Learn more than 30 advanced phrases for presenting in English in this short lesson. This is a follow-up lesson to "40 Useful Phrases For Presenting In English", which I uploaded in September 2020.
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Presentations Playlist: • PRESENTATION SKILLS
Welcoming your audience
It’s lovely to see so many familiar faces here today.
I’m very grateful to you all for taking the time to be here today.
Introducing yourself
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m …..
Let me start by telling you a little bit about my own background. I’m …
Stating the goal of your presentation
What I intend/plan/hope to do is …
The reason I’m here today is to talk about …
I’m here to say a few words about … (informal)
Explaining why the topic is relevant
This talk should be of particular interest to those of you who ….
By the end of this afternoon’s talk, you’ll know how to/you’ll be familiar with …
What I hope you’ll get from my talk/presentation is a clearer view/better idea of …
Introducing the first topic
I’d like to begin by drawing your attention to …
Let’s begin by looking at …
Finishing atopic
That’s all I want to say about this topic for the time being. (for the time being means at the moment - you may come back to the topic later)
So that’s the background on …
And continuing with another
The next point I’d like to talk about is …
This leads me directly to my next point, which is …
Highlighting information
As far as I’m concerned, the main issue here is …
The significance of this is, …
I cannot emphasise this strongly enough.
Paraphrasing
In other words, …
Put simply, …
To put it another way, …
Common knowledge
As you’re all aware, …
As I’m sure you all know, …
Referring to points you mentioned earlier
If you remember, I touched upon this point earlier.
As I mentioned/pointed out earlier …
Digressing
While we’re on the subject of …, I’d like to briefly mention …
If I can just digress for a moment, …
Getting back to the topic
Coming back to the main point …
Getting back to my main point …
Summarising
Finally, let me remind you of the main points we covered/looked at/considered today.
Let me briefly summarise the main points.
Concluding
I’d like to finish with something (name of well-known person) once said: (quote)
Let me just finish with a question: (thought-provoking question)
Thanking the audience and inviting them to ask questions
Thank you very much for being such an attentive audience. If you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer them now.
Any questions?
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:45 Welcoming the audience and introducing yourself
2:13 Stating your objective and explaining why it's relevant
3:14 Signposting phrases
4:13 Highlighting information
4:48 Paraphrasing
5:15 Common knowledge and referring to points you mentioned earlier
5:58 Digressing
6:26 Ending the presentation
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Music credits: Intro music: Far Away by MK2
Background music: Honey and Milk by The 126ers