PartⅠ Structure of an Academic Presentation Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Chapter 3 Methodology Chapter 4 Results and Discussion Chapter 5 Conclusion Chapter 6 Questions and Answers Part Ⅱ Oral Presentation Skills Chapter 7 Visual Aids Chapter 8 Logical Development, Signposts and Transitions Chapter 9 Audience’s Attention Chapter 10 Pronunciation and Intonation Part Ⅲ Other Forms of Conference Communication Chapter 12 Conference Correspondence (for the participants) Chapter 13 Designing Conference Posters Chapter 14 Chairing an International Conference Appendix 1 Key Appendix 2 Scripts
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精彩片段: Part Ⅰ Structure of an Academic Presentation Overview: Generally speaking, there are three fundamental parts in a presentation: the Introduction, the Main Body and the Conclusion. The Main Body is the biggest part. The Introduction and Conclusion are relatively short. The Introduction should tell the audience what you are going to talk about. The Main Body should develop those themes or points in more detail in the order that you have introduced them in your Introduction. In the Conclusion you should pick out the main points from the Main Body and summarize them for your audience. So the Conclusion is similar to the Introduction in fact. Chapter 1 Introduction Task Objectives You will learn what should be included in the Introduction of an academic presentation. how to begin your academic presentation. to recognize and understand the typical expressions used in academic presentations. to use the appropriate expressions. Task Preparation Sample demonstration Ⅰ. Listen to the following six passages of introductions in an oral presentation and then match the numbers of the passage on the left column with the topics (A-F) on the right column. Number of the passage Topics of the passages Passage 1 A. Analysis of a bunch of brains of psychopathic killers Passage 2 B. An emerging technology called additive manufacturing, or 3D Passage 3 C. The link between the structure of the language you speak and how you find yourself with the propensity to save Passage 4 D. What translates generic public space into qualitative space? Passage 5 E. More data allows us to see new, better and different Passage 6 F. Changes in power transition and diffusion in this 21st century