OPENING Good morning Ladies and gentlemen It gives

OPENING Good morning…. Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to declare the meeting open. On behalf of …………………. . may I welcome you all to this meeting. Perhaps I should remind you that our meeting today is about……………The topic is very important to us because………. . Our objective today is ……………

INTRODUCING AND INVITING THE SPEAKER I am very pleased to introduce………………. , who is going to give a short presentation on the topic. ………………. is ………………. He/She has been in that position since……. Before that, he/she was……………. . ………………. graduated from ………………. He got …………………. .

INTRODUCING AND INVITING THE SPEAKER (CONTINUED…. ) Ladies and Gentlemen, There will be time for question after the presentation. May I now invite ………………. . to give the presentation. …………. . the floor is yours.

AFTER PRESENTATION Thank you ………. for an interesting presentation. As I can see, there are ………. . main issues that can be raised on the presentation. First, ………, Second, ………; Finally………. . That would be all for the comments.

AFTER PRESENTATION (CONTINUED…. ) Now it’s time for questions. If there any questions, I am sure ………. will be happy to answer them. Please address the question to the moderator. Before asking your questions, please state your name and your institutions clearly.

CLOSING Well, if there are no more questions we shall end the discussion now. I wish to thank the speaker for the interesting talk and the audience for a lively discussion (applause). That conclude this meeting. I now declare this meeting closed. Thank you.

BEING A SPEAKER q q q Greeting and Thanking Introducing Your Talk Purpose of Presentation Outline / Body of The Presentation Closing

GREETING AND THANKING Good morning/afternoon/evening ladies and gentlemen. My name’s ………… from……………. First of all, I’d like to thank to the moderator for giving me the opportunity to deliver my presentation.

INTRODUCING YOUR TALK & PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION In my talk today, I am going to discuss about……………… And the objective is to ……………… There are three main points I’d like to discuss. The first is…………; then I’ll discuss………… and finally, I’ll finish with a conclusion. So, that would be the overall organization of my talk; 3 main points and a conclusion.

OUTLINE / BODY OF THE PRESENTATION First then, let’s look at the first point……………………… Now, I’d like to move on to the second point……………………… Shall we now talk about the last point: …………….

ENDING THE PRESENTATION That brings me to the end of my presentation. I briefly summarise the main points………………………. In conclusion………………

CLOSING Thank you for your attention. I’d glad to try and answer any question. Now. I’d like to hand over the floor to the moderator. Thank you.

STRATEGIES IN ANSWERING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS

1. DELAYING Perhaps we could deal with that later. Sorry, could we talk about that at another time? I’m not sure this is the right time/place to discuss that question. Well, That’s a good question, but if you don’t mind I will answer it after the session.

2. NOT GIVING INFORMATION I’m sorry, I don’t know the answer of that question. I’m afraid that’s not my field. I’m sorry, that’s not relevant to the topic. I’m sorry that’s out of my specialization

3. ASKING THE FLOOR I’m afraid I am not the right person to answer that. Perhaps Mr. /Mrs. …. could answer that question. I think Mr. …. would be the right person to answer that. Perhaps someone from the audience could give a better answer. If you have better answer, I would be happy to hear it from you.

COMPLEMENTARY REMARKS That’s a very interesting question. That’s a difficult question to answer. I’m glad you asked that question. You have raised an important point here. I’m sure you will appreciate how complicated this matter is.

EXPRESSIONS BEFORE ANSWERING The answer to that question is. . I believe the comments from Mr. X can be considered here as one alternative to answer to the question. I can add here that. . I can give you an answer by giving the illustration on. .

Thank You and Good Luck