Presentations in English

Presentations in English

1. INTRODUCE YOURSELF

   • You need to tell your audience who you are
     • Formal introduction
       • - Good morning everyone, for those who don´t know me, my name is..
     • Informal introduction
       • -Hi guys, if you don´t know me, I´m...

2. STARTING THE PRESENTATION

   • You must grab the attention from your audience
     • Understand that no one has to listen to you
       • -Tell a story , tell them interesting facts
     • Tell them what they should expect
       • Show a problem and then, give them a solution

3. SIGN POSTING LANGUAGE

   • Show how your information is organized
     • Words and phrases
       • "Next..." "Now, let´s move on..." "I´d like to turn..." "Let me go into..." "Let´s examinate... In more depth." "To wrap up..." And ask questions to keep the attention.
     • Show them what they wnat to know
       • -Structure your information. Rank your topics from the most important to the least one.

4. DEALING WITH PROBLEMS

   • You may have problems, and you need to know how to deal with them
     • Bad memory
       • I f you where you are or an important word, use phrases like: "Where was I?" "So what was I saying?" "What´s the word in English again?" Or, for a mistake you can say "Let me rephrase that" "Actually, I meant to say..."
     • Awkward questions
       • Maybe you don´t know how to answer some questions from your audience, so you can say "I´ve allocated for some questions at the end of the session" "I´m not in a position to answer that right now, but I´ll get back to you later this week."