Presenting report means presenting information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Presentations have the advantage that many standard phrases can be used at various points. Perhaps you wish to welcome the audience, introduce the speaker and the topic, outline the structure, offer a summary, or deal with questions. In all these situations, you can apply a number of useful expressions that will make your presentation a linguistic success.
EXPRESSIONS IN MAKING PRESENTATION
WELCOME/ GREETING
Ungkapan Sapaan/ sambutan ini dilakukan di awal presentasi. Tidak bergantung siapa audiensnya namun sebaiknya ungkapan yang dipakai ungkapan formal.
Expresi yang sering dipakai:
Good morning/afternoon/evening, ladies and gentlemen/everyone.
On behalf of “Company X”, allow me to extend a warm welcome to you.
Hi, everyone. Welcome to “Name of the event”.
INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER
Ungkapan untuk memperkenalkan diri kepada audiens juga sebaiknya ungkapan formal.
Expresi yang sering dipakai:
Let me briefly introduce myself. My name is “John Miller” and I am delighted to be here today to talk to you about…
First, let me introduce myself. My name is “John Miller” and I am the “Position” of “Company X”.
I’m “John” from “Company Y” and today I’d like to talk to you about…
INTRODUCING THE TOPIC
Setelah sambutan dan pengantar, pembicara menuju ke presentasi topik.Berikut adalah beberapa fraungkapan yang sering dipakai: Today I am here to talk to you about…
What I am going to talk about today is…
I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about…
I am delighted to be here today to tell you about…
I want to make you a short presentation about…
I’d like to give you a brief breakdown of…
EXPLANATION OF GOALS
Selalu disarankan untuk menyebutkan tujuan presentasi Anda di awal. Ini akan membantu audiens untuk memahami tujuan Anda.
Expresi yang sering dipakai:
The purpose of this presentation is…
My objective today is…
STRUCTURE
Setelah menjelaskan topik dan tujuan Anda, gambaran susunan presentasi juga sebaiknya dimunculkan. Agar audiens tahu apa yang diharapkan secara rinci.My talk/presentation is divided into “x” parts.
I’ll start with…/First, I will talk about…/I’ll begin with…
…then I will look at…
…next…
and finally…
STARTING POINT
Inilah bagian utama menuju topik yang akan dipresentasikan
Let me start with some general information on…
Let me begin by explaining why/how…
I’d like to give you some background information about…
Before I start, does anyone know…
As you are all aware…
I think everybody has heard about…, but hardly anyone knows a lot about it.
END OF A SECTION
Ungkapan ini dipakai untuk menunjukkan sesi bagian dari presentasi yang sudah selesai dijelaskan
ungkapan yang sering dipakai:
That’s all I have to say about…
We’ve looked at…
So much for…
INTERIM CONCLUSION
Ungkapan ini dipakai untuk memberikan kesimpulan sementara:
To sum up…
Let’s summarize briefly what we have looked at.
Here is a quick recap of the main points of this section.
I’d like to recap the main points.
Well, that’s about it for this part. We’ve covered…
TRANSITION
Ungkapan ini dipakai jika ingin berganti ke bab selanjutnya dari bagian presentasi
This leads me to my next point, which is…
Turning our attention now to…
Let’s now turn to…
EXAMPLES
Ungkapan ini dipakai saat ingin memebrikan contoh
For example,…
A good example of this is…
As an illustration,…
To give you an example,…
To illustrate this point…
DETAILS
Dalam presentasi, Anda mungkin sering perlu memberikan rincian lebih lanjut tentang masalah tertentu. Ungkapan-ungkapan ini akan membantu Anda melakukannya.
I’d like to expand on this aspect/problem/point.
