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 TED
- networking 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.
