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Overview Introduction
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Common Pitfall
Structure
Listing/ sequencing
Link to another
Close Vocabulary
Using Visual
How it helps Attraction & understanding o Reinforce main idea + add variety o Increase understanding o Simplified information Audiences o Involve and motivate audiences o Keep audiences focused Presenter o Help control nervousness Visual tools o Diagram o Flowchart o Bar Chart o Table o Plan o Map o Pie Chart o Picture o Line Chart Line Tools o Dotted line o Broken line o Curve o Undulating line o Bar graph o Pie chart o Bar chart o Horizontal axis o Vertical axis o Fluctuating line o Solid line Visual Line o Rise / increase/go up/ grow/improve/raise/ reach to a peak o Improve /get better/recover/level out o Fall / Drop / decrease/go down / decline/ slump/ hit a low o Stable / Solid line/ Stay the same o Fluctuation / Go up and down/ Swing o Low point / Bottom out o High Point / Peak / Top Speed of Change o Rapidly o Dramatically o Sharply o Significantly o Moderately o Gradually o Slightly / slowly Level H o Dramatically o Sharply o Steadily o Gradually L o Marginally/ Slightly
Describing Timeline
Past Event Started >>yet finished Happening trend & Change Will happen / Future trend o o o o Past Simple tense Present Perfect tense Present Continuous Will / Be going to
Making Prediction
Verb Adverb o o o Predict / forecast /ecpext May / Might /could Likely / probably/certainly
What to say
Signal Summarize o o o o o o o o At this stage, Id like to go over Let me summarize what weve looked at Ill briefly summarize the main issue Let me just go over the key points again Id like to summarize To summarize, Ill run through my three topics Id like to end by emphasizing the main points Id to end with - a summary of the main points - some observations based on what Ive said - some conclusions / recommendations - a brief conclusion Id like to conclude by strongly recommending In my opinion, the only way forward is to __ To sum up In conclusion, Id like to leave you with the following idea To conclude, Id like to leave you with the following thought What we need is ____ I think we have to _____ I think we have seen that we should _____ My recommendation/ My suggestion/ Our proposal / would be + something We recommend /suggest/ propose + doing something We recommend /suggest/ propose + someone + do something Ok, thats the end of my talk Thats all I want to say for now on____ So, that completes my presentation So, that brings me to the end of my presentation Well, that covers everything I want to say thank you for your attention Thank you for listening Ill now hand out if you have any question, Id be happy to answer them Now Id like to invite your questions So, now Im very interest to hear your comment
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Closing
What to say
Dont understand the question or ask for repeating or clarifying the question Check questioners satisfactory Dont want to tell everyone Finally understand Making yourself clear Stop interrupting question Close the presentation Avoid giving the answer o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Sorry, Im not sure I understood your question, could you repeat it? Im not sure what youre getting at Are you asking of___ Do you mean___? Does that answer your question ? Is that ok? Perhaps, we can talk about it when I have finished Oh, I see, what you are asking is_____ Perhaps, I didnt make myself clear, what I was trying to say is___ Sorry, Could I just finish If there are no more question, we should stop here Im afraid thats not may area Thats a difficult question to answer in a few words In my experience,____ I would say___ I dont think Im the right person to answer that. Perhaps , (Name) can help I dont have much experience in that field