Phrases For Making Presentations In English

Vocabulary and Phrases for Making Presentations in English
Overview
"Today I am going to talk to you about.... My presentation will be in XX parts. Firstly I am going to look at... Then I am going to talk to you about.... Finally, I'm going to examine some … The presentation will probably take around 10 minutes. There will be time for questions at the end of my talk."

Useful language foroverviews
"My presentation is in three parts.""My presentation is divided into three main sections.""Firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally…""I'm going to…take a look at…talk about…examine…tell you something about the background…give you some facts and figures…fill you in on the history of…concentrate on…limit myself to the question of…
"There will be time for questions at the end of thepresentation.""I'd be grateful if you could ask your questions after the presentation."
The main body of the presentation
During your presentation, it’s a good idea to remind your audience occasionally of the benefit of what you are saying.
"As I said at the beginning…""This, of course, will help you (to achieve the 20% increase).""As you remember, we are concerned with…""This ties in with my originalstatement…""This relates directly to the question I put to you before…"
Keeping your audience with you
Remember that what you are saying is new to your audience. You are clear about the structure of your talk, but let your audience know when you are moving on to a new point. You can do this by saying something like "right", or "OK". You can also use some of the following expressions:
"I'd nowlike to move on to…""I'd like to turn to…""That's all I have to say about…""Now I'd like to look at…""This leads me to my next point…"
If you are using index cards, putting the link on the cards will help you remember to keep the audience with you. In addition, by glancing at your index cards you will be pausing – this will also help your audience to realise that you are moving on to somethingnew.
Language for using visuals
It's important to introduce your visual to the audience. You can use the following phrases:
"This graph shows you…""Take a look at this…""If you look at this, you will see…""I'd like you to look at this…""This chart illustrates the figures…""This graph gives you a break down of…"
Give your audience enough time to absorb the information on the visual. Pause toallow them to look at the information and then explain why the visual is important:
"As you can see…""This clearly shows …""From this, we can understand how / why…""This area of the chart is interesting…"
Summarising
At the end of your presentation, you should summarise your talk and remind the audience of what you have told them:
"That brings me to the end of my presentation. I've talkedabout…""Well, that's about it for now. We've covered…""So, that was our marketing strategy. In brief, we…""To summarise, I…"
Relate the end of your presentation to your opening statement:
"So I hope that you're a little clearer on how we can achieve sales growth of 20%.""To return to the original question, we can achieve…""So just to round the talk off, I want to go back to the beginning when I askedyou…""I hope that my presentation today will help you with what I said at the beginning…"
Handling questions
Thank the audience for their attention and invite questions.
"Thank you for listening – and now if there are any questions, I would be pleased to answer them.""That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you for your attention. I'd be glad to answer any questions you might have."It’s useful to re-word the question, as you can check that you have understood the question and you can give yourself some time to think of an answer. By asking the question again you also make sure that other people in the audience understand the question.
"Thank you. So you would like further clarification on our strategy?""That's an interesting question. How are we going to get voluntary...