ORAL EXAM: PRESENTING A DOCUMENT 2

 

Introduction: this doc is an article published  in (source), in (month and year). It was written by (+ name if indicated). It’s called OR the headline is…. The key words in the headline are… so we can deduce that the article deals with a (social, economic, environmental, health, a global…) issue

First, let me focus on who is concerned by this problem The first thing I’d like to talk about is…

Now I’m going to examine the facts and figures given in the document A survey reveals/shows/indicates that (percentage, numbers…)

At this point, I’d like to talk about the causes and (or) the consequences of the issue at stake

Mr X makes an interesting point: he says, I quote line 10 : “…..” Ms X claims that … she point out that….

Let me now examine the advantages and drawbacks (the upsides and downsides)

Some solutions are suggested/presented in the article: for example…

To conclude, I would say that I’d like to conclude by saying that In conclusion, it seems to me that       (adjectives: positive/ negative/ beneficial/ harmful/ unbelievable/ necessary…./

At this point, I’d like to make a few additional remarks: / I’d like to point out that... I agree with/ I undersand… their position but… It seems to me that a better solution would be to… There are other ways of dealing with the problem The situation is the same in France, … in other countries (is different in…) .. There is another interesting issue connected to this problem:

IF YOU ARE STUCK: I’m sorry, let me start again – let me rephrase this… - oh, I think I made a mistake: I’m very sorry but I don’t remember the English for… Well… I’m not sure how to answer this question… maybe…