Giving an Academic Presentation in English

This book is for university students, with at least a mid-intermediate level of English.

It can be used as part of an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course, either alone or in combination with How to Write an Academic Paper.

The chapters are independent so that EAP teachers and students can choose those sections that best fit their needs. This means that a course could range from a minimum of 20 hours, up to 60 hours or more.

There is an introductory chapter that includes what role academics play in today's world, where success is not just measured in terms of paper output and presentations at conferences, but also in involvement interdisciplinary projects and supporting society at large. Each chapter covers either a particular skill (e.g. preparing a script, pronunciation, visuals, how to begin and end a presentation) or the particular purpose of a specific moment in a presentation. For example, the final slide is not designed just to conclude and thank the audience, but is an opportunity to reach out for collaborations and assistance. The aims of each part of a presentation are also highlighted by comparisons with non-academic situations where similar skills are required.

The course is highly practical with screenshots from real presentations given by PhD students. It is also designed to be fun to use.

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 40 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from around 50 countries to write research papers and give presentations. He is also the co-founder of English for Academics, an editing agency for non-native English-speaking researchers.

Auteur

Adrian Wallwork is the co-founder of English for Academics (e4ac.com), which specializes in editing and revising scientific papers, as well as teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP) to PhD students. He has written course books for Oxford University Press, discussion books for Cambridge University Press, and other books for BEP and Scholastic and several publishers in Italy. Adrian also self-publishes discussion books for the TEFL market (tefldiscussions.com).

For SpringerNature, he has written three series of books on Academic English, Business English and General English.

His passion is teaching PhD students and researchers how to write and present their research.

Contenu

Chapter 1 The key aims of a presentation

Chapter 2 Resources: Presentations on TED and YouTube

Chapter 3 Preparing a script before you create the slides

Chapter 4 Pronunciation, intonation, and speed of voice

Chapter 5 Titles

Chapter 6 Starting your presentation: giving the big picture Chapter 7 Agenda

Chapter 8 Explaining technical slides

Chapter 9 The visual aspect of slides

Chapter 10 The conclusions and final slide

Chapter 11 Q&A session

Chapter 12 Doing presentations online

Chapter 13 Practising, improving, and getting feedback Aim of this book

Other books in this series

Use of icons

Teachers notes

About the author

Acknowledgements

Full table of contents

Index