Presentation. Presentations may be given for different reasons, on different subjects and on various occasions, but the structure is always the same

- Conclusion

You needn’t make the language of a presentation formal as in a report. What you really need is appropriate sequence markers, which will help to move from one point to another. Besides, logical connectors and textual links will serve to develop the ideas and convey them to the audience. (see Connectors section)

1 Introduction consists of the following points:

a) greeting the audience and introducing yourself.

- Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Let me introduce myself …….

- Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m ……. from ……

b) introducing the topic: the purpose of the presentation, what the speaker is going to speak about

- Today I’m going to talk about …………

- I’ll be talking about …….

- The subject of my presentation is ……..

c) signposting – the order in which the presenter is going to develop the main idea.

- My presentation will be in …. parts

- I’ve divided my presentation into ….. parts.

- First / Firstly I’ll be talking about …..

- Secondly, I’ll move on to ……. / Then, I’m going to look at ……..

- Finally, I will / am going to ………

d) stating the rules

- I am going to answer the questions in the end.

- If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to interrupt me.

- If you’re not clear about anything, go ahead and ask any questions.