English for Presentations at International Conferences
Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This book is the first guide to giving presentations at international conferences specifically written for researchers of all disciplines whose first language is not English. With easy-t
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Adrian Wallwork
English for Presentations at International Conferences
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Adrian Wallwork Via Carducci 9 56127 Pisa Italy [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6590-5 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6591-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6591-2 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930012 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Who Is This Book for? This book is a guide to writing and giving presentations. It is mainly intended for non-native speakers of English of all disciplines who want to present the results of their research at international conferences. Problems with language (both written and oral) are dealt with extensively, whereas the technical/graphical elements of creating slides are given less space. The book is designed to help both those who have never done presentations before and researchers whose English is already good (or who are native speakers) but who want to improve their presentation skills. Some chapters have “Advanced Tips” for more experienced presenters. I hope that other trainers like myself in English for Academic Purposes will also find the book a source of useful ideas to pass on to students. Note: Most of the examples given are from real presentations, but in some cases they are fictitious and may contain invented statistics.
What Will I Learn from This Book? This book will help you to • • • • • • • • • •
overcome problems with nerves and embarrassment prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentation highlight the essential points you want the audience to remember avoid problems in English by using short easy-to-say sentences attract and retain audience attention decide what to say at each stage of the presentation improve your pronunciation learn useful phrases deal with questions from the audience gain confidence and give a memorable presentation v
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Preface
How Should I Read This Book? This book is designed to be like a manual or a user guide—you don’t need to read it starting from page 1. Like a manual it has lots of short subsections and is divided into short paragraphs with many bullet points. This is to help you find what you want quickly and also to assimilate the information as rapidly and
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