Giving talks and presentations

1. Introducing the topic

Today/this morning... I'm going to /I'd like to... talk about/ describe...

The aim of my presentation is to... My talk consists of/includes... parts.

First I'll give you an overview of...

After that I`d like to move on to...

Then We will focus on...

Finally deal with...

consider...

1. Dealing with questions

and ask any questions.

Please feel

free to interrupt me if there is anything you

can't understand.

I'm glad you asked this question. That's a good question.

I think I'm not the right person to answer your question. If you don't mind we'll leave questions till the end.

2. Introducing each section So, let's start with...

Now let's move on to...

I'd like to turn your attention to...

Finally, ... (let's consider)

3. Referring

As I mentioned before/earlier ... I'll say about this more a bit later. We'll come back to this point later.

4. Referring to visual information

As this diagram shows...

scheme demonstrates...

transparency

graph

If you look at this diagram /scheme... you can see...

I’d like to draw your attention to...

5. Checking understanding

Is that clear?

Are there any questions?

Do you have any questions?

6. Referring to common knowledge

I am sure you are aware of the fact that...

I think you know...

As many of you may recall...

7. Concluding

This brings/takes me to the end of my presentation.

That concludes my presentation/talk.

This completes my talk / presentation / description of ...

So, to summarize...

Also, there are a couple of points like to add. If you want or need to use some technical words or jargon that the audience may not know, make sure you explain them clearly. Don't use long, complicated sentences. Keep your sentences short, clear, and easy to follow.

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Now we come to the last part — Delivery of the talk. Here it is necessary to consider five key areas. The first area is nerves. Most of people feel nervous when they speak in public, especially if they are speaking a foreign language. It can help you if you breathe deeply, which

contact with your audience is important to keep them interested in what you are saying. For this reason avoid reading your talk or presentation.

I recommend you stand rather than sit, but make sure you don't stand in front of visual information.

Visual information is the forth key area on our list. Remember about the importance of not presenting too much information at a time. Also you should give them enough time to take in the information you are demonstrating them.

The final area is questions. The best policy is to answer questions in a polite, diplomatic way.

So, to sum up, the major five areas you need to think about when delivering your talk or presentation are nerves, voice, body language, visual aid, and questions.

Well, thus I come to the end of my presentation. Thank you for your attention. And if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them.

**Task V. Read the first and the third parts of the presentation, and complete the table with the key points.

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*Task VI. Match the underlined phrases in the talk with the phrases from

the text B (presentation), which have the similar meaning,

Part 1

Leonid: Hello, everybody, and thank you for taking the time to come to this conference. The topic is Global Tourism and Russia. f have divided my, talkjnto three parts. In the very beginning I’d like to say about the project itself. Then I will talk about the content of the TV series devoted to global tourism. Finally, I'll go over the financial side of the project.

First of all, let's have a look at the background to the program. We started it in 2006, producing TV series on tourism, leisure interests of our people, customs and traditions of the nations worldwide. Our first success was the series "The way we used to eat", which was about traditional Russian cooking. As some of you may remember, this program was shown in Russia.

Part 2

Leonid: Well, now let's move on to the series itself, Global Tourism and Russia. As I said before, our first great success was with the series on food and cooking traditions, so we are further interested in doing other projects in this area. As you know, there always seems to be great interest to tourism, customs and traditions of other nations. We'll be lucky to present the series.

And now let's continue. If you look at the diagram you can see it shows very clearly what we plan to show in each of the planned TV programs. It's a very complex project, so very substantial investment is required. But we'll come back to this point later when we talk about finance.

Part 3

Leonid: ...and this gives you a general picture of the financial requirements. So, to sum up, we are looking for a third partner to contribute up to 25 % of the total investment and provide regional marketing strength. We hope to welcome Global Tour Productions as our new partner.

Well, that concludes mv talk. And I know that there are many points which I have not discussed in detail, so if you have any questions, I'd be pleased to answer all of them.

***Task VII. Work in groups. Prepare a short talk or presentation. To fulfil the task successfully:

1) choose one of the topics below (or it can be the topic of your own choice);

2) make a decision about your audience;

3) think of more factors to add to your presentation;

4) organize your presentation into appropriate order;

5) give your presentation to another group.

Make a presentation about: A range of factors consider:

your university/company when it was founded;

what it originally did;

location;

structure

your country geographical location;

history;

political structure;

economy;

tourism