Let me elaborate further on…
REFERENCE TO THE STARTING POINT
Dalam presentasi yang lebih lama, Anda menghadapi risiko bahwa setelah beberapa saat audiens mungkin melupakan topik dan tujuan awal Anda. Oleh karena itu, masuk akal untuk merujuk ke titik awal dari waktu ke waktu.I hope that you are a little clearer on how we can…
To return to the original question, we can…
Just to round the talk off, I want to go back to the beginning when I…
I hope that my presentation today will help with what I said at the beginning…
REFERENCE TO SOURCES
Dalam presentasi, Anda sering harus merujuk ke sumber eksternal, seperti studi dan survei. Berikut adalah beberapa frasa yang berguna untuk menandai referensi ini. Based on our findings,…
According to our study,…
Our data shows/indicates…
GRAPHS AND IMAGES
Presentasi biasanya penuh dengan grafik dan gambar. Gunakan frasa berikut untuk memberi audiens Anda pemahaman tentang visual Anda. Let me use a graphic to explain this.
I’d like to illustrate this point by showing you…
Let the pictures speak for themselves.
I think the graph perfectly shows how/that…
If you look at this table/bar chart/flow chart/line chart/graph, you can see that…
EMPHASIS
Untuk memastikan bahwa presentasi Anda tidak terdengar monoton, dari waktu ke waktu Anda harus menekankan poin-poin tertentu. Berikut adalah beberapa saran.It should be emphasized that…
I would like to draw your attention to this point…
Another significant point is that…
The significance of this is…
This is important because…
We have to remember that…
PARAPHRASE
Kadang-kadang mungkin terjadi bahwa Anda menyatakan diri Anda tidak jelas dan audiens Anda tidak mengerti maksud Anda. Dalam kasus seperti itu, Anda harus memparafrasekan argumen Anda menggunakan bahasa yang lebih sederhana. In other words,…
To put it more simply,…
What I mean to say is…
So, what I’m saying is….
To put it in another way….
QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION
Pertanyaan adalah bagian integral dari presentasi. Ungkapan ini memungkinkan Anda untuk menanggapi pertanyaan selama presentasi. Does anyone have any questions or comments?
I am happy to answer your questions now.
Please feel free to interrupt me if you have questions.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Please stop me if you have any questions.
Do you have any questions before I move on?
If there are no further questions at this point, I’d like to…
QUESTIONS AT THE END OF A PRESENTATION
Untuk memastikan presentasi tidak terganggu oleh pertanyaan, disarankan untuk menjawab pertanyaan di bagian paling akhir. Informasikan kepada audiens Anda tentang ini dengan menggunakan frasa ini. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
I’ll gladly answer any of your questions at the end.
I’d be grateful if you could ask your questions after the presentation.
INQUIRIES
Setelah menjawab pertanyaan dari audiens, pastikan bahwa audiens telah memahami jawaban Anda dan puas dengannya. Does this answer your question?
Did I make myself clear?
I hope this explains the situation for you.
UNKNOWN ANSWER
Ungkapan ini dipakai saat pertanyaan dari audiens belum bisa dijawab.
That’s an interesting question. I don’t actually know off the top of my head, but I’ll try to get back to you later with an answer.
I’m afraid I’m unable to answer that at the moment. Perhaps, I can get back to you later.
Good question. I really don’t know! What do you think?
That’s a very good question. However, I don’t have any figures on that, so I can’t give you an accurate answer.
Unfortunately, I’m not the best person to answer that.
HANDING OVER
Ungkapan ini dipakai jika anda tidak bisa menjawab pertanyaan dan memberikan kesempatan teman lain untuk bertanya.
Now I will pass you over to my colleague ‘Jerry’.
‘Jerry’, the floor is yours.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
Di akhir presentasi, rangkuman fakta-fakta sangat penting diberikan. I’d like to conclude by…
In conclusion, let me sum up my main points.
Weighing the pros and cons, I come to the conclusion that…
That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thank you for listening/your attention.
Thank you all for listening. It was a pleasure being here today.
Well, that’s it from me. Thanks very much.
That brings me to the end of my presentation. Thanks for your attention.
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