How to Give a Presentation in English Basic English Phrases
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everything to begin with so as I said
today’s live stream is about making
presentations
we’re going to talk about three things
for today’s lesson we’re going to talk
about introduction so making an
introduction to your presentation who
are you what is your topic we’ll talk
about the body of your presentation like
the main points of your presentation
supporting your argument and third we’re
going to talk about concluding your
presentation so three points as always
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as I said today’s topic making
presentations we will begin with
introductions introduction so when you
begin your presentation you will begin
by making an introduction so there are
two parts that I want to start with
first will be a review I think for most
of you first is a self introduction who
are you so this will be the first one
the first point when you begin your
presentation is introducing yourself so
quick review hello everybody my name is
your name and I’m from organization so
this organization is your company or
your school for example this is a part
you will use only if you’re giving your
presentation outside your regular
organization if you’re giving a
presentation to your classmates or like
to people that you know in your company
you probably don’t need this part maybe
you could use your department name if
you like so hi everybody my name is
Alicia and I’m from English
101.com for example thank you very much
for coming to my presentation against
this line right here thank you very much
for coming to my presentation this line
is again like if people are guests in
your presentation so this is an an
expression you use if you’re giving a
presentation outside of your school or
outside of your company so for example
like a conference or maybe I’d like some
kind of academic activity so this is
probably not an expression you use at
your company okay so this is how to
introduce yourself who are you where are
you from in other words so which
organization are you from so let’s begin
here then you need to introduce your
topic of course too but if you want to
if it’s appropriate you can also talk
about your experience with that topic so
before you start talking about the topic
you can introduce like your specialty
the work that you do so here’s a quick
sample a quick sample sentence I’m or
I’m an plus your job title and I’ve been
so here you see present perfect tense
I’ve been plus that activity verbing for
time periods so for example in my case
like I’m an editor and I’ve been doing
editing work for six years for example
so you can type some examples into the
chat and I’ll try to check that out so
this is how you can introduce yourself
and your experience so I’m a teacher and
I’ve been teaching for seven years for
example so this is a quick way to
introduce your title and your experience
at the beginning of your presentation
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your question send your examples into
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definitely all right but once you have
finished that after you have introduced
yourself with your name and your job
title and your organization you need to
enter
Douce your topic so let’s go to the
board so I prepared on the board I know
it’s difficult to see so I prepared and
our control desk is prepared to up here
as well all right
use a big screen hahaha that’s true okay
so maybe you can see here let’s now talk
about some expressions you can use to
introduce your topic all right here’s
one which we will see on on the screen
also this is the same on the board and
the screen so the next two points first
one to introduce your topic you can say
today I’m going to talk about topic
today I’m going to talk about topic same
thing here so today we use I’m going to
grammar points you’ve planned this topic
today I’m going to talk about making a
presentation so like for example today
I’m going to talk about making a
presentation this part I’m going to like
you might hear people say today I’m
going to today I’m gonna talk about
making a presentation so you can say it
clearly if you like you can reduce it as
well today I’m going to talk about blah
blah blah I’m going to talk about making
a presentation I’m going to talk about
cooking I’m going to talk about sales so
this is your topic your presentation
topic comes at the end of this sentence
okay so here’s your presentation topic
this part I’ll talk about later is
called your argument your argument I’ll
talk about it just a little bit later
though okay so after this after you
introduce your topic
explain to your listener why is that
topic important so here you can see two
topic is important because reason so
here I have reason right here at the end
of this expression explain why so this
question your goal for this question is
answer why should I care why is this
important why is it
I listen to your presentation so in my
case making presentations is important
because there are key ways to share
information for example so explain why
your topic is important so why are the
sales figures in your company important
why should we pay attention to you why
should we give our time to you explain
that here why is the topic important
okay so I mentioned it quickly before
but this is a key word for today’s for
today’s lesson the word argument
argument let’s see someone on Facebook
par was you said the Lord is too small
these everything on the board is here
also so please check here if it’s
difficult to see the board I try put the
key points up here as well please check
these two okay so um a key vocabulary
word for today is argument so argument
in this case argument does not mean
fight argument means main point or your
theory this is the idea your main idea
is called your argument this is a word
used in like formal presentations also
your argument your argument so I’m going
to use this word argument today just
remember it doesn’t mean fight it means
your main idea argument argument okay
so let’s continue on I’m gonna steal the
mouse for a second sorry control desk do
