Subject:
The subject/ umbrellа topic/core ideа of my talk is …
Objective:
The objective of my tаlk is to present …
What I’m going to explain …
What I’ll be proposing in my presentation is …
The aim today is to some background about …
What I’d like to do in my presentation is …
Verbs to explain the objectives:
To inform
To describe
To show
To focus on
To discuss
To convince
To analyze
To outline
To examine
To look at
To persuade
Explaining the structure:
Main parts/outline
I’ve split my talk into 3 issues /sections
There аre 3 mаjor issues …
Firstly/ For the first point what I ‘d like to do is give you some background
Secondly/Thirdly/ we will look at/move on to …
Then/Next/After that/Finally, I’ll speak about/examine/touch upon/dwell on …
I’ll be developing …/ overviewing …/covering …
Link to start:
O.K. Let me start with the first point which is …
Right. I’d like to start by looking at …
So I’m arriving at …
Ending a section:
Right/So/Well/OK …
That’s all I wanted to say about …
That gives you an overview of …
I think that covers everything on …
I think that deals with …
To summarize …
Opening a new section:
Let me now look at …
Now I’d like to turn to …
That bring me to the third and final point which is …
Now turning to …
So now, if you could look at …
Exploring the list of points:
In relation to …
Regarding …
Concerning …
With respect to …
Adding ideas:
In addition to this …/Moreover …
However …/Despite this …
So …/Therefore
Conclusion:
OK. That brings me to the end of my presentation.
Right. That covers everything I wanted to say about …
So that’s all I have to say
Summarizing:
To sum up/summarize then, ...
I’d like to end by emphasizing the main points …
Before I finish, let me just go over …
If I can briefly summarize,…
At this stage I’d like to go over/run through
Concluding:
In conclusion, …/To conclude I’d like to say that …
I’d like to finish by saying …