This course is conducted completely in English.
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 connecting to your audience by:
- improving your vocal presentation, including tone of voice, enunciation, emphasis.
- improving your physical presentation, including gestures, eye contact, directing attention to visuals, and avoiding reading or memorization.
You will be asked to present topics of your choice for specific types of speeches, followed by Q & A sessions.
Types of speeches include:
- personal experience,
- descriptions of situations or problems,
- explaining methods, chronological processes, steps, or instructions,
- describing the results in a project progress update as your final research presentation.
The format for this course is basically flipped style: before class students read, view videos and practice the new points that were introduced in the previous class.
Class time is used for students' presentations, discussion of feedback, and introduction of new points.
You will make 4 main presentations, &several in-class activities such as debate and handling Question & Answer sessions.
You are expected to actively participate in class discussion & give feedback for all of the other speakers.
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 connecting to your audience by:
- improving your vocal presentation, including tone of voice, enunciation, emphasis.
- improving your physical presentation, including gestures, eye contact, directing attention to visuals, and avoiding reading or memorization.
You will be asked to present topics of your choice for specific types of speeches, followed by Q & A sessions.
Types of speeches include:
- personal experience,
- descriptions of situations or problems,
- explaining methods, chronological processes, steps, or instructions,
- describing the results in a project progress update as your final research presentation.
The format for this course is basically flipped style: before class students read, view videos and practice the new points that were introduced in the previous class.
Class time is used for students' presentations, discussion of feedback, and introduction of new points.
You will make 4 main presentations, &several in-class activities such as debate and handling Question & Answer sessions.
You are expected to actively participate in class discussion & give feedback for all of the other speakers.
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 & solutions, analyzing results, and providing project updates, making a conclusion & developing 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 connect with the audience. |
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| 4. | You will develop strategies & skills to effectively present your academic research results using standard academic research format. |
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| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 In-class exercise |
Read & do exercises | 120分 |
| 2. | Where are we going? Organizing Strategies Making your Introduction Creating Structure, Points, Forecast Delivery: enunciation & pace |
Homework exercises | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 120分 | ||
| 3. | Presentation 1: Introducing yourself through something you learned Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 180分 |
| 4. | Presentation 1 part 2 Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Homework exercises | 180分 |
| 5. | How did you do that? What's the story? Chronology Explaining methodology, process, steps, instructions |
Presentation prep | 240分 |
| 6. | Presentation 2: Chronological order: Methods, Instructions, Steps, Processes Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Homework exercises | 120分 |
| Presentation prep | 70分 | ||
| 7. | What’s the problem? Defining problems & situations Where are we now? Including your audience Making transitions & direction communication Discussing results Directing attention to visuals How do you know that? Can you show me? Providing evidence . |
Presentation prep | 180分 |
| 8. | Presentation 3 part 1 Description: Problem & Proposed Solution Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Homework exercises | 120分 |
| 9. | Presentation 3 part 2 Description: Problem & Proposed Solution Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Homework exercises | 180分 |
| Debate prep | 200分 | ||
| 10. | Activity: Debate preparation | Debate prep | 40分 |
| 11. | In-class activity: Debate | Presentation prep | 120分 |
| Review material on Concluding: What should we do with this? Summarizing, concluding, encouraging future action. Hints for handling Q & A |
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| 12. | Final Presentation: Research Progress Report Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 120分 |
| 13. | Final Presentation: Research Progress Report Student presentations & discussion of feedback |
Presentation prep | 300分 |
| 14. | Final Presentation: Learning Progress Report 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, Feedback, & Homework Exercises | Presentations 1, 2, 3 | Final Presentation | In-class practice (debate, etc.) | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| 2. | 0% | 15% | 10% | 5% | 30% |
| 3. | 20% | 5% | 0% | 25% | |
| 4. | 0% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 10% |
| Total. | 10% | 50% | 30% | 10% | - |
Final course grades will be based on:
10% Homework, Giving Feedback, Participation
10% In-class activities such as debate and exercises
15% Presentation 1: Introducing yourself through something you learned
15% Presentation 2: Chronological: Method, process, steps, instructions
20% Presentation 3: Problem/ proposed Solution
30% Final Research Progress Report Presentation
In order to pass this course, students need to earn at least 60% of the total score and a passing grade on the final research progress report presentation.
10% Homework, Giving Feedback, Participation
10% In-class activities such as debate and exercises
15% Presentation 1: Introducing yourself through something you learned
15% Presentation 2: Chronological: Method, process, steps, instructions
20% Presentation 3: Problem/ proposed Solution
30% Final Research Progress Report Presentation
In order to pass this course, students need to earn at least 60% of the total score and a passing grade on the final research progress report presentation.
| ways of feedback | specific contents about "Other" |
|---|---|
| The Others | In-class feedback, by e-mail, & during office hours when needed |
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.
Hood, M. (2010). Dynamic Presentations: Skills and Strategies for Public Speaking. Kirihara Shoten;
Wallwork, A. (2017). English for Presentations at International Conferences. Springer.
Carter, M. (2013). Designing Science Presentations: A visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more.
Hood, M. (2010). Dynamic Presentations: Skills and Strategies for Public Speaking. Kirihara Shoten;
Wallwork, A. (2017). English for Presentations at International Conferences. Springer.
- Office hours: Wed. 15:00~16:00, by appointment, additional hours to be announced
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 |
|---|---|
| Applicable | Professor has worked as a professional presentation coach for business people and academic researchers |
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