what oh okay sorry
okay all right so argument is your main
idea your main theory then um to kind of
finish if if you’re a more advanced
level you can give some background about
your argument if you like but for
today’s lesson there’s not a lot of time
so to finish to finish your introduction
section you can introduce the
organization of your presentation so the
organization that means what are you
going to talk about what are the
small points you’re going to talk about
in your presentation so how to do that I
have two lines I want to introduce here
about your presentation organization all
right it’s difficult to see if these are
difficult to see so please check up here
you’ll see it in just a moment but these
two expressions first one yes this
presentation will cover so cover means
like talk about so here I’ve used the
word covered this this discussion will
cover meaning like if you imagine a
cover for like I don’t know like a bed
or a dish or something underneath this
presentation is topic one topic to topic
three so this presentation will cover
plus number you can see it here this
presentation will cover number of topics
like five topics that’s a lot but this
presentation will cover three topics for
example topic 1 topic to topic 3 or
another one this presentation will cover
again cover I’ve used here a B and C so
when you give your presentation you need
to explain what’s topic a what’s topic B
what’s topic C so for example when I
started this lesson I said this lesson
and my presentation is a lesson I said
this lesson will cover introductions
body and conclusion of presentation
those are my three topics I start every
lesson every livestream lesson by
explaining the topics I’m going to talk
about in that lesson you can use the
same pattern for your presentations as
well in this presentation I’m going to
talk about or this presentation will
cover a B and C if you like you can use
this pattern to talk about the number of
topics you’ll cover ok so this is your
introduction the introductory part so
here you’ve introduced yourself maybe
introduced your background and you’ve
introduced your
but those are kind of the three key
points for this part here good okay if
your presentation covers just one topic
that’s okay so this is one topic making
a presentation is one topic but inside
my presentation there are smaller points
that’s what I mean so yes this
presentation this is one topic but
inside my topic there are three smaller
points that’s what it’s for
okay um alright if you have questions
please send I will try to check them
great so this is the introduction all
right let’s take a quick break and then
we’ll come back to the second part of
today’s lesson so quick break relax for
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quick break so today as always we have
free stuff for you guys today’s theme
for our lesson for our live lesson is
presentations so I thought maybe one
really good free thing you can pick up
you can download is this business
English free pdf so here I thought this
would be useful because I’m sorry I
thought this would be useful because
there are some keywords for business
situations like business presentations
for example here I’d like to introduce
or so let’s start with there are some
key expressions you can use in this PDF
for making presentations and another
good one maybe if you don’t have a job
yet if you are a student still studying
you can check the school 1 so not just
of objects in this school
but actually there are again some
questions and some phrases you can use
in class it’s hard to see sorry but I
thought for example this one would be
really good if you have any questions
please ask
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questions please ask for example this is
one you can use in presentations like I
just used that expression
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topic is making a presentation
today’s topic is making a presentation
so at the beginning of today’s lesson we
talked about introductions how to start
now we’re going to continue to the body
of your presentation so body this is the
word I’m using body doesn’t mean like
your your physical body the body of your
presentation is where all the details of
your presentation are contained this is
where you will talk about points a B and
C or points one two and three that’s all
in the body of your presentation so very
important oh also you can use this this
actually that I’m presenting you can use
this for your paper writing as well this
same structure the same flow you can use
for paper writing as well so let’s take
a look at the body parts the body
section let’s go on I’m gonna scroll
down
oh no nevermind you’ve done it for me
thank you okay so let’s begin though I
want to start the body section here by
talking about sequence words sequence
words so if you don’t know a sequence
words actually there’s a top words video
about sequence words and transition
words you can check that for lots of
examples on the YouTube channel but I
want to review a few key sequence words
here that you can use to talk in your
presentation all right let’s look at the
first three here they are first second
and third first second and third are
used to introduce your key topics so for
example will will look at something else
this this is an example here I just have
it on the board first I’d like to talk
about number one first I’d like to talk
about number one so we’re number one
here in your body is topic a or is topic
number one that you introduced in the
introduction so first I’d like don’t
forgive this D sound here first not
first I like first I’d I’d like if it’s
difficult for you to make the I’d sound
you can say first I would like to be
very clear that’s great - no problem
so first I’d like to talk about topic
one so for example I said first I’d like
to talk about introductions to
presentations so we can use this first
to introduce topic number one or topic a
after that when you introduce your next
topics you can use second and third and
so on so we’ll cover that a little bit
later then I want to look at a couple
points so when you introduce your topic
