English for Presentations at International Conferences (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	English for Academic Research
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Adrian Wallwork
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	284
Edition:	2nd ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-26328-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	3-319-26328-5
Barcode:	9783319263281

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