Interview & Presentation Language 2

I know all of you reading this have either felt or thought about the stress of speaking publicly or being interviewed. Sometimes when we speak, we get stuck or we don’t flow smoothly. Learning just a few common phrases can reduce your stress and increase the quality of your speaking.

This blog has been divided into a set of two blog series. Link to part 1 can be found below.

Let’s continue looking at that useful language we all need!

Expressing compare, contrast, show surprise or something that you disagree with or do not like

• As it turns out …

• Actually,

• As a matter of fact,

• In actuality …

• To be honest/frank,

• To be direct,

• In fact, …

• The fact is that…

Searching for a way to express something

• How shall I put it?

• What’s the word I’m looking for?

• How do you say that?

• How can I explain this?

• What is the word I am looking for?

Showing you are reluctant to speak for fear of the effect

• What’s the best way to put this?

• How shall I say this?

• What I’m really trying to say is…

• Let’s put it this way…

• Where should I begin?

Some possible introductory phrases for paraphrasing

• So, what I hear you saying is…

• It sounds like you…

• If I understand you correctly…

• You are telling me that…

• So what you mean is …

What do you have to add?

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Final remarks

If this was interesting or useful to you, you may also be interested in our Business Course or our Conversational English Course, which both focus on helping you sound more natural.

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By: Luke 

ETO American English teacher

Interview & Presentation Language 1

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Interview & Presentation Language 1

I know all of you reading this have either felt or thought about the stress of speaking publicly or being interviewed. Sometimes when we speak, we get stuck or we don’t flow smoothly. Learning just a few common phrases can reduce your stress and increase the quality of your speaking.

This blog has been divided into a set of two blog series. Link to part 2 can be found below.

Let’s look at some key phrases that help you speak, discuss and explain things a little more easily.

Filler phrases

• …you see…

• Well …

• That makes me think …

• The point / thing is…

• It’s like this, you see…

• …you know…

Stalling to get some more time

• Let me see …

• OK, well let’s think about this …

• Now, I have to think about that…

• Ahh… just a minute…

• Hang on one second please…

• I’ll be right with you …

• Thank you for your patience

Stalling to get extra time while answering some questions

• That’s a great question…

• That question is very interesting

• Wow, what a tough question

• I’ll have to think about that…

• I have never had that question before …

When we can’t think of the words to describe something

• …like…

• … a type of …

• …kind of…

• …sort of…

What do you have to add?

Please feel free to add a comment or a question in our comment box for our teachers and other students to reply to. Also, if you have some other useful language, please also share it with us.

Final remarks

If this was interesting or useful to you, you may also be interested in our Business Course or our Conversational English Course, which both focus on helping you sound more natural.

If you have never learned English online, but you want to try, please do not hesitate to book a free English class with ETO today!

In the meantime, please stay subscribed to our Facebook, YouTube & Twitter pages.

By: Luke 

ETO American English teacher

Interview & Presentation Language 2

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Business Meetings in English part II

This blog has been divided into a set of two blog series. The first part is about Starting a Meeting or Discussion and the language used to manage the meeting or discussion. The 2nd part is about closing and summarizing the meeting or discussion. This is the 2nd part of the blog set series. Link to part 1 can be found below.

Let’s have a look below at some useful language:

Closing an item

I think that covers the first item.
I think that was taken care of pretty well.
Let’s move on to…
If nobody has anything more to add, then we…

Summarizing

Before we are done here, let’s summarize the important points.
We can quickly go over the main points.
To sum up what we talked about .,.
In brief …
Shall I go over the main points?

Finishing up

Great, it seems like we covered the items we wanted to talk about.
Right, if there are no other questions or comments, our meeting is finished.
Are there any other questions?

Thanking participants for attending

Thank you all for attending.
Thanks for your participation.

Your thoughts

Please feel free to add a comment or a question in our comment box if you have some other useful tips or language.

Want to learn more?

If this was useful to you, you may also be interested in our Business Course which has classes on meetings, negotiations, telephone language and many other popular topics. We also invite you to try a free trial class with ETO today and start learning English now!

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By: Luke 

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Business Meetings in English part I

This blog has been divided into a set of two blog series. The first part is about Starting a Meeting or Discussion and the language used to manage the meeting or discussion. The 2nd part is about closing and summarizing the meeting or discussion. Link to part 2 can be found below.

Let’s have a look below at some useful language:

Opening

Good morning/afternoon, everyone. (Small talk optional)
If we are all ready, let’s get started.

Stating the principal objectives

We’re here today to …
I’d like to make sure that we …
Our main aim today is to…

Introducing the first topic for discussion

So, let’s start with …
I’d like to start with…
Why don’t we begin with…
So, the first thing on the agenda is
Shall we begin the discussion with…

Moving forward (transitions)

So, if there is nothing more we need to talk about, let’s go on to …
Shall we get right down to it?
I’d like to go on to the next topic.

Let’s move to the next item.
Now that we’ve talked about X, let’s move to …
The next point on tonight’s agenda is…
Now we arrive at the question of…

Your thoughts

Please feel free to add a comment or a question in our comment box if you have some other useful tips or language.

Want to learn more?

If this was useful to you, you may also be interested in our Business Course which has classes on meetings, negotiations, telephone language and many other popular topics. We also invite you to try a free trial class with ETO today and start learning English now!

In the meantime, please stay subscribed to our Facebook, YouTube & Twitter pages.

By: Luke 

ETO American English teacher

Business Meetings in English part II

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