Mastering Presentations: Key Phrases and Signposting Language

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Mastering Presentations: Key Phrases and Signposting Language

Learning Objective

Understand key signposting language and phrases for giving presentations.

What do you already know about giving presentations?

Importance of Signposting

Signposting helps the audience follow your presentation and understand the structure.

Opening Your Presentation

Use phrases like 'Good morning/afternoon', 'Today I'm going to talk about', 'Firstly, I will discuss' to start.

Introducing Key Points

Phrases like 'Moving on to', 'Let's turn our attention to' help transition between main points.

Highlighting Importance

Phrases like 'It's crucial to note that', 'This is particularly important because' emphasize key information.

Adding Supporting Information

Use phrases like 'For example', 'In addition', 'Furthermore' to provide supporting details.

Transitioning to Conclusion

Phrases like 'To sum up', 'In conclusion', 'To wrap up' help in transitioning to the conclusion.

Concluding Your Presentation

Use phrases like 'In summary', 'To conclude', 'To finish off' to conclude your talk.

Interactive Activity: Self-Introduction

Students give a short talk about themselves using the signposting language learned.

Practice Session

Students practice giving short presentations on a topic of their choice using the key phrases and signposting language.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.