영어 학술 프리젠테이션에서 자주 쓰는 문구 정리

본 포스팅에서는 학술 영어의 특징과 영어 학술 프리젠테이션에서 자주 쓰이는 문구를 정리해보고자 합니다. 물론 중요한 것은 내용이겠지만 자주 쓰이는 표현을 익혀둔다면, 내용과 내용사이의 연결을 매끄럽게 할 수 있을 것이고, 전달력 좋은 프리젠테이션을 할 수 있을 것입니다. 

학술 영어의 특징

• 학술영어는 구어체보다는 형식적인 언어를 사용한다. 
• I 를 피하고, 제 3자의 입장인것처럼 쓴다. (수동태를 많이 쓴다.)
• 객관적이고, 공정한 표현을 쓴다.
• 단정적인 표현을 삼가하고, 조심스러운 표현을 많이 쓴다. 

Introduction

Greeting your audience, introducing yourself and giving the topic of your presentation. 

• My name’s ............. and I’m going to talk about ... 
• Good morning everybody. 
• Thank you for coming to my talk today. 
• My name is …… and I’m from ... 
• Hello. I’m .............. and welcome to my presentation about ...
• Hello. My name’s .................... and today I’m going to be talking about ... 
• I’d like to start by introducing myself. 
• My name’s … and the topic for my presentation today is … 
• The theme of my talk is … 
• My presentation this morning concerns … 
• This afternoon I would like to talk to you about … 
• I shall be looking at the following areas:… 
• What I’d like to do is to discuss ... 
• I intend to discuss ... 
• I hope to consider the main issues around ... 
• This morning I am going to talk about an issue which concerns everyone … 
• This presentation focuses on the issue of…

Justifying the topic of your presentation

• There are many concerns regarding … 
• … has been the subject of much debate recently and this is the topic of my presentation.
• Recent research has shown that… 
• Did you know...........? This is the reason for my talk today. ... 
• and this is the theme for my presentation today. 
• … so the purpose of my presentation today is to inform/discuss/present/analyse … 
• … is a growing problem in the world. For this reason I intend to focus on the issue of …

Giving the outline of your presentation

• Firstly, I’m going to look at ... 
• Secondly, I’ll move on to the issue of ... 
• Then I’ll move on to examine ... 
• Lastly/Finally, I’ll look at / focus on ...
• I have divided my talk into the following main areas: ... 

• I am going to divide my presentation into two main parts. First I’m going to describe … 
• and then I’ll move on to look at … 
• And in this part of my presentation I’ll be showing you some data/charts/tables … 
• I’ll also try to explain my findings … 
• In the third part of my presentation I’ll put forward some ideas about … 
• I’ll also be offering some recommendations on how we can solve/address/tackle the issues of … 
• ...then I’m going to suggest some possible measures to solve these difficulties. We’ll finish off with a question and answer session. 
• My talk will last about ........... minutes and there’ll be time at the end for questions. 
• At the end of my talk, which will last about ten minutes, I’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have.
• If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask. 
• Please just put your hand up if you would like to ask a question. 
• I’d like the presentation to be as interactive as possible, so please chip in as we go along. 
• I’ve got quite a lot to get through, so I’d appreciate it if you kept your questions until the end of the presentation. 
• I’m happy to let you have any of the slides or information in my presentation if you would like. 
• If you leave your contact details I’ll be happy to send you any of the information here. 

Main Parts

Introducing your first main point 

• Now, I’m going to start by … 
• Now I’d like to focus on … 
• First we’re going to look at … 
• Let’s start with … 
• The first problem I’d like to focus on is that of … 
• Turning then to my first point, ... 
• To begin with I’d like to say a few things about… 
• I’d like to begin by … 
• OK, so let’s start by looking at .... 
• I’d like to take a minute or two to define what exactly we mean by ... 
• I’d like to mention three points here, ...

Referring to research

• Researchers have identified three key issues here, they are … 
• Researchers have shown quite conclusively that … 
• A number of recent studies, notably the ones by … and …, have shown that … 
• A number of studies have shown that ... 
• A study by … shows that ... 
• Research suggests/indicates that … 
• According to … Figures from … show/suggest/indicate that ... 
• A very interesting study by … shows that… 
• The study by … is on your reading list and I encourage you to take a look at it. 
• Basically, what he found was that … 
• One of the most interesting studies carried out in this area by … showed that …

Referring to visual data

• If you look at this table you can see that ... 
• The data here shows that... 
• Please take a handout and pass them on. 
• There are some handouts coming round on … 

Presenting a point of view

• Those in favour of … argue that … 
• Advocates of … claim that ... 
• Some people claim that … but others … 
• Most people/scientists would argue that … 
• I think it’s fair to say that ... 
• Personally, I think there is overwhelming evidence that ... 
• Evidence does seem to show that ...

Analysing an argument

• Let’s take a closer look at the argument put forward by ... His main contention is that ... but he fails to consider ... 
• Even if we accept the point that ... that still leaves the question of ... 
• The argument put forward by ... doesn’t explain ... 
• The weakness in this argument is that ... 
• This point of view is very appealing because ...

Emphasizing important points

• It must be remembered that … 
• It should be emphasised that … 
• I would like to draw your attention to this point …

Losing your way

• Now, where was I? Oh yes, … 
• If you’ll bear with me for a moment while I just glance at my notes, right, … 
• Erm, I’ll just need a minute to sort out the technology and I’ll be with you ... 

Moving to another main point

• OK, so now I’d like to turn to my next point, which is ... 
• Moving on, I’d like to take a look at …. 
• Now I’d like to move on to ... 
• Now let’s turn to the issue of ... 
• I’ll come back to that issue later... 
• I want to turn now to ... 
• Turning now to ... 
• Moving on now to ... 
• Having looked at ….. 
• let’s now think about ... 
• My next point is in regards to … T
• hat brings me to … 
• My final point is in regard to…

Making recommendations

• Now I’d like to look at some of the measures that can be taken to alleviate the problems of … 
• In order to solve these problems, the following action should be considered: ... 
• Firstly, the government should … 
• The most important thing that should be done to combat the problem of ... is... 
• Other possible solutions would be to ...

Conclusion

Making conclusions and summarising your main points 

• To conclude my presentation, ... 
• In conclusion, ... 
• To summarise the main points of my presentation … 
• In view of the evidence I have presented I think it is fair to say that … 
• After all is said and done I think we can conclude that … 
• This is clearly a very complex issue but on the strength of the evidence I have seen I would say that …/it seems that …

Finishing your presentation

• OK we’re coming to the end of the presentation so I’d just like to thank you for listening ... 
• OK. That bring us to the end of my presentation. 
• Thank you for listening. 
• I hope you found it interesting. 

Questions

Asking for questions 

• Would anyone like to ask any questions? 
• I’m ready to take any questions now. 
• If anyone has questions I’ll be happy to answer them. 

Answering questions

• Thanks for your question ... 
• Good question. I think ... 
• That’s an interesting question! As I see it ... 
• Yes, that’s an interesting point ...

Dealing with difficult questions 

• Hmm, that’s a good question. I don’t have the information to answer that question right now, but I’d be happy to find out and get back to you later. 
• I don’t think we have enough time to go into that right now, but I’ll be happy to speak to you one-to-one after the presentation if you would like. 
• That’s an interesting point, but I do think I have shown that ... 

Asking questions to the presenter

• Excuse me. Can you say a bit more about ... 
• Can you repeat your point about ... 
• Excuse me. I have a question about ...
• I didn’t catch what you said about .... 
• Can you repeat it please? 
• Are you saying that ...? 
• Can you suggest some reading on that topic?

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