TY - BOOK AU - Wallwork,Adrianauthor ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - English for Presentations at International Conferences T2 - English for Academic Research SN - 9783319263304 AV - PE1-PE3729 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - Linguistics KW - Grammar KW - English language KW - Language and education KW - English KW - Language Education KW - Popular Science in Linguistics N1 - 1. The importance of presentations -- 2. TED and learning from others -- 3. Why you should write out your speech -- 4. Writing the text of your slides -- 5. Visual Elements and Fonts -- 6. Ten ways to Begin a Presentation -- 7. Agenda and Transitions -- 8. Methodology -- 9. Results and Discussion -- 10. Conclusions -- 11. Questions and Answers -- 12. Attracting Audiences and Keeping their Attention -- 13. Handling your Nerves -- 14. Pronunciation and Intonation -- 15. Rehearsing and Self-assessment -- 16. Networking: Preparation for social events -- 17. Networking: Successful informal meetings -- 18. Posters -- 19. Advice for native English speakers on how to present at international conferences and run workshops -- 20. Useful Phrases N2 - 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: