1 / 18

Making Better Presentations in English by Andrew D. Miles

Making Better Presentations in English by Andrew D. Miles. 1. SIGNAL THE START. Start your speech with a phrase that catches the public’s attention. Right ladies and gentlemen Shall we begin? Fine everybody. Let’s get started OK Guys. Are you all ready?. 2. INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

Sophia
Download Presentation

Making Better Presentations in English by Andrew D. Miles

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Making Better Presentationsin Englishby Andrew D. Miles Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  2. 1. SIGNAL THE START Start your speech with a phrase that catches the public’s attention. • Right ladies and gentlemen • Shall we begin? • Fine everybody. Let’s get started • OK Guys. Are you all ready? Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  3. 2. INTRODUCE YOURSELF Mention your name, position and where you come from. • I’d like to introduce myself. I am Steve Platt, Chief of Maintenance for Motorway Inc. • I am Dr. Jack Smith from Barcelona. I work as a research assistant in our R&D facility. • My name is John Styles. I run Riversoft’s European operations. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  4. 3. …OR SOMEONE ELSE Always ask people how they would like to be introduced. • I’d like you to meet Dr Grant. She’s the Head Surgeon at Houston Memorial Hospital. • Let me introduce John Oats. He comes from the Helsinki branch and will be joining our sales team. • This is Arthur Spleen, from Marketing. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  5. 4. EXPRESS PURPOSE Start by saying why you’re here. • I’m here today to… • What I’d like to do is… • My objective is to… • My aim now is to… Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  6. Firstly To start Secondly Initially Primarily Then Next Last but not least Finally To end 5. LIST TOPICSMake a list of the points you’ll talk about. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  7. 6. INTRODUCE TOPIC ONE Open every topic with an introduction. • I’d like to review… • I want to go over… • We are going to analyse… • I plan to examine… Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  8. 7. LINK EFFECT TO CAUSE Use these expressions if you want to highlight the effect over the cause. • The loss was due to negligence. • The loss was caused by negligence. • The loss resulted from negligence. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  9. 8. LINK CAUSE TO EFFECT Use these expressions if you want to highlight the cause over the effect. • Mismanagement led to losses. • Mismanagement resulted in losses. • Mismanagement caused losses. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  10. 9. EXPLAIN GRAPHS Use these expressions to describe graphic aids. • I´d like you to see this graph. It shows… • Please observe this matrix. You’ll see that… • Have a look at this model. What’s wrong with it? • Let me show you a chart that summarises… Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  11. Increase Accumulate Boost Escalate Hike Raise Rise Shoot up Swell Decline Diminish Dip Drop Plunge Shrink Sink Slip Descend 10. DESCRIBE TRENDSUse these expressions to talk about Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  12. 11. EXPRESS PROBABILITY Use these expressions to express certainty. • Surety: sure, definite, doubtless, inevitable, without question, unmistakable, certain. • Likelihood: Probable probable, likely, seeming, expected. • Possibility: possible, conceivable, feasible. • Doubt: doubtful, improbable, unlikely, questionable, remote, dubious, unsure. • Impossibility: impossible, unfeasible, unrealisable, unattainable, not viable. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  13. But However Nevertheless Nonetheless Although Though Despite Despite On the other hand Even though On the contrary By contrast Conversely Even if 12. COMPARE IDEASUse these expressions to describe contrast. Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  14. 13. REINFORCE IDEAS Use these expressions to emphasize ideas. • Furthermore • in addition • as well as • Besides • Too • Moreover • Additionally • likewise Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  15. 14. EXPRESS OPINION Use these expressions to give your opinion. • My opinion is • I would say • In my view • It seems to me that • From my angle • I see it as Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  16. Give support I urge you to approve We are for the idea We back your point We support the plan I would go ahead I’ll stand by you. Hold back support I’d deny support I would eliminate We should reject We must rule out We ought to discard Let’s refuse 15. RECOMMEND / REJECT Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  17. 16. FINISH THE SPEECH Use these expressions to close your presentation. • Move to action: Now’s the time to / We’d better move. • Refer back to…: Going back to our figures / As I said before • Summarise: To sum up / To recapitulate Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

  18. 17. CLOSE THE SPEECH Use these expressions to wrap up your speech Asking for questions Have you got any query? / Would you like to ask? Thanking Thank you for / It’s been a pleasure to Introduce the next speaker Now, I’ll leave you with / I’d like to introduce Say goodbye Goodbye / Good afternoon, everyone Making Better Presentations in English by A. D. Miles

More Related