LECTURE LANGUAGE
TOPIC LECTURE LANGUAGES:
Our topic today is…
Today I’m going to focus on…
We’ll be/ I’m going to talk about…
What I want to talk about today is…
We’re going to look at/ discuss…
Let’s go back to our discussion of…
Let’s continue our discussion of…
BIG PICTURE LECTURE LANGUAGES (OVERVIEW):
First, we’ll look at … and then we’ll (move on to) look at
I’m going to cover … and then…
We’ll discuss a few examples of/ types of/ several reasons for …
Today I,m going to look at several ways that…
I want to discuss the causes of…
What I want to do is compare… and…
Today, I’m going to look at two aspects of…
TRANSITION LECTURE LANGUAGES:
- A new idea:
Now…
Let’s start with…
First, … Next, … In addition, … Finally, …
First, let’s look at…
Next let’s talk about…
- End of one idea and the beginning of another ideas…
Now we’ve talked about … Let’s move on to
That’s enough about … Let’s goon/ to the next part/ point…
To give an example
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Let’s me give you an example
of this
One example is
For example/instance
Let’s look at an example
Let’s take … as an example
To illustrate/ This is illustrated
To introduce a definition
What is X?
X means…
How do we define the term
By X I mean
X is the term for
What I mean when I say X is
In other words,
To emphasize a point
In fact,…
It’s clear that..
To highlight what I’ve just said
I want to stress/ emphasize/
point…
It’s important to understand
the fundamental point is …
Here’s the bottom line
Pay attention to this
To introduce a theory
It’s very probable that
It’s likely that
It makes sense that
We assume that
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TOPIC LECTURE LANGUAGES:  Our topic today is…
 Today I’m going to focus on…
 We’ll be/ I’m going to talk about…
 What I want to talk about today is…
 We’re going to look at/ discuss…
 Let’s go back to our discussion of…
 Let’s continue our discussion of…
BIG PICTURE LECTURE LANGUAGES (OVERVIEW):
 First, we’ll look at … and then we’ll (move on to) look at
 I’m going to cover … and then…
 We’ll discuss a few examples of/ types of/ several reasons for …
 Today I,m going to look at several ways that…
 I want to discuss the causes of…
 What I want to do is compare… and…
 Today, I’m going to look at two aspects of…
TRANSITION LECTURE LANGUAGES: - A new idea:  Now…  Let’s start with…
 First, … Next, … In addition, … Finally, …  First, let’s look at…  Next let’s talk about…
- End of one idea and the beginning of another ideas…
 Now we’ve talked about … Let’s move on to
 That’s enough about … Let’s goon/ to the next part/ point… To give an example about:blank 1/2 15:56 10/8/24 Lecture Language - BT Moodle
 Let’s me give you an example To emphasize a point of this  In fact,…  One example is  It’s clear that..  For example/instance
 To highlight what I’ve just said
 I want to stress/ emphasize/  Let’s look at an example point…
 Let’s take … as an example
 It’s important to understand
 To illustrate/ This is illustrated
 the fundamental point is …
To introduce a definition  Here’s the bottom line  Pay attention to this  What is X?  X means… To introduce a theory  How do we define the term  It’s very probable that  By X I mean  It’s likely that  X is the term for  It makes sense that
 What I mean when I say X is  We assume that  In other words, about:blank 2/2