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Effective Signposting in Lectures

The document provides examples of signposting language to structure a lecture or presentation. It divides signposting into purposes such as introducing the topic, explaining the structure, starting or finishing a section, and summing up. Phrases are given for each purpose to help guide the audience through the content.

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Effective Signposting in Lectures

The document provides examples of signposting language to structure a lecture or presentation. It divides signposting into purposes such as introducing the topic, explaining the structure, starting or finishing a section, and summing up. Phrases are given for each purpose to help guide the audience through the content.

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Signposting Examples

Purpose Signpost Language

 Today we are going to talk about…


 The topic of today’s lecture is…
 This morning we are going to take a look at…
Introducing the topic of the lecture  Today I’ll be talking about / discussing...
 What I’m going to be talking about today is…
 The purpose of today’s lecture is…
 The subject/topic of my talk is ...

 In today’s lecture I’m going to cover three points.


 I’m going to divide this talk into three parts.
Explaining the lecture structure (sections /
 First we’ll look at….. Then we’ll go on to … And
subtopics)
finally I’ll…

 Let’s start by talking about...


 To begin,…
Introducing the first section / subtopic or first of a  Firstly,…
list of points  I’ll start with,…
 The first advantage / reason / cause etc. is...

 We've looked at...


Finishing a section  I’ve talked about….

 Let’s move on to…


 Now, let’s turn to…
 And I’d now like to talk about…
Starting a new section  The next / second …
 I'd like now to discuss...
 The next issue/topic/area I’d like to focus on …

To signal the end of the talk / Summing up  To sum up, …


 So it is clear from what we have discussed today
that…
 I'd like now to recap...
 Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
 In conclusion, …
 To summarise, …
 In summary, …
 Overall, …
 The three main points are …

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