🇬🇧 💼 Work · Can talk about almost anything (B2+)

📊 Giving a presentation

🎯 Structure a short presentation and handle questions confidently

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

Do you get nervous presenting?
Who's the best speaker you know?

🔑 Key phrases

Today I'm going to talk about…今日は〜についてお話しします。
Let me start with…まず〜から始めます。
As you can see from this graph…このグラフからわかるように…
Moving on to my next point…次のポイントに移ります。
To sum up…まとめると…
That's a great question.いい質問ですね。

📚 Useful words

slide — スライド
trend — 傾向
increase / decrease — 増加・減少
significant — 大きな・重要な
key takeaway — 重要なポイント
Q&A — 質疑応答

⚡ Speaking challenges

Describe a graph: sales went up 20% then down 5%.
Give a 30-second elevator pitch for your company.
Answer a question you don't know the answer to.
Open a presentation with a hook.

🎭 Role-play

A 3-minute presentation to the tutor (the 'audience') on a topic the student chooses.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Present with an intro, 2–3 points and a summary. Then answer questions.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Ask one easy question, one hard one, and one you know they can't answer (teach 'Let me get back to you on that').

🌀 Twist (halfway through): Halfway: 'Sorry, we only have 1 minute left.' The student must skip to the conclusion.

🗣️ Discussion questions

What makes presentations boring?
PowerPoint or no slides?
How do you deal with nerves?

📌 Homework

Prepare a 3-minute presentation for the next lesson次回のレッスンまでに3分間のプレゼンを準備する