Closing remarks

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Grammar

In your conclusion you can also use the present perfect (have/has +past participle) to say what you have done.

Examples: 

I have now come to the end of my presentation.

I hope I have brought a up to date with... 

I think I have covered the essential points and would now like toconclude by saying....

 

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Activity Put the following phrases into a category(signal, summarise, conclusion, closing

remarks)

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1. So that brings me to the end of my presentation. 

2. Let me summarise what we've looked at. 

3. Thank you for your attention 

4. I'll briefly summarise the main issues 

5. I'll now hand out... 

6. I suggest choosing our company....

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7. I'd like to summarise.... 

8. I'd like to conclude by strongly recommending 

9. So, that completes our presentation.... 

10.Let me just go over the key points again 

11.To sum up... 

12.I trust you gained an insight into....

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13.To conclude, I'd like to leave you with the followingthoughts... 

14.Well, that covers everything I want to say... 

15.If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answerthem.... 

16.At this stage, I'd like to go over...

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17.In my opinion, the only way forward is to..... 

18.Thank you for listening..... 

19.To summarise, I'll run through my three topics,

20.In conclusion, I'd like to leave you with the followingidea…. 

21.Let’s take a look back at what we’ve spoken about thismorning. 

22.If you take just one thing from the is talk, take this….

23.I’m counting on you to….