Introducing a speaker

I have the great pleasure to introduce.... Our first guest will speak on....

And now I have the pleasure of introducing our first speaker....

I now give the floor to....

Our next speaker is... who will speak about/on....

Now I'd like to call upon... who is going to speak about/on....

And now I ask... to make his contribution on....

Now I'm giving the floor to... who will speak about/on.

Stimulating a discussion

Please feel free to ask questions and make comments.

Any questions or comments?

Are there any questions on X's paper?

Does anyone want to put questions to...?

Any other questions?

Do you have questions to ask?

Who would like to comment on X's paper?

Does anyone else want to ask a question or make a comment?

Are there any comments on the paper?

Are there any more comments?

There are no more questions... Thank you.

Ending a meeting

I'd like to thank you all for a stimulating discussion.

Well, I think that covers everything.

All the topics seem to have been exhausted.

I think it's time we close the discussion.

Our time is up. The discussion is closed.

I declare the session closed.

I think we have done a good job. Thank you all.

B. Act out the situation.

You are a chairman opening a Students' University Conference. To do it you are given five minutes.

Presenting a Paper

Active Vocabulary

to remind of... to begin/finish with... to emphasize to point out

to do research to draw a conclusion in contrast with

to present a paper to discuss in detail to note the difference

to give an explanation of

TASKS

A. Before doing your oral presentation read the following recommendations:

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