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Presentations in English book

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__Oral Presentations: Basics__
//**The Big Rule**//: Tell them what you're going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them. You can call your presentation a GOOD one if your audience remembers it two days later!

In other words, your presentation should have three parts: an introduction, body, and conclusion. Let's look at these three parts and see what you should include in each.

//**The Introduction**//

The purpose of the introduction is not only to introduce your topic, but also to interest your audience in the topic. Grab the audience's attention by somehow involving them in your topic. You can do this by asking a question, offering an interesting fact, using a quotation or telling a short story. (The question "How many people here have a home computer?" is a lot more interesting than "Today I'm going to tell you about the Internet.") You should preview the content of your presentation by offering a brief outline of what you will be discussing. You may also want to include why you choose this topic to present on.

//**The Body**//

The body of your presentation should support your introduction by offering facts, opinions, and reasons to support your topic. It should contain at least three ideas with supporting details to illustrate your point.

//**The Conclusion**//

The conclusion should restate the main points without giving examples. Think of it as a brief summary which emphasizes what you want the audience to remember. You can finish with a recommendation, a personal thought, an observation, or a question. Your closing statement (the last statement) should pull your presentation together.

When giving a presentation, certain **keywords** are used to **signpost** the different stages. It's a good idea to memorize them and practise using them, so that they come to mind easily during a presentation.
 * Preparation is essential for an effective presentation.**

=Some most common Presentation Phrases=

►Starting the presentation

• Good morning/good afternoon ladies and gentlemen •The topic of my presentation today is ... • What I'm going to talk about today is ...

►Why you are giving this presentation

•The purpose of this presentation is ... •This is important because ... • My objective is to ...

►Stating the main points

•The main points I will be talking about are firstly ... secondly... next, finally... we're going to look at ...

►Showing graphics, transparencies, slides etc.

• I'd like to illustrate this by showing you...

►Giving more details

• I'd like to expand on this aspect/problem/point • Let me elaborate on that • Would you like me to expand on/elaborate on that?

►Changing to a different topic

• I'd like to turn to something completely different

►Referring to something which is off the topic

• I'd like to digress here for a moment and just mention that ...

►Referring back to an earlier point

• Let me go back to what I said earlier about ...

►Summarizing or repeating the main points

• I'd like to recap the main points of my presentation - first I covered - then we talked about - finally we looked at • I'd now like to sum up the main points which were:

►Conclusion

• I'm going to conclude by... saying that/inviting you to/ quoting ... • In conclusion, let me... leave you with this thought/invite you to

►Questions

• Finally, I'll be happy to answer your questions. • Now I'd like to invite any questions you may have. • Do you have any questions?