Appendix Unit- - - - - Function Expression Greeting Good morning/evening everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, My dear colleagues/students Introducing the topic My topic for today is… I am going to speak… I’d like to tell you about… I have chosen to speak on… My theme is… Expressing happiness I’m really delighted… I can’t say how pleased I am… It gives me immense pleasure to be in your midst… I am happy to be with you. Outlining the stages or steps First I am going to deal with… I’d like to divide my talk… Firstly I shall, then…and lastly… Repeating Let me repeat… I’d like to say/stress that once again… Clarifying Let me make my point clear… To put it in a simpler form… Unit- - - - - Asking for opinion How do you react to this…? Any comments?
Could I have your suggestion? What do you think / feel about…? What’s your opinion on…? Checking that they understand Have I made myself clear?
Do you understand what I mean? Get it? Persuading How can I persuade you? It will be a misfortune if you cannot… I leave it to your sense… Rephrasing In other words… To put it in other words… What I mean is… That’s to say… Giving yourself time to think Er.
Let me see… Well, you see/you know… Well, how shall I put it… Just a minute… Changing the subject Oh, by the way… Incidentally… Oh, before I forget… Avoiding giving an opinion Well, it’s difficult to say… Well, I don’t know really… I’d rather not say anything… It all depends… Introducing a story/anecdote Here is an interesting story… Enumeration My first point is… In the first place… Secondly… Further… In addition… Unit- - - - - Summarising Let me sum up… Let me recapitulate… We discussed the following point… To sum up the whole thing… In summary… In short… Concluding Let me conclude… Let me wind up… Let me end my speech… Complimenting/Congratulating What a nice/wonderful… I must congratulate you on… Allow me to offer my heartiest congratulations… Thanking