To be completed before submission. Third edition of highly successful book on presentations for non-native speakers.

Designed to help non-native English speakers to prepare and deliver effective presentations at international conferences Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras Includes new uses of AI

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext

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

• write an accompanying script and avoid errors in English

• 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

• explain technical processes

• deal with the Q&A session

• design and discuss posters This new edition contains four additional areas:

• presenting online

• using generative AI tools for both text and images

• learning techniques from TED talks and Three Minute Theses

• FAQs on alternative approaches to traditional academic presentations For EAP teachers, this book is a useful source for i) preparing instructive and entertaining lessons ii) learning how to generate personalized exercises, and iii) getting tips for teaching students.
  Please visit https://link.springer.com/series/13913 for a full list of titles in the series, which includes The Pros and Cons of Using Chatbots , AI-Assisted Writing and Presenting in English ; and English for Writing Research Papers .

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 50 ELT and EAP textbooks aimed at students and researchers. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics to exploit AI as a support for writing research papers, preparing presentations, and communicating with editors, referees and fellow researchers.

Inhalt

1. Why presentations matter: best practices and common pitfalls.- 2. Learning from others.- 3. Frequently Asked Questions.- 4. Why having a script is fundamental.- 5. Writing the text of your slides.- 6. Look & feel and the big picture.- 7. Graphs and charts.- 8. Pronunciation and speed of voice.- 9. Handling your nerves, rehearsing, and self-assessment.- 10. Presenting online.- 11. Posters.- 12. Titles and Agendas.- 13. How to open a presentation.- 14. Case study on different ways to begin the same presentation.- 15. Methods and results.- 16. Showing and describing a process.- 17. Final slides.-18. Q&A session.