English Presentation Skill 1

Introduce yourself and your topic

Make a strong start

Use signposting language

Deal with problems,

Respond to questions from audience members

Good morning everyone. For those who don’t know me, my name’s Simon, and I work in the marketing department.

Hello everybody. Before we begin, let me introduce myself briefly: I’m Reese and I’m the head of HR.

Hi guys; if you don’t know me, I’m Sylvia and I work in digital marketing.

Hello! I see some new faces, so I’ll introduce myself first: I’m Julia and I’m one of our customer service team.

Today, I’m going to be talking about our new HR policies and how they affect you.

I’d like to talk to you today about quality control and why we’re all responsible for quality control, whichever department you work in.

I’ll begin by… and then I’ll… Finally, I’ll…

First of all, I’ll… I’ll continue by… To finish, I’ll…

Okay, now you can practice! We’d like you to do two things.

First, practice introducing yourself informally, and explaining your topic in a simple way, with one sentence.

Then, practice introducing yourself formally, and explaining your topic in a more detailed way.