@misc{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00025730, author = {WEEKS, Mark Charles}, month = {Apr}, note = {Classes are conducted in an informal, communicative atmosphere and most lessons include a short interactive lecture. Students discuss issues raised and work together in pairs or small groups, changing partners each week in order to increase communication opportunities. Here are the main themes dealt with over the two courses: Practical Presentations Skills (Research Skills C1): ・The functions and pleasures of presentations ・Reducing nervousness, finding your main idea and significance ・Signal to Noise ratio ・Logically structuring your presentation ・Effective slide design principles, techniques ・Delivery: voice, body language, interaction with slides ・Question time strategies and language ・Communicating at the right level for different audiences ・Editing and preparation techniques to avoid timing problems ・About handouts Practical Presentations Techniques (Research Skills C2): ・Aims and benefits of presenting your research ・Expressing your presentation purpose efficiently ・Abstracts: clear and impressive structure ・Attracting and persuading an audience ・Creating logical flow through transition vocabulary and slides ・Showing data and other support effectively, handling Q&A ・Poster session techniques ・Visual design for clarity and impact ・About humor in presentations}, title = {Research Skills C-1}, year = {2018} }