This course is conducted completely in English.
In Spring 2021, for the safety & health of the students & professor all sessions will be conducted online.
Students will be introduced to and practice presentation skills. You will learn strategies for communicating directly with the audience, organizing your speech, supporting your points in logical order with specific evidence and effective visual aids. You will also practice improving your physical presentation, including tone of voice, enunciation, emphasis, gestures, eye contact, avoiding reading and memorization. You will be asked to present topics of your choice for specific types of speeches, from both major and non-major fields, followed by Q & A sessions. Types of speeches include personal experience, descriptions of situations or problems, explaining processes and steps, project progress updates, and final research results presentations. The final presentation provides practice for presenting your research at international conferences.
The format for this course is basically flipped style: before class students read, review, & practice the new points introduced in the previous class. Class time is used for students' presentations, discussion of feedback, and introduction of new points.
In Spring 2021, for the safety & health of the students & professor all sessions will be conducted online.
Students will be introduced to and practice presentation skills. You will learn strategies for communicating directly with the audience, organizing your speech, supporting your points in logical order with specific evidence and effective visual aids. You will also practice improving your physical presentation, including tone of voice, enunciation, emphasis, gestures, eye contact, avoiding reading and memorization. You will be asked to present topics of your choice for specific types of speeches, from both major and non-major fields, followed by Q & A sessions. Types of speeches include personal experience, descriptions of situations or problems, explaining processes and steps, project progress updates, and final research results presentations. The final presentation provides practice for presenting your research at international conferences.
The format for this course is basically flipped style: before class students read, review, & practice the new points introduced in the previous class. Class time is used for students' presentations, discussion of feedback, and introduction of new points.
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to study presentation strategies and skills and apply them to create,
organize, and practice major types of presentations they will need in their research careers.
| Goals and objectives | Course Outcomes | |
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| 1. | You will gain the ability to organize the content of your presentations to communicate effectively based on types of audiences and purposes: making introductions; explaining processes, procedures, & plans, describing problems & providing updates; & also develop strategies to prepare for audience questions. |
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| 2. | You will be able to support your points with logical evidence, clear visual aids, and convincing examples. |
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| 3. | You will improve your delivery in terms of eye contact, gestures, posture, enunciation and vocal emphasis to communicate effectively with the audience. |
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| 4. | You will develop strategies & skills to effectively present your academic research results. |
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| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
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| 1. | Introduction to Course Intro. to Communication Models for Presentations Defining your Audience & Purpose Audience unspoken questions: What is this about? Who are you? Why is this important? Delivery: connecting to the audience- gestures, eye contact |
Read & do exercises: Hood: ch. 1, 2, 3 | 120分 |
| 2. | Where are we going? Organizing Strategies Making your Introduction Creating Structure, Points, Forecast Delivery: enunciation & pace |
Read & do exercises: Hood: ch. 4, 5, 6 | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 3. | Presentation 1: Introducing Personal Learning Experience Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 180分 |
| 4. | Presentation 2: Introducing Personal Learning Experience Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Hood ch. 8, 9, 10 | 180分 |
| 5. | What’s the problem? Defining problems & situations Non-research cases. Research-related cases: reviewing previous research, clarifying the field, & establishing your niche |
Presentation prep | 240分 |
| 6. | Presentation 3: Descriptions: Background, Problems Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Hood ch. 7, 11 | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 70分 | ||
| 7. | How did you do that? Chronology Explaining methodology, process |
Presentation prep | 180分 |
| 8. | Presentation 4: Narration: Instructions, Steps, Processes Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Hood ch. 12, 13 | 120分 |
| 9. | Where are we now? Including your audience Making Transitions & Direct Communication |
Hood ch. 14, 15 | 180分 |
| 10. | How do you know that? Can you show me? Providing evidence Discussing results Making & describing visual aids |
Presentation prep | 240分 |
| 11. | Presentation 5: Progress report with supporting visuals Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Hood ch. 16, 17 | 120分 |
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| 12. | What should we do with this? Summarizing, concluding, encouraging future action. Presentation 6: Practicing Q & A Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 120分 |
| 13. | Final Presentation: Research Progress Reports Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 300分 |
| 14. | Final Presentation: Research Progress Reports Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 240分 |
| 15. | (This is a 14 week course. There is no 15th week.) | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2650分 |
| Participation & Homework Exercises | Presentations 1-6 | Final Presentation | Total. | |
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| 1. | 5% | 15% | 10% | 30% |
| 2. | 5% | 10% | 10% | 25% |
| 3. | 10% | 10% | 20% | |
| 4. | 5% | 10% | 10% | 25% |
| Total. | 15% | 45% | 40% | - |
Final course grades will be based on:
15% Homework, In-class exercises & Participation
45% Presentations 1 - 6
40% Final Presentation
15% Homework, In-class exercises & Participation
45% Presentations 1 - 6
40% Final Presentation
Hood, M. (2010). Dynamic Presentations: Skills and Strategies for Public Speaking. Kirihara Shoten;
Wallwork, A. (2017). English for Presentations at International Conferences. Springer.
Excerpts from: Alley, M. (2013). The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid;
Carter, M. (2013). Designing Science Presentations: A visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more.
Wallwork, A. (2017). English for Presentations at International Conferences. Springer.
Excerpts from: Alley, M. (2013). The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical steps to succeed and critical errors to avoid;
Carter, M. (2013). Designing Science Presentations: A visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more.
- Office hours: Monday 14:00 - 17:00, and by appointment
Contact: drned@shibuara-it.ac.jp
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
- Course that cultivates a basic interpersonal skills
- Course that cultivates a basic self-management skills
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicable |
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| Applicable | Professor has worked as a professional presentation coach for business people and academic researchers |
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