Word List on Presentations

Introduction

  • I want to give you a short presentation about ...
  • My presentation is about ...
  • One of my hobbies is ...
  • The country that fascinates me most is ...
  • I’d like to tell you something about ...
  • I have always been interested in ... so today I want to tell you something about it.
  • I think everybody has heard about ..., but hardly anyone knows a lot about it.
  • That’s why I’d like to tell you something about it.
  • That’s why I chose the topic for my presentation.
  • Did you know that ...?
  • Did you know why ...? Well, in my presentation about ... you will find out about that.
  • OK, I’d like to begin by introcing myself
  • I’d like to start by giving you a brief run-down of what I’ll be covering today
  • In the first part of my talk, I’ll be looking at...
  • Then I’ll go on to...
  • Before we go on, I’d just like to highlight a few things.
  • I’d like to start by outlining the main aims and objectives of this talk
  • Firstly, let me explain the main aim of this presentation.
  • Please feel free to interrupt at any point.

If working with a quiz or questions on the topic

  • I’ve prepared a little quiz on the topic.
  • I’ll now give you some questions that you can answer during my presentation.
  • Pay attention.
  • You can take notes.
  • In the end, there will be a quiz on the topic.
  • After the presentation there will be a quiz.
  • In the end, I will test your knowledge on the topic.

Introducing sub-topics

  • Let me begin by explaining why / how ...
  • First / Now I want to talk about ...
  • First / Now I want to give you an insight into ...
  • Let’s (now) find out why / how ...
  • Let’s now move to ...
  • As I already indicated ...
  • Another aspect / point is that ...
  • The roots of ... go back to ...
  • ... began when ...
  • Legend has it that ...
  • As you probably know, ...
  • You probably know that ...
  • Maybe you’ve already heard about ...
  • You might have seen that already.
  • At the beginning there was / were ...
  • Many people knew / know ...
  • Hardly anyone knew / knows ...
  • ... hit the idea to ...
  • ... was the first to ...
  • It is claimed that ...
  • One can say that ...
  • I have read that ...

Signposting

  • If we look at the next slide
  • This slide illustrates how...
  • The most important point here is...
  • If you look at this diagram, you can see that...

Moving from topic to topic

  • Now, if we consider
  • Moving on the next slide
  • This leads me to the next point.
  • So we’ve seen how X, now let’s look at Y

Pictures and graphics

  • Let me use a graphic to explain this.
  • The graphic shows that ...
  • As you can see (in the picture) ...
  • In the next / following picture, you can see ...
  • Here is another picture.
  • The next picture shows how ...
  • Let the pictures speak for themselves.
  • I think the picture perfectly shows how / that ...
  • Now, here you can see ...

Conclusion

  • ... has a great influence on today’s life.
  • Unfortunately, ... is hardly known today.
  • ... should not be forgotten.
  • ... has really impressed me.
  • I hope that one day ...
  • We should not forget ...
  • All in all I believe that...
  • Summing up / Finally it can be said that ...
  • Let me close by quoting ... who said, »...«
  • That was my presentation on ...
  • I am now prepared to answer your questions.
  • Do you have any questions?

Summarize

  • So, what are the main points wee hightlighted ? Well, firstly
  • OK, let’s go over the main points again
  • To summarize, by focusing on X, we can see that
  • In other words, the key issues to remember are

closing

  • OK, I think this is probably a good time to finish
  • That just about brings it to an end
  • Does anyone have any questions?
  • Thanks for being such a good audience

Dealing with questions

  • Thanks, that’s a really interesting point
  • Yes, that’s a valid point, but
  • Can I get back to you on that one ?
  • I’m provably not qualified to answer that
  • Does anyone else have any views about that ?

If working with a quiz or questions on the topic

  • Well, let’s find out now how much you’ve learned.
  • Let’s check how much you can remember from my presentation.
  • Are you ready for the quiz?
  • Let’s do the quiz.
  • Okay, let’s answer the questions now.
  • Question number one / two / three ...
  • Next question.
  • Who can tell me ...?
  • Exactly.
  • That’s correct. / That’s right.
  • That’s not correct.
  • Try again.
  • I’ll give you a hint.
 
formules_presentation_anglais.txt · Dernière modification: 2006/10/25 09:32 par hash
 
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