next you need to give some details so I
prepared three key questions for you to
answer in each of your detail
your detail paragraphs so let’s look at
the first one so question number one to
answer
so you said I want to talk about topic
one so answer this question and so what
is the first topic you answer that here
so first I’d like to talk about making
an introduction so this is topic 1
that’s the first topic so answer this
question what is the first topic your
your second question then first I’d like
to talk about yeah first I’d like to
talk about something this is the pattern
you can use to answer this so the second
question for your body information then
the second thing is why is it important
and what do you think so this is the
part where you share your opinion so I
said for example in the introduction
first I’d like to talk about
introductions introductions are
important because you introduce yourself
and you share your topic with your
audience so question two to answer in
your body is why is this topic why is
topic number one important in this case
what’s the reason what is your opinion
about that topic so that’s good then the
third part which is difficult I think
for many people but this is a key part
to I think improving your presentation
skills and your research skills question
three is key which we’ll see yes how can
you support the argument in number oh
I’m sorry this should say number two
sorry sorry sorry this is my fault this
is my phone how can you support the
argument in number two sorry sorry
control does it should be number two I
made that mistake I updated it okay
perfect thank you how do you support the
argument so remember argument does not
mean fight argument means your main idea
your main point so how can you support
your argument so how do you convince the
other person that your argument that
your opinion is correct so how do you do
that you can talk about other people’s
work
you can refer to things other people
have said and you can use your own
information your own data your own
research so you need to try to answer
this question how do you support your
argument in part two here I’ve included
a key vocabulary word this is a key
vocabulary word for students especially
if you are a student a graduate student
whatever and perhaps in business
situations as well this is a key
vocabulary word and depending on the
country there are different rules for
this however in English and lots of
english-speaking universities this is
becoming more and more of an issue to
site-to-site is this key word here to
cite a source to cite a source this
means you share the origin of the
information so to cite something this is
for example when you find a picture
unlike Google or something and you want
to use that picture in your presentation
in your research paper the picture is
not yours but you need to cite which
means you need to write where you found
it
so that means you include the
information about the origin so where it
originally came from that means you need
to you need to show your reader or you
need to show your listener this
information is my information this
information is not mine but I’m want to
use it in my presentation so when you
use someone else’s information in your
presentation or in your paper you must
cite it cite it so that means share the
origin of the information to cite the
source so if you don’t do this this can
cause problems I have seen it happen
okay so that’s a key point there all
righty
excellent then let’s go on to maybe the
last part here when you want to finish
so you’ve finished talking about topic
number one and
you’re ready to go to topic two and to
topic three some transition words you
can use I mentioned up here the word
next you can use next like in the same
pattern when you introduce topic number
one if you say first I’d like to talk
about blah blah blah you can move on to
topic two and topic 3 with next I’d like
to talk about topic 2 or lastly or last
I’d like to talk about topic 3 so these
are a couple words you can use to
transition between your topics next I’d
like to talk about so transition means
change to change topics to change topics
then a couple of other vocabulary points
for adding information here these are
good for presentations like business
presentations they are moreover this
means and moreover additionally also
means and and furthermore these all mean
and these are just different ways more
formal ways of saying and and they are
great to use in presentations so one
more time that’s moreover additionally
and furthermore moreover additionally
furthermore orphan I already talked
about the introduction you can watch
this video later to see all the
introduction points again okay good so
that’s the body part for today’s lesson
time’s going quick so let’s take a quick
break and then we’ll finish way oh sorry
did I forget oh yes okay sure sure
should we do that no yes no no okay
we’ll just take a break then we’ll take
a break sorry I thought we were gonna do
something else
alright so we’ll take a quick break and
then we’ll go to the last part of
today’s lesson if you missed it if you
missed it today yeah today’s lesson is
about making presentations so I thought
these two PDFs would be really really
good to review these are both free from
English class 101.com they are the
school and the business English PDFs so
on the back of both of these there are
some key expressions you can use in
or at the office and some of these are
about making presentations or they’re
about vocabulary that you can use at the
office or at school so please take a
look you can find these from the link
below the video if you’re watching on
YouTube or above the video on facebook
twitter and twitch so please go download
these for some extra vocabulary points
and there are some other ones too which
will see you later okay then let’s take
a look um let’s take a look at the oh
yeah there they are great so that’s all
of the that’s all of the free PDFs you
can find on the website so you can check
those out everything is free you just
need an account just go to the website
click the link below the video or above
the video and you can download all of
