tailieunhanh - Better Speaking- A guide to improving your spoken English_02

Tham khảo tài liệu 'better speaking- a guide to improving your spoken english_02', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Showing where you are going Have you ever listened to a presentation lecture or talk in English Did you find it easy or difficult to understand One thing which is important to consider when you are speaking in English is how you are going to show the listeners what is important in your talk and places where they don t need to concentrate so call this signposting - showing how the information is relevant to the talk - and it is an important feature of spoken English. But how do you recognise signposting First read this extract from an interview with Stelios Haji-Ioannou the owner of the easyJet airline company. Stelios is Greek but lives in Britain. Why did I start easyJet in London Well first of all I know the language. It would have been impossible to run an airline in the UK without speaking English that would have been a serious limitation to my ability to communicate with my customers. In fact people ask me Why didn t you start the business in Greece but one of the things I say is that Greece is too small. On the other hand France and Germany are big markets but the only language I could speak was English so I had to come to London Question a Find two reasons why Stelios started his business in London. Question b Find two phrases which mean I am going to give you a piece of are more pieces but this one is important. As you can see Stelios uses some fixed phrases to show how his talk is going to continue. He introduces a list of new information with phrases like First of all. This means we know he has more to say later. Phrases like One thing I say is. show us that what he is going to say is important - he has chosen to emphasise this when he wants to make a contrast between the Greek and French markets he uses the phrase on the other hand . By putting these phrases before the important information he makes the listener aware that he is going to make an important point. So how can you signpost your talk effectively Listen out