Extract1.

-Marcus starts the presentation by stating clearly what the topic is. He uses the future tense 'I'll'. You can also use 'I'm going to'.

-Other words you can use that mean 'examine' are 'analyze' and 'discuss'.

-Next, Marcus goes over the structure of the presentation, which has three parts.

He signals each part by using sequencing words: first, then, and finally.

-Marcus uses another sequencing word, 'After that'. In this way, he lets his audience know that

after he presents the conclusions of his presentation, they can ask questions.

-Sequencing words help you because they show how many parts are in your talk.

Other sequencing words are secondly, thirdly, next, finally, following that, and later on.

Extract 2.

-Let's review how to describe numbers or statistics.

First, Marcus uses 'most' when saying 'most people in our overseas subsidiaries feel left in the dark'.

'The majority', 'over half', 'the highest percentage' can also be used instead of 'most'.

To describe numbers less than fifty percent, you could say 'a minority' or 'less than half'.

-To show you are moving from one part of your talk to another use signals such as:

So, let's start with the questions.

And now let's turn to the results.

Let's move on to the conclusions.

-'Under', 'over', 'approximately', and 'about' are also useful in describing numbers or statistics. For example:

over two thirds

under 60%

approximately one fourth

about a half

-What's very important in speaking is proper sentence stress.

Emphasize words and phrases in a way that makes it easy for your audience to understand your meaning clearly.

The right words must be emphasized, which requires advanced preparation.

If you stress the wrong words, your meaning may be unclear and your audience may lose interest. So Marcus says

'Let's move on to the conclusions', stressing 'conclusions'.

-Marcus uses signals for his conclusions, making it clear that there are three conclusions: 'the first one', 'the second', and 'another. '