EAP

English for academic purpose:
For example A Math teacher starts his talking with EAP. He starts with EAP and connecting, English in Math then EAP then English in Math then EAP...simultaneously..

Presenting a seminar paper
 
Academic Presentations:

Academic Presentations can be 1.individual or 2. in groups.

1. Individual:

Academic seminars and presentations often take the following form:

A. PRESENTATION
B. DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS

Now, A. PRESENTATION

   1. Introduction
  What do you intend to do?
 

  2. Main Body
  State your points: information and argument.

  3. Conclusion
  Summarise
Invite questions.

Now
   
1.Introduction:
 
   
State what you will do  

 
What I'd like to do is to discuss ....

  In my talk today, ....

 
My topic today is ....

 
Today, I'm going to talk about ....

I'm going to divide my presentation into   three sections.

 
I've divided my presentation into three   sections.

  This subject can be looked at under the   following headings: ....

 
I'll take about ... minutes.

 
I'll be happy to answer questions at the   end.

 
If you have any questions, I'll try to   answer them afterwards.

 
If you have any questions, please feel   free to interrupt.

 

  
 
2.Main body
 
   
Ordering points  
Firstly  

To start with,

  
First of all, 

 
Secondly

 
Next

 
Then

 
Thirdly

 
Lastly

Finally

   
Giving examples  
For example, .... 

For instance, ....

 
And as proof of that, ....

Emphasising:

Furthermore .... 

 
This supports my argument that ....

It follows, therefore, that ....

In the first part of my talk, I said ....

 
As I mentioned earlier, ....

 
I told you a few minutes ago that ....

  
   
Putting it in other words:
In other words, .... 

That is to say, ....

 
To put it another way, ....

Let me put it another way.

   
Using visuals:
On this graph, ... 

Take a look at this.

 
Let's have a look at this.

 
I'd like you to look at this.

 
I'd like to draw your attention to   ...

 
Here we can see ....

 
The ... represents ....

 
The graph illustrates ....

 
As you can see, ....

 
If you look closely, you'll see ....

   
Moving on:  
I'd like now to move on to ....

Turning now to ...

 
Moving on now to ....

The next point is ....

 
Another interesting point is ....

 
I'd now like to turn to ....
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3.Conclusion:
So ....

 
We've seen that ....

 
First we looked at ... and we saw that   ....

In short .....

In brief, we have looked at ....

To sum up ....

                             
In conclusion, I'd like to emphasise that   ....

                           
I think that covers most of the points.

                           
That completes my presentation.

                           
Thank you for your attention.

   
Invite questions  :

Does   anyone have any comments or questions?

 
I'd be glad to try and answer any   questions.

B.Discussion/Questions:

  
  

    
Encouraging participation:
        
Does anyone have any comments or questions?   
          
Interrupting:

Sorry to interrupt, but ....

  
I'd just like to say that ....

 
 
Getting clarification:

I didn't understand what you said about  ....  

  
I'm sorry, could you repeat what you said about ....

  
What does ... mean?

  
Could we come back to that?

  
What did you mean when you said ...

  
So you're telling me that I can't ...?

  
So what you're saying is that ...?

  
So you mean that ...?

  
Are you saying that ...?

 
Following up a question:

That's not really what I was asking. My  question is about ....  

Perhaps I didn't make my question clear. I fact what I asked was ....

  
I think you've answered a slightly different question. What I would like to know is ...

  
I understand that but what I actually had in mind was ....

  
Dealing with difficult questions:

... is important but it's too complex  for us to deal with here. 

  
It's too early for us to say whether ....

  

 
Agreeing : 
I couldn't agree more.  

On the whole, I think the speaker's arguments are fair.

  
I (quite) agree.

  
I think you're absolutely right.

  
That's a very good point.

  
You've got a very good point there.

  
I fully support what you say.

  
I totally agree.

  
Exactly!

 
Doubt and reservation   
Well . maybe . possibly .  

I'm not so sure about that.

  
You may be right.

  
I don't think I'd say that.

  
Yes, but don't you think ...?

  
I can see your point, but ....

  
I think that's debatable.

  
Perhaps, but don't you think that ....

  
I see what you mean but ....

  
I agree to some extent, but ....

  
It seems to me ...

  
I tend to think ...

 
Disagreeing   
But don't you think that ...?  

I see what you mean, but ...

  
But isn't it really a question of ...

  
But what about ...?

  
But surely ...?

  
I take your point, but , ....

  
But all the evidence suggests that ....

  
I'm afraid I can't agree with ... on this matter.

  
I wouldn't say that.

  
I don't agree at all.

  
I can't accept that.

                         
Giving yourself time to think:
ah, er, erm, uh

Repeat the question.

Why do I think that ...?

Ask for repetition.

I'm sorry. Could you repeat the question, please?

Give a vague opinion:

It's difficult to say ....

I'm not sure, but ....

Ask for clarification.

Could you say what you mean by ....