these so just make an account on the
website if you do not have an account
you can make an account okay so let’s
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today’s topic is making presentations
making presentations so we talked about
how to make an introduction we talked
about the body of your presentation I
want to finish today by talking about
how to conclude so conclude to conclude
a presentation conclude means finish to
finish a presentation we also use
conclude for essays so for like a thesis
paper for example so to conclude so
let’s take a look at some key words
first one um we’ll see yes perfect so
we’ll see the first one up here in just
a second to summarize to summarize so to
summarize today’s presentation your main
argument here is a key word another key
word to summarize so summarize it’s
right here
it’s difficult to see on the board sorry
to summarize today’s presentation so the
word summarize mean
like to make a short main statement so
you explained your introduction you
explained the body and you’re coming
back at the end of the presentation to
remind your audience this is what I told
you that’s a quick summarization so you
summarize your argument that way
so to summarize today’s presentation
your main argument remember your main
argument is your main idea the idea you
talked about in the introduction the
idea you supported in your body and
remind your audience again okay so to
summarize something you need to
summarize your argument here not samurai
not Samurai summarize summarize that’s
pretty good though not Samurai summarize
summarize okay
yes to summarize is shortened thanks
games and songs okay so then how do you
finish politely finish your presentation
you can end with a simple thank you very
much that’s fine thank you very much is
correct always it’s great to end that
way but if you want something that’s a
little more leveled up for your
situation there are three examples I
prepared to look at so first one is
thank you very much for having me today
so this is a good expression to use if
you’re giving a presentation at like a
conference for example conference or you
are a guest speaker somewhere thank you
very much for having me today or if
you’re like a guest on a podcast maybe
or a guest on like a video or something
like that or TV thank you very much for
having me today next one is good for a
very formal presentation thank you very
much for your time and attention your
time and attention so your audience’s
time and you’re thanking them for focus
it for their focus on you so your
attention your time and attention
finally thank you very much for the
opportunity to speak today so this is if
you are invited to give a speech maybe
or if you’re giving a very
formal presentation thank you very much
for the opportunity to speak today
yeah TED Talks is a nice example so
thank you for the opportunity to speak
this sounds very humble like I really
appreciate it thank you so much okay
then the last point for today
yes Chen you are YouTube’s chance as no
question time and presentation that is
my last point the last point for today
is about question and answer sessions so
sometimes you go to a presentation and
situation or a conference and there’s a
Q&A and actually I’ve had like a couple
students they say the
question-and-answer section is the most
difficult part so I can only give you
some excellent overall points to like
maybe help you cuz I don’t know the
specifics of your research topics but
just a couple of things you can do a
couple strategies you can do to help you
one is perhaps obvious but you can use
this as a strategy to so buy yourself
some time when someone asks you a
question and you need like a little time
to think about the question and prepare
your answer oh yeah sorry a good call
what by ice I just used the expression
whoo sorry buy yourself some time or buy
some time to buy some time means to get
some extra time to do something so in a
high-stress situation like question and
answer after a presentation you might
need to buy some time means you might
need to give yourself some extra time to
do something so to do that when someone
asks you a question in a presentation
situation you can start and generally
it’s just polite to start by just
responding first of all with a thank you
for the question just say that thank you
for the question
why do this so it’s polite one but two
this helps buy some time meaning you get
a little extra time to think about the
question so
if someone asks you a difficult question
and you want to take a moment to think
about how to answer it just say thank
you that’s a few questions yeah
another yep producer suggest maybe
repeat the question if you repeat the
question back to the person who asked it
you can like confirm it and you can get
some more time buy some more time I’m
sorry buy some more time that’s another
great strategy to use so that’s one way
to get a little extra time to think
about it if however you have a situation
where someone asks you a question that’s
really difficult to answer like it would
take a really long time to answer or
maybe the answer is confidential meaning
there’s secret information in the answer
you can use this expression you can say
I’m afraid I can’t answer that question
right now so here we have I’m afraid it
doesn’t mean I’m scared it means I’m
sorry actually I’m sorry but I can’t
answer that question right now just be
careful if you answer every single
audience question with this it’s really
suspicious
- really suspicious so only use this if
it’s a question you absolutely cannot
answer
if the answer is long you can say it’s
quite a long story but a quick summary
or a quick summarization is something
yeah so these are just a couple points
to help you with Q&A sessions I know
it’s super stressful I’ve had students
tell me that the Q&A is stressful
another thing you can do is just try to
practice so imagine the kinds of
questions the audience might ask and try
to prepare in advance those questions
it’s tough I know for sure okay but I
think that’s everything for today yeah
so we’ll stop there I’m a few minutes
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