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Expression orale

 

1. Introduce the theme

  • I’d like to talk / speak about the theme Arts and Debates of Ideas.
  • I’m going to deal with the theme Imaginary Worlds that we studied in « première ».
  • I’d like to start by giving a definition of …
  • First I will explain what I understand by …

2. Introduce your key question (= problématique)

  • In order to illustrate this theme I will try to answer the question …
  • We can ask ourselves in what way imaginary creatures and worlds in literature reflect the fears of our time.
  • Let’s take a look at why / how …
  • The question I have chosen to tackle this theme is : To what extent did art created by women make the status of women evolve at the end of the 20th century?

3. Present your plan and documents

  • My presentation is made up of three main parts
  • I will base my presentation on two main points : …
  • I would first like to concentrate on… and then I will move on to… and finally I will take a look at…..
  • In order to answer this question I have chosen several documents that we studied in class this year.
  • First I’ll speak about … Then I’ll study …

4. Talk about the documents

  • The document we studied is about … / focuses on… / deals with …
  • This document is particularly interesting because it shows …
  • The main idea behind this photo is that …
  • This drawing illustrates the idea that …
  • This article points out / underlines the fact that / stresses the fact that …
  • The journalist draws our attention to the fact that….
  • The author raises the problem of … / suggests that … / points out that … / warns us against …

5. Give your opinion

  • In my opinion / from my point of view / as far as I am concerned…..
  • I really feel that … / I get the impression that … / I can’t help thinking that … / I have the feeling that … / I am convinced that……
  • I totally disagree with the fact that…
  • There is no doubt that…
  • I really find it hard to believe that …

6. Conclude

  • To conclude I would like to say that …
  • All in all I would like to point out that …
  • To sum up I would like to say …
  • In conclusion we can say that …
  • So to recap I’d like to finish by saying …