English for Presentation Unit 1 Lets get started

English for Presentation Unit 1 Let’s get started By Napatarin Phaophan

The opening of the presentation Welcoming audience Introduce yourself Say what the topic is Explain why audience will be interested

Welcoming the audience • Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. • Hello/Hi, everyone. • First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today. • I’m happy/delighted that so many of you cloud make it today. • It’s please to welcome you today. • It’s good to see you all here. • Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It’s good to see you all here.

Introducing yourself • Let me introduce myself. I’m Ann Brown from…. . • For those of you who don’t know me, my name is …………… • Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is ………

Giving your position, function , department, company • As some of you know, I’m the purchase manager. • I’m the key account manager here and am responsible for ……… • As you probably know, I’m the new HR manager. • I’m the project manager in chart of ……. .

Saying what your topic is… • • What I’d like to present to you today is… Myself. . I’m here today to present… Myself … Today’s topic is … Myself …. As you can see on the screen, our topic today is … Myself …. The subject of my presentation is … Myself …. In my talk I will tell you about … Myself …. Today I’m going to talk about……Myself…… I will be talking about …Myself….

Explaining why audience will be interested • Today’s topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who…place orders for the different parts we supply…. • My talk is particularly relevant to those of us who are directly involved in international project management, right? • My topic is/will be important for you because ……. the information I gave you today should help you with planning your next step….

Structure a presentation • There are several ways you can tell the audience what you are going to say. – Would like + infinitive • Today I’d like to tell you about our new plans. • This morning I’d like to bring you up to date on our department. – going to + infinitive • I’m going to talk to you today about new development in the R&D Department. • This afternoon I’m going to be reporting on the new division.

Structure a presentation - Will + infinitive - I’ll begin by explaining the function. - I’ll start off by reviewing our progress. - After that, I’ll move on to my next point. - Will be + verb-ing - I’ll be talking about our guideline for internet use. - During the next hour we’ll be looking at the advantages of this system