MAIN STAGES IN A SPEECH
1. Opening / Introduction
Purpose: To grab the audience’s attention, introduce yourself, and state your topic or purpose.
🔹 Suggested Language:
- Greeting the audience:
- Good morning/afternoon, everyone.
- Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here today.
- Introducing yourself:
- Let me introduce myself. My name is...
- I’m here today to talk about...
- Stating your purpose:
- The purpose of my talk is to...
- Today, I’d like to share with you...
- Outlining the structure:
- First, I’ll talk about... Then I’ll move on to... Finally, I’ll explain...
- My presentation will be divided into three main parts.
2. Body / Main Content
Purpose: To present your main points in a logical, clear order with examples or evidence.
🔹 Suggested Language:
- Moving to the first point:
- Let’s start with...
- To begin with, I’d like to talk about...
- Adding more points:
- Next, let’s take a look at...
- Another important aspect is...
- Moving on to the next point...
- Giving examples:
- For example...
- Let me give you an example...
- Take the case of...
- Emphasizing a point:
- What’s really important here is...
- I’d like to highlight...
- Summarizing a section:
- So, to sum up this part...
- In short, we’ve looked at...
3. Transition Between Points
Purpose: To help the audience follow your ideas and understand connections between them.
🔹 Suggested Language:
- Now that we’ve discussed..., let’s move on to...
- This brings us to the next point...
- Let’s shift our focus to...
4. Conclusion
Purpose: To summarize your speech, restate your main message, and leave a strong final impression.
🔹 Suggested Language:
- Summarizing:
- In conclusion...
- To sum up, I’ve talked about...
- Let me briefly recap what I’ve covered...
- Restating the main message:
- What I’d like you to remember is...
- The key takeaway from today’s talk is...
- Ending with impact:
- Thank you for your attention.
- I’ll leave you with this thought...
- Let’s keep this discussion going beyond today.
5. Questions and Answers (Q&A) (if included)
Purpose: To invite interaction and clarify anything the audience may want to know.
🔹 Suggested Language:
- I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.
- Do you have any questions or comments?
- Feel free to ask if something wasn’t clear.
- That’s a great question, thank you for asking.