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For the remainder of the series, we will turn our focus to useful English sayings and expressions for giving presentations.  In this section we will look at how to start an English presentation.  Your presentation is a blank canvas, and your first brush strokes are important.  The first 1 or 2 minutes of your presentation…

You have made it to the end.  You have explained all your talking points. Now, the only thing left to do is bring the presentation to an official close. There are 4 basic functions here:  Signal the end, summarise, thank, and answer questions. English for Presentations: Ending Signalling the End Summarising Thanking your audience Question…

Planning and outlining your presentation can greatly help your audience understand you, but what about the difficult, confusing parts? There are a few tools that can help.  In this unit we’ll look at how to give more detail, explain implications, simplify, use a different perspective, and give an example. English for Presentations: Explaining Giving more…

You’ve made good progress.  In the previous 2 units, you have learned the following: Start the presentation Welcome the audience Introduce yourself Introduce the topic of the presentation Outline the presentation Give the order of the topics Give instructions for questions Give instructions for handouts In this unit, we’ll actually start the presentation and move…

This English for Presentations series will give you lots of advice and English presentation language. Each English Presentation article covers a different aspect of presenting and includes useful phrases and an example of an English presentation.  You can read all the articles on this website, or download them all in one convenient eBook. English for…

After you’ve welcomed everyone, and introduced the presentation topic and yourself, it is time to give a map of your presentation.  This roadmap will help your audience to understand what to expect and the topics that will be covered. It is similar to giving instructions on how to listen to your presentation.  Remember that the…