1. Let’s get started By Napatarin Phaophan
English for Presentation
Unit 1
Let’s get started By
Napatarin Phaophan

2. The opening of the presentation
Welcoming audience
Introduce yourself
Say what the topic is
Explain why audience will be interested

3. Welcoming the audience
Good morning/afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
Hello/Hi, everyone.
First of all, let me thank you all for coming here today.
I’m happy/delighted that so many of you cloud make it today.
It’s please to welcome you today.
It’s good to see you all here.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It’s good to see you all here.

4. Introducing yourself Let me introduce myself. I’m Ann Brown from…..
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is ……………
Let me just start by introducing myself. My name is ………

5. Giving your position, function , department, company
As some of you know, I’m the purchase manager.
I’m the key account manager here and am responsible for ………
As you probably know, I’m the new HR manager.
I’m the project manager in chart of ……..

6. Saying what your topic is…
What I’d like to present to you today is… Myself..
I’m here today to present… Myself …
Today’s topic is … Myself ….
As you can see on the screen, our topic today is … Myself ….
The subject of my presentation is … Myself ….
In my talk I will tell you about … Myself ….
Today I’m going to talk about……Myself……
I will be talking about …Myself….

7. Explaining why audience will be interested
Today’s topic is of particular interest to those of you/us who…place orders for the different parts we supply….
My talk is particularly relevant to those of us who are directly involved in international project management, right?
My topic is/will be important for you because …….the information I gave you today should help you with planning your next step….

8. Structure a presentation
There are several ways you can tell the audience what you are going to say.
Would like + infinitive
Today I’d like to tell you about our new plans.
This morning I’d like to bring you up to date on our department.
going to + infinitive
I’m going to talk to you today about new development in the R&D Department.
This afternoon I’m going to be reporting on the new division.

9. Structure a presentation
Will + infinitive
I’ll begin by explaining the function.
I’ll start off by reviewing our progress.
After that, I’ll move on to my next point.
Will be + verb-ing
I’ll be talking about our guideline for internet use.
During the next hour we’ll be looking at the advantages of this system