Business English Presentations and Public Speaking

When you are giving a presentation, your job is to not only present the facts but also to give the reasons (why), the purpose (objectives) and the results. In a…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Cause and effect

When we really want to focus the attention of our audience on an important point, we can use this “What ……. is ….” Look at these examples: We must cut…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Focusing attention

Presentations are more interesting if you use a conversational style. They are more lively and you establish a rapport between you and your audience. You can do this by using…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Rhetorical questions

ere are some ways of dealing with questions when you are the SPEAKER: When you don’t want to answer: To be honest, I’m not really the person to ask about…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Dealing with questions 3

Here are some useful expressions for when you are making a presentation or talk, perhaps in a meeting or in a congress or perhaps more informally in a discussion around…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Dealing with questions 2

Sometimes you can only ask questions at the end of a presentation. In that case, you need to refer back to the point in the talk you need clarification on.…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Dealing with questions

Sometimes you can only ask questions at the end of a presentation. In that case, you need to refer back to the point in the talk you need clarification on.…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Clarification 2

When we are talking to somebody, we don’t always understand everything they say. There are two useful techniques for dealing with this. Firstly, we can simply ask them to repeat…Continue readingBusiness English Presentations Clarification

Sometimes you want to soften the impact of what you are saying and give it less importance. Here are some ways to do that: Little The quality could have been…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Softening

Emphasizing 2 Here is some more language to help you make your presentation more persuasive and make your points stronger : openly admit I openly admit that I have made…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Emphasis 2

When we are giving lots of information, we often use visuals to give an overview. However, we often need to highlight only one or two key points or figures and…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Visual aids

When we talk about changes, we often need to point out how big or rapid these changes have been. To do this, we need to use adjectives. 

When we are giving a presentation, we often talk about changes. Usually we illustrate these changes with visual aids to show these changes. We need, however, to explain these changes.…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Describing changes

It is important to state your purpose clearly at the beginning of your talk. Here are some ways to do this: talk about = to speak about a subject Today I’d…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary State your purpose

When we really want to focus the attention of our audience on an important point, we can use this “What ……. is ….” Look at these examples: We must cut…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Emphasis

If you get your facts wrong. I am terribly sorry. What I meant to say was this.  Sorry. What I meant is this.  If you have been going too fast…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Survival Language

In modern English, Presentations tend to be much less formal than they were even twenty years ago. Most audience these days prefer a relatively informal approach. However, there is a…Continue readingBusiness English Vocabulary Starting a presentation