English for Specific Purposes

38 Electronic Engineering

			In the first part of my presentation, I’ll describe …
			After that I’ll talk about… Finally I’ll show you …

How	to proceed	First I’d like to talk about … I’d like to draw your attention to …
with	the	main	Now, I’d like to move on to … Let’s look at some ways of … (at some details)
idea			Next, let me describe… I’d now like to turn to …
			For example … / For instance …
			First … Second …. Third … Next … Then … After that … Finally …

Connecting		Consequently … Therefore … However … Because of … Although …
words		In addition … Since … Also … Because …. … so … … but … … and …

Ending		In conclusion let me remind you … In addition to that … Before I (we) end …
the presentation	In future we plan … In summary, I’ve explained … I therefore recommend …
			Thank you for your kind attention (for listening)… Thank you for having me (us)… I
			(we)’ll be happy to answer all your questions.

Describing	Visual	In my first slide (transparency) I’d like to show you … If you look at the screen you can
Aids			see… The horizontal (vertical) axis is … The left side shows …
			The third row (column) contains … On the right is … As you can see …
			This clearly shows…