Useful English Phrases for Presentations: Introductory, Structural, and Concluding Remarks, Summaries of Mathematical Statistics

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USEFUL ENGLISH PHRASES

FOR YOUR PRESENTATION

Instructor : Kasama Kowin, International Relations, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Tips For A Good English Speech

Clarity

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Pace (^) Volume

Examples

▧ Good morning/afternoon/evening,ladies and gentlemen/everyone. ▧ On behalf of allow me to extend a warm welcome to you. “Company X”, ▧ Hi, everyone. Welcome to “Name of the event”.

At the beginning of each presentation, you should welcome your audience.

WELCOME Depending on who you are addressing,you should extend a more or less formal welcome.

INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER

Examples ▧ Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is and I am delighted to be here today “John Miller” to talk to you about… ▧ First, let me introduce myself.My name is “John Miller” and I am the Today I’d like to talk to you about… “Position” of “Company X”. ▧ I’m “John” from “Company Y” and today I’d like to talk to you about…

The level of formality of your welcome address will also apply tohow you introduce yourself. Customize it to match your audience.

EXPLANATION OF GOALS

Examples

▧ The purpose(s) of this presentation is/are… ▧ My objective(s) today is/are…

It is always recommended to present the goals of your presentation at the beginning. This will help the audience to understand your objectives.

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STRUCTURE

After presenting the topic and your objectives,give your listeners an overview of the presentation’s then know what to expect in detail. structure. Your audience will Examples My talk/presentation is divided into “x” parts. I’ll start with…/First, I will talk about…/I’ll begin with…, then I will look at…, next…, and finally….

END OF A SECTION

Examples

▧ That’s all I have to say about…

▧ So, that is all about!

If you have completed a chapter or section of your presentation,inform your audience, so that they do not lose their train of thought.

INTERIM CONCLUSION

Examples

▧ To sum up… ▧ Let’s summarize briefly what we have looked at. ▧ Here is a quick recap of the main points of this section. ▧ I’d like to recap the main points. ▧ Well, that’s about it for this part. We’ve covered…

Drawing interim conclusions is of utmost importance in a presentation,particularly at the end of a chapter or section.Without interim conclusions, your audience will quickly forget everything you may have said earlier.

EXAMPLES

Examples :

▧ For example/ For instance,…

▧ A good example of this is…

▧ As an illustration,…

▧ To give you an example,…

▧ To illustrate this point…

Frequently, you have to give examples in a presentation. The following phrases are useful in that respect.

DETAILS

Examples

▧ I’d like to expand on this aspect/problem/point. ▧ Let me explain more about… ▧ Let me elaborate further on…

In a presentation, you may often need to providemore details regarding a certain issue. These expressions will help you to do so.

REFERENCE TO THE STARTING POINT

Examples ▧ ▧ I hope that you are a little clearer on how we canTo return to the original question, we can… … ▧ Just to round the talk off, I want to go back to the beginning when I… ▧ I hope that my presentation today will help withwhat I said at the beginning.

In longer presentations, you run the risk that after a while the audience may forget youroriginal topic and objective. Therefore, it makes sense to refer to the starting point from time to time.

REFERENCE TO SOURCES

Examples

▧ Based on our findings,…

▧ According to our study,…

▧ Our data shows/indicates…

In a presentation, you frequently have to refer toexternal sources, such as studies and surveys. Here are some useful phrases for marking these references.

Examples

▧ It should be emphasized that… ▧ I would like to draw your attention to this point… ▧ Another significant point is that… ▧ The significance of this is… ▧ This is important because… ▧ We have to remember that…

To ensure that your presentation does notsound monotonous, from time to time you should emphasize certain points.Here are some suggestions.

PARAPHRASE

Examples ▧ In other words,… ▧ To put it more simply,… ▧ What I mean to say is… ▧ So, what I’m saying is…. ▧ To put it in another way….

At times it might happen that you expressed yourself unclearlyand your audience did not understand your point. In such a case, you should paraphrase your argument using simpler language.