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Effective Presentation Openings

Saturday 28 February 2009 @ 5:54 am


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Effective Presentation Openings :Effective Presentation Openings By Paul Marks www.esllearningpod.com

Formal Openings :Formal Openings

Formal Openings :Formal Openings Step 1: Greet the Audience Good morning everyone. As you know, my name’s Paul Marks and I’m speaking to you today as a trainer from ESLLEARNINGPOD.COM. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to present to you today, I hope that you find this presentation interesting/ helpful/ useful. Okay. Let’s get started.

Formal Openings :Formal Openings 3 Step 2: State the Topic Today I’d like to present (a solution to…) What I’d like to do this morning is talk to you about (the findings of the survey we conducted about…) The subject of my presentation is (developing today’s leaders fortomorrow’s growth)

Slide 5:Step 3: Give the Outline There are three main parts to my presentation. To begin with, … Following that, … And, last but not least, … The subject will be looked at under the following headings: Firstly, … Secondly, … And finally, …

Slide 6:Step 4: Say How Long You Will Take This will be brief; it should only last 15 minutes. I will only take 30 minutes of your time. The presentation will take about two hours but there’ll be a 20 minute break in the middle.

Slide 7:Step 5: When You’ll Take Questions There will be time at the end for questions and comments. Please save any questions for the end of the talk. If you have any questions, please feel free to interrupt. Please feel free to ask questions as we go along.

Next… :Next… Advanced Opening Techniques Thanks for listening www.esllearningpod.com




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Sunday 22 February 2009 @ 6:17 am

This is an excellent lesson on the present perfect tense. The teacher gives a clear explanation of the present perfect tense and also some good examples of how to use it.




Funny English Language Video

Sunday 22 February 2009 @ 2:56 am

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Pronunciation lesson on TH

Tuesday 17 February 2009 @ 2:10 pm

Here is another free English pronunciation lesson. David gives us a lesson on the pronunciation of the voiced & voiceless “TH” sound.




I Pronunciation in English

Tuesday 17 February 2009 @ 2:04 pm

This a a very good pronunciation lesson on the /i/ sound in English. Dave Sconda is a good teacher who makes learning English fun!




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Friday 13 February 2009 @ 1:14 pm

During this 10 minute lesson Duncan tells us a few jokes and explains about humor in English.




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Thursday 12 February 2009 @ 8:48 am

This video is excellent for teaching requests in English. Jen’s video not only gives examples of how and when to make requests. She also provides grammar explanations.




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