The Finish (signal, summary, conclusion, closing remarks).

Stay in control until the very last second and follow these steps at the “finish” of your presentation. Firstly, pause briefly and signal clearly that you are now ready to finish the presentation. Then make your summary, giving a brief overview of what has already been said. The summary is a reflection of your “what” and looks back. After this, give your conclusion. This is a reflection of your “why” and looks forward to what you want people to do or think after your presentation. It should follow logically from your summary. Finally, make your closing remarks by thanking your audience and asking for questions.

Vocabulary

audience слушатели, аудитория

along вместе, наряду

should следует, должен

be structured быть структурированным

presentation aids вспомогательные средства презентации

flipcharts магнитно-маркерная доска

interactive whiteboard интерактивная доска

destination цель, предназначение

outline the roadmap наметить дорожную карту

sequencing последовательность действий

guidelines руководящие указания, основные положения

accurate точный, четкий, правильный

brief overview краткий обзор

summarize подводить итог, резюмировать

"signpost" phrases фразы указатели

run through просматривать

gain получать, набирать

conclude выводить заключение, делать вывод, заключать

rearrange поправлять¸ реконструировать

deal with иметь дело с

Signal: So, that brings me to the end of my presentation. So, that completes our presentation. Well, that covers everything I want to say.

Summary: Let me summarize what we`ve looked at. I`ll briefly summarize the main issues. I`d like to summarize. Let me just go over the key points again. To sum up… At this stage, I`d like to go over… To summarize, I`ll run through my three topics.

Conclusion: I trust you gained an insight into… To conclude, I`d like to leave you with the following thought…In conclusion, I`d like to leave you with the following idea. In my opinion, the only way forward is to…

Closing remarks: Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions, I`ll be happy to answer them. Thank you for listening.

Exercises

Structure of a presentation

1. Match the two parts of the sentences according to the logical steps:

First of all, give an overview of all the parts of your talk

Secondly, welcome the audience and thank them for coming

Then, introduce the first part and begin

After that, introduce yourself

Finally, say what you are going to talk about

Rearrange the letters to complete the sentences.

1. A a/i/l/h/r/t/f/c/p/ is a convenient because you can write on it when you want.

2. Most sentences nowadays expect a presenter to use n/P/e/i/t/o/o/P/r/w/ in their presentation.

3. A 10 minute presentation only needs around 10 e/s/l/s/d/i/.

4. An d/e/r/v/a/h/o/e/ projector is very useful because you can connect it to your laptop.

5. Not every venue has v/e/c/e/i/n/t/i/a/t/r/ whiteboard but they are very impressive.

Read the lines from a presentation and put them in the correct order.

a. Secondly, we will deal with the features of the product.

b. I`d like to talk to you about our interactive whiteboards.

c. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I`m very pleased to be with you today.

d. In the first part, we`ll look at the market demand for interactive whiteboard.

e. I`m Madison Meyer and I represent Black&White plc.

f. Then in the last part I`ll show you how an ingteractive whiteboard works and when it can be used.

g. I`d like to start by looking at the recent developments in touch-screen technology.

h. I`ve decided my talk into three parts.

4. Good presenters use memorable key phrases to signal changes in their talk such as the underlined examples in exercise 3. Complete in the presentation, then listen and check.

I`m here today 1______________________our new video games based on vocal control and touch-screen technology. 2________________for about thirty five minutes, 3__________________. I`ll give you a demonstration and 4____________everyone will be welcome to try them. I`d like 5_______________by showing you our potential customers in the market. 6___________________, I`ll introduce all the videogame`s new features in my PowerPoint presentation; 7__________________, you`ll see a video of them and 8_________________I`ll show you some diagrams about costs and profits.

Pairwork. Your company is going to launch a new product. Think of a possible product and prepare a five-minute presentation to the class who are your potential customers. Use the table to help you organize your talk.

Company name:

Product name:

Product description:

Target market:

Price:

Using "signpost" phrases help you structure and control your English presentation.

The following useful phrases below are essential if you are to present your points clearly and in a professional manner. We can call these useful expressions, "signpost" phrases as they indicate to your audience where you are going with your presentation at any particular moment. Using signpost phrases is also especially useful for:

a) you as the presenter because it helps you to organize your thoughts better in English.

b) your listeners, who may not be native English speakers either, because it will help them to follow your presentation more easily.

It is advisable to memorize a few of these useful English phrases before your presentation. You may also write them down on your prompt cards.

Introductions and welcome.

Good morning, ladies and gentleman. My name's John Jones. I'm head of sales at Acme Services. ...
I would like to thank you for inviting me here today to talk about... ...
I would like to thank you all for attending this presentation. I plan to be brief. ...
I shall only take about fifteen minutes of your time. ...If you have any questions, I'd be very happy to answer them at the end. ...
Feel free to interrupt me if you have any questions during my presentation. ... (Not recommended unless your English level is good.)