2. Use the plan and the phrases below to construct a presentation.

Introducing Preparing Delivering Winding up

yourself the audience the message

1 Now, to change the subject for a moment …

2 Before I finish, I’d like to run through the main points again …

3 I’ll begin by describing ___, and then go to ___, and I’ll end with ___

4 In conclusion …

5 I want to stress …

6 Good afternoon …

7 That brings me to the end of my presentation.

8 I’d like to talk about …

9 To return to the point I made earlier …

10 First, let me introduce myself. I’m __, from ___

11 Feel free to interrupt if you have any questions.

12 Thank you for your attention.

13 First of all … Next …

14 Please excuse my rather poor English.

15 I’d like now to turn to …

16 If you have any questions I’ll be glad to answer them.

17 At this point we have to bear in mind …

3. Study the following ‘signalling devices’ which can help you to structure your presentation. Write a suitable heading for each group of phrases.

1 Introducing the topic Let me start by Verb+ing … I’ll start by Verb+ing … I’ll start with smth … Starting with … First of all, I’ll … I’d like to begin by …	5 ………………………………….. For example, … A good example of this is … To illustrate this point, …
2 …………………………………… Right, I’ve told you about… We’ve looked at … That’s all I have to say about … So much for … To conclude, let me say that…	6 …………………………………. I’ll deal with this later, if I may, but for now … I’ll come back to this question later in my talk. I won’t comment on this now, … We’ll be examining this question in more detail later on.
3 …………………………………… Let me turn now to … Let’s move on to … Turning to … I’d like now to … Let’s look now at …	7 …………………………………. I’d like to sum up now … Let me summarise briefly what I’ve said. Let me remind you, finally, of some of the points I’ve made.
4 ……………………………………. Where does that take us? Let’s look at this in more detail. Translated into real terms, … What does that mean for us?	8 …………………………………… Firstly … secondly …. thirdly … lastly.. First of all … then … next … after that … finally … To start with … later … to finish up …

SPEAKING 2

1. You are going to give a presentation. Work individually and do the following:

A. Choose one of the topics:

• The advantages and disadvantages of flexitime.

• The advantages and disadvantages of open-plan offices.

• The advantages and disadvantages of working for a large company.

• The advantages and disadvantages of using a mobile phone.

B. Make a list of things to think about when planning a presentation. Make brief notes about it on a piece of paper. (not to forget important things you can see the appendix 3)

C. Make detailed notes about each of the points A, B above. Think about what you will say. Use the information on introductions and conclusions. Remember, if you read your presentation, it won’t sound natural. Make notes to help you speak naturally.

D. Give your presentation to other students.