Introductory Paper Speech Patterns

Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I am greatly honoured to be invited to this conference.

In this paper I would like to talk about the concept of …

The object of this paper is to show …

To begin with, let us imagine that …

As many of you know …

First of all I would like to …

I’m sure I don’t have to remind you that …

I am very pleased to have this opportunity to …

In my paper I want to highlight ….

In the introduction of my paper I would like to …

I tell this story because …

Let me begin with …

The first thing I want to talk about is …

The subject that I will discuss is …

The Body of the Paper

According to this theory …

After this, I need/ it remains only to say that …

Again, I want to emphasize that …

It should be emphasized that …

It should be pointed out that …

Let me give you my explanation of …

Let me now turn to ….

Let us have a closer look at …

Let us imagine that …

Let us suppose that …

On the contrary …

On the one hand …, on the other hand …

Primarily …

This in turn implies …

This is particularly true for …

Closing Paper Speech Patterns

Since I am running out of time …

As my time is running out …

Finally, I want to say a few words about …

I end this paper with a description of …

I leave it to you to judge …

In closing I want to mention very briefly …

In conclusion, let me say …

In conclusion, may I repeat …

Summing up, I would like to …

The last part of my talk will be devoted to …

To all this it must be added that …

Formulas of Scientific Communication

Establishing Contacts I’m glad you’ve asked me that question. Agreeing Yes, indeed. I think you are right. It appears to me to be true. I agree that … That’s just what I think. Disagreeing I would object just a little … I object to … I wish I could agree with you but … Expressing surprise It is rather surprising … It is unbelievable … I am puzzled by … I wonder about … I find it hard to believe that …. Expressing uncertainty It seems unlikely that … I have doubts about … I am not at all sure about … I am not yet certain … I doubt it. Calling attention I want to point out that … I would like to note … I would like to stress the importance of … It is worth pointing out that … I would like to draw your attention to … Making assessment The paper raises an important question … This method is particularly important because … The paper demonstrates how important it is to … These results/ data are of principal interest. Starting a conversation As far as I know … What I have in mind is that … Making remarks I’d like to make a comment on … I would like to comment on … I have a point to make. Provoking arguments Would you agree with …? There seems to be some contradiction between your point of view. Does that mean you think …? Asking for details Could you be more specific about …? I am not clear about … Could you give us/ me some more facts to back that up, please? Introducing opinions Well, I’d like to say that … What I think is … Delaying an answer Well, let me see … Well, now … That’s a good question …. Oh, let me think for a moment …. It’s rather difficult to answer this question … It’s difficult to give an exact answer, but … I’m not too sure, but … I’ve no idea I’m afraid. Avoiding answering I’m terribly sorry, I really don’t know. Actually, I don’t know … I’d rather not answer that, if you don’t mind.

Tasks

A. Before doing your oral presentation read the following recommendations:

Thinking about your Presentation

1. State your purpose, be specific.

2. Identify the central idea of your presentation.

3. List the main points of your presentation.

4. Think of supporting material for each main point.

5. Decide what kind of visual aids you will use.

Preparing for your Presentation

1. Write an outline of your presentation. You might want to add transition words between the sections.

2. Write the introduction.

3. Write the conclusion.

4. Print the introduction, outline and conclusion in big print.

5. Prepare your visuals.

Practising your Presentation

1. Stand up and give your presentation. Pretend that you have an audience to look at it.

2. Do it again and time yourself.

3. Ask a friend to listen and criticize it.

4. Practise it several more times until you are comfortable and not reading it.

Giving the Presentation

1. Have everything ready. Don’t spend tine collecting possessions and getting them in order when it’s time for you to speak.

2. Walk to the front of the room confidently, put your notes on the lectern and start.

3. Don’t apologize for anything.

4. Make eye contact with the audience. Don’t just look at your notes or at the wall.

5. Do not read! It’s really boring.

6. Be enthusiastic about your topic.

7. When you finish, collect your possessions quickly and sit down.

 

B. Answer the questions:

1. What is the topic of the paper you are going to present?

2. Why are you interested in this particular topic?

3. Do you always prepare the presentations?

4. What recommendations for making oral presentation do you find the most helpful?

5. Which ones do you always follow?

 

FINAL TASK

Act out the situation. Your paper has been accepted by the Organizing Committee. Today you are given the floor to present your research data. The time limit is six minutes. Make your presentation.

 

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