How to make presentations in English

How to make presentations in English

1. How to make a strong start

   • Grab their attention starts from the beginning
     • Be clear about the presentation
       • Good speakers understand that no one has to listen to them, so they work hard to make you want to may attention
   • Techniques
     • Establish a problem which many people in your audience have and then a solution.
     • Mention an interesting fact, or a surprising statistic
     • You could say a story and connecting it to your topic.

2. Using signposting language

   • "Tell the audience what you are going to say; say it, and then tell them what you've said." Dale Carnegie
   • You need a good structure and organization of your information
   • Next, I'd like to talk about... Let's move and discuss... Let me go into some more detail about...
   • You can use signposting lenguage that show that you've finished your main points
   • Use signposting lenguage to move between points, to show when you are giving a summary or or going into more detail

3. How to introduce yourself and your topic.

   • Introduce yourself
     • You should introduce your selft and your position.
       • You could use this Words and phrases.
         • Formal setting: You could say, " Good morning everyone. For those who know me my name is Simon. I'm..."
         • Informal setting: You could say: "Hy guys, if you don't know me, I'm Sylvia and I work in..."
   • Introducing your topic
     • You might add more detail
       • "Today, I'm going to be talking about..." "...I'll begin by..."
     • You could say one sentence
       • "Today, I'm going to be talking about..."

4. Dealing with problems

   • Make a cue card with key points
   • You can use filler phrases
   • For Mistakes and clarifications you can use "Let me rephrase that." "To clarify, I wanted to say that."

5. By: Luis Armando García Balmori and Brahaiam González González