4. Structure (I). The Introduction

It is important to give information on the structure of the talk. This helps the audience to follow the talk and clearly states what will be included.

We are going to focus on the main parts of any presentation:

1. The Introduction

2. The main body

3. The end

Introduction

I

Background

I

Proposal one

I

Proposal two

I

Key considerations

I

End / Discussion

The Introduction Content:

1. Greet the audience.

2. Introduce yourself.

3. Give the title of your talk.

4. Describe the structure of your talk.

5. Explain the policy on questions/discussion.

6. Say about the length of the talk.

7. Say that you will use the visual aids.

5. Language Checklist

Greeting

Good morning / afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

(Ladies and) Gentlemen …

Subject

I plan to say a few words about …/ I’m going to talk about …./ The subject of my talk is …/ The theme of my presentation is …/ I’d like to give you an overview of

Structure

I’ve divided my talk into (three) parts./ My talk will be in (three) parts./ First …/ Second …/ Third …/ In the first part …/ Then in the second part …/ Finally …

Note: Use will, going to and the contracted form I’ll to describe structure.

Length

My talk will take about ten minutes./ The presentation will take about …

Policy on questions / discussion

Please interrupt if you have any questions.

After my talk there’ll be time for a discussion and any questions.

6. The example of an introduction

Good afternoon everyone.

My name’s Anton Krylov.

I’m a student of Informatics and Control Systems Department of MBSTU.

I’m going to talk about Android applications. I’ve divided my talk into four parts. First, the Android Execution Environment. Then I’ll report on components of an Android Application. The third part explains Android Activity Lifecycle, and finally I’ll talk about Android Service Lifecycle.

My Talk will take about ten minutes.

After my talk you can ask me any questions.

Task 1. Prepare a one minute introduction to a talk on any topic you like. If you can’t think of a topic, choose from the list below:

• - any company you know well - eating out

• - a company and its products/services - vacations

• - your job - your hobbies

• - your hometown - your favorite sport

Unit 2. The middle of the presentation

2.1. Structure (II). The main body

The main body contains the details of what was introduced in the introduction. In many presentations the main body can be usefully divided into different parts which often will themselves be divided into sections of information.

Introduction --- Main body of information

I I I

First part Second part Third part

-a -a -a

-b -b -b

-c -c

-d