presentation skills - Legal English 4

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Presentations

After this lesson:

• You know the different parts of a presentation.
• You know some words and phrases that go with these parts. 

STRUCTURE

To make sure your presentation is powerful it's a good idea to give it structure 

How many parts does a presentation have?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

STRUCTURE

Introduction/Inleiding

Body/Kern

Closing/Slot

PRESENTATION COMPONENTS

1. WELCOMING - publiek begroeten en jezelf voorstellen

2. INTRODUCING THE TOPIC - inleiding

3. PLAN OF YOUR PRESENTATION - inleiding

4. STARTING POINT/FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS - de kern

5. TRANSITION TO A NEW SECTION - de kern

6. CONCLUSION/END OF PRESENTATION - het slot

1. IEDEREEN BEGROETEN EN JEZELF VOORSTELLEN

How can you start the presentation?
What can you say at the beginning?

WELCOME

Good morning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen/everyone. For those of you who don't know me - I'm James and I work in the HR department.

Good morning/afternoon/evening, everyone. My name is Kate. Welcome to my presentation

2. het onderwerp introduceren

How can you introduce the topic?
What do you say to present the topic?

INTRODUCING THE TOPIC

Today I am here to talk to you about…

The subject/topic of my presentation today is...

I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about…

3. overzicht van de presentatie

vertel wat je gaat vertellen

PRESENTING THE PLAN OF YOUR PRESENTATION

My talk/presentation is divided into “x” parts.

I’ll start with…/First, I will talk about…/I’ll begin with…

…then I will look at…

…next…

and finally…

How can you start with the first thing you want to discuss? What can you say?

STARTING POINT

I'd like to start with some information about...

Let me begin with ....

I’d like to give you some background information about…

What can you say when you are finished with one section and you want to move on to something new?

TRANSITION TO A NEW SECTION

That’s all I have to say about…

I’d now like to move on to the next part…

Let's now discuss/talk about...

4. afsluiten/einde

What can you say at the end of your presentation?

CONCLUDING / END OF PRESENTATION

That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening/your attention. Are there any questions?

  

Thank you all for listening. It was a pleasure being here today.

Well, that’s it from me. Thanks very much.

That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thanks for your attention.