“PREPARING A REPORT” Igumnova O. V. , senior lecturer 2/14/2018
CONTENTS Cliché to use when reading a paper: üstarting the speech; üintroducing the title and the purpose of the report; üoutlining the structure of the report; üstarting the main body: - starting the topic; - logical progression; - changing to another topic; - using visual aids; üconclusion; - thanks; - inviting to discuss the paper. 2/14/2018
STARTING YOUR SPEECH Good morning (afternoon, evening), colleagues! My name is ___. My report (Power Point presentation) is titled ___. 2/14/2018
INTRODUCING THE PURPOSE OF THE PAPER The subject of my presentation is _____. My purpose (objective, aim) today is to _____. 2/14/2018
OUTLINING THE STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT Introducing the contents of the paper I’ve divided my presentation into __ parts (sections). They are _____. When can the audience ask questions? I would be glad to answer any questions at the end of my speech (presentation). 2/14/2018
STARTING THE MAIN BODY Let me begin with (something) ______. To start with _____. Firstly, I'd like to look at _____. Example Now let me begin with the explanation why I’d like to talk about the development of the law system. 2/14/2018
LOGICAL PROGRESSION Then ______. Secondly _____. Thirdly ______. Next _____. Finally (lastly, last of all) _____. Example I want to explain what crime is. First of all crime is an act that is foolish or wrong. Secondly this is an illegal act in general. And finally this is the act for which someone can be punished by the government. 2/14/2018
CHANGING TO ANOTHER TOPIC Let us turn to _____. Moving on now to _______. Example There are six different types of crime. They are victimless and professional crimes, organized and white-collar crimes, technology based and transnational crimes. Let us turn to the victimless crimes. 2/14/2018
USING VISUAL AIDS Let’s look at _____. Let me show you _____. If you look at this graph, you’ll see _____. This table (diagram, slide, chart) shows (compares, gives information about) _____. I’d like to draw your attention to the next slide _____. 2/14/2018
THANKING THE AUDIENCE Thank you for your attention. Thank you for listening. 2/14/2018
INVITING QUESTIONS If you have any questions, I’d be pleased to answer them. If there any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. 2/14/2018