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BUSINESS ENGLISH
PRESENTATIONS
Vocabulary
see also : useful phrases for presentations
Audience Group of listeners or spectators
Communication through facial expressions,
Body language
body movements, etc.
Sheet of information in the form of a table,
Chart
graph or diagram
Graphic representation of a situation e.g. the
Diagram
results of an action
Pad of large paper sheets on a stand for
Flip chart
presenting information
Focus (on) Concentrate on something
Graph Diagram showing the relation between
variable quantities
Guidelines Advice or instructions given in order to guide
or direct an action
Handout Written information (report etc) given to
people at a presentation
Key point Essential or main point
Ladies & Polite way of addressing an audience of men
Gentlemen and women
Pen with a felt tip used for writing on a
Marker
whiteboard
Electrical instrument used to amplify the
Microphone
speaker's voice
Overhead transparency : sheet of film with an
O.H.T. image or
printed information for overhead projector
Objective What one wants to achieve; aim
Outline Brief description or presentation
Overhead
Device that projects an O.H.T. onto a screen
projector
Overview Short presentation of the main points
Rod or stick used to indicate things on a map,
Pointer
screen, etc.
Screen Flat, reflective blank surface on which films,
slides etc. are projected
Phrases used to help focus the audience's
Signposting
attention on different
language
parts of a presentation
Slide Small photographic transparency
Make a summary of the essential points; sum
Summarize
up
Topic Subject of a discussion or talk
Image or information printed on transparent
Transparency
plastic or film
Aids such as charts, slides, etc used at a
Visual aids
presentation
Flat white board on which to write or draw
Whiteboard
with markers