Language Keys for Speech

By: Sapta Abimanyu

@Abimanyuks

No.	Function	Phrases/Utterances
1	Greeting the audience	Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening/Hello/Hi
2	Addressing the audience	Excellencies/your excellency Distinguished participants Ladies and gentlemen Dear participants Everyone/everybody Beloved friends etc.
3	Opening the speech	It’s my greatest pleasure to be here today. It is also a particular pleasure to meet with our audience.
4	Starting	The title of my speech is _______ Today, I would like to talk about _______ My topic today is ______ In this occasion, I would like to tell you about ______
5	Planning	I have divided my talk into ______ The first point of my talk is ______ The first point of my speech is ______
6	Opening the main section	I’d like to start by explaining ______ I’d like to start by suggesting that ______
7	Moving to a new point	Let me turn to ______ I’d like to turn now to the issue of ______
8	Highlighting	The important thing about ______ is ______ The thing to remember is ______ The thing is that ______
9	Indicating	Okay, Right, All right, Well,
10	Summarizing	Let me try to conclude our discussion then. The main points that have been made are ______ Before coming to the end of my speech, I would like to conclude what I’ve explained.
11	Closing	This is the end of my speech, thank you. I’ll finish here, thank you. And let me finish here, thank you.