English for Presentations at International Conferences / by Adrian Wallwork.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallwork, Adrian, Author.

Series:

English for Academic Research, 2625-3445

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language.

Language and education.

Linguistics.

Grammar.

English.

Language Education.

Popular Science in Linguistics.

Local Subjects:

English.

Language Education.

Popular Science in Linguistics.

Grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines. The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to: plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentation avoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say sentences improve your English pronunciation and intonation gain confidence, and overcome nerves and embarrassment highlight the essential points you want your audience to remember attract and retain audience attention deal with questions from the audience This new edition contains several additional features, including stimulating factoids and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use. New chapters also cover: <learning from="" talks="" on="" tednetworking="" with="" potential="" collaborators,="" professors,="" fellow="" researchers interacting successfully with non-native audiences posters EAP teachers will find this book to be a great source of tips for training students, and for preparing both instructive and entertaining lessons. Other books in the series cover: writing research papers; English grammar, usage, and style; academic correspondence; interacting on campus; plus exercises books and a teacher's guide. Please visit http://www.springer.com/series/13913 for a full list of titles in the series. Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics from 35 countries to write research papers, prepare presentations, and communicate with editors, referees and fellow researchers.

Contents:

1. The importance of presentations

2. TED and learning from others

3. Why you should write out your speech

4. Writing the text of your slides

5. Visual Elements and Fonts

6. Ten ways to Begin a Presentation

7. Agenda and Transitions

8. Methodology

9. Results and Discussion

10. Conclusions

11. Questions and Answers

12. Attracting Audiences and Keeping their Attention

13. Handling your Nerves

14. Pronunciation and Intonation

15. Rehearsing and Self-assessment

16. Networking: Preparation for social events

17. Networking: Successful informal meetings

18. Posters

19. Advice for native English speakers on how to present at international conferences and run workshops

20. Useful Phrases.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319263304

3319263307