Week 6 English for E&EB

Presentation techniques Academic writing

Objectives of this lesson

For me: Getting to know you Finding out how good you are at English For you: Knowing what is required of you Understanding how to write an academic paper Working on your presentation techniques Expanding you (academic) vocabulary

Who are you?

Spell first and last name - Favourite place in the world - Funniest hobby / possession / experience - Person I admire English is to me

How to reach Annemarieke?

Annemarieke de Wind a.de.wind@rug.nl annemarieke@emailme.nu Facebook: English with Annemarieke

Objectives of this course

Improve active use of: Academic vocabulary Writing skills Oral skills Presentation skills Collaboration skills for professional use in an international company

competences: to be developed:
Formulate clearly and construct argumentation Distinguish between formal and informal English Cooperate with other students Give clear descriptions and express viewpoints Deliver a professional academic presentation Provide and process constructive feedback Work with dictionaries and online resources Work independently in an electrnic learning environment Use self-reflection Present opinions, research findings and defend points of view Further develop language skills autonomously

Sources
Writing Economics by R. Neugeboren and M. Jacobson

Additional materials provided on Nestor

Assignments
individual essay: pass/fail group research paper: 20%; final individual essay writing exam: 30% formal group presentation based on the theme of your 2500-word research paper. 12 - 15 minutes, followed by a question and answer session: 50%

How to pass this course?

80% attendance no absence during a scheduled presentation hand in all assignments on time sufficient grades

Exam dates
Week 13 Individual essay (650 - 850 words): Week 22 Final Presentation Week 23 Group Research Paper (2500 words) Individual writing exam Week 26 Resits

Common European Framework

You have to be at level B2.2
B1 treshold / intermediate Daily communication. Understand and explain: experiences, situations, procedures. Communication should be rather fluent, without mistakes that hinder communication B2 vantage / upper intermediate Professional communication Understand and explain: ideas, problems, details, viewpoints, advantages and disadvantages Communication should be fluent, without too much searching for words. C1 advanced In-depth communication. Understand and explain: wide range of complex issues and Lengthy and detailed information. Commication should be spontaneous and flexible.

Hand-outs language levels

Have a look at the selfassessment grid. What level do you think you have?

Grades
Language level C2 C1 / C2 C1 B2/C1 B2.2 B2.1 / B2.2 Grades 10 9 8 7 6 5

Speaking
presentation styles and techniques how to make a good presentation AWL (academic word list) introduction pronunciation practice

Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zncqb n3zMo Write down things you notice: - Use of language - Use of body language - Contact with audience - Intonation and pauses

Mark Rutte in English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZqzFs13eoM Write down things you notice: - Use of language - Use of body language - Contact with audience - Intonation and pauses Listen to how he speaks English? Can you hear he is Dutch? And if so, how? Write down words/sounds that seem to be pronounced with a Dutch accent.

Yang Lan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csxBTNF2U8 Write down things you notice: - Use of language - Use of body language - Contact with audience - Intonation and pauses

Margaret Thatcher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjaLtxyQFQ Write down things you notice: - Use of language - Use of body language - Contact with audience - Intonation and pauses

What is your style?

Intense and passionate Charming and relaxed Down-to-earth and business-like Humourous and surprising

Verbal: intonation, choice of vocabulary, tempo Non-verbal: body language, eye contact, appearance

How to start
1 Who Name and university 2 What I study. My specialty is . I work as a 3 Value I can I know all about I have done extended research on My thesis deals with

Presentation steps
Planning Objectives Audience Content Approach Organisation Visual aids Rehearsal

Hand-outs
Some hints for a succesful presentation Presentation assessment form Exercises: - Making a presentation - Text: My biggest mistake - Vocabulary: presentation excerpts - Language practice

Presentations next week

Treasure Trove of Presenting Articles Form groups for next weeks presentation (fill in form)

2-3 minutes

Writing
Essay structure Academic vocabulary How to start a senctence Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs Formal vs informal/neutral words

Individual essay
a 650 - 850 word individual argumentative essay peer-editing group of 3 (different groups than your group essay) group members A, B & C, will receive peer feedback from each other. rewrite your individual essay and hand it in Week 11: discussinng issues / question group members A and B with Annemarieke

Week 12: discussinng issues / question group members C and D with Annemarieke
Week 13: deadline final individual essays

Suggestion:

deadline essay ready for peer-editing: deadline peer assessment:

week 8 week 10

Group research paper

groups of 3 2500-word research paper (same paper you will be writing for your Research Paper course) Week 6 Decide on topic Week 7 Create research question/ statement & outline

Essay structure
title introduction thesis body
subtopics, supporting arguments, details

conclusion
Summarize and emphasize importance of main points

Introduction Begin by describing the subject, end either by: briefly stating the point of viewyou are going to defend. As I see it .... stating what you are going to do in the rest of the essay. A further exlanation on .will be given... Stating the question you are going to answer. This raises the question of... Body Describing examples Another area in which .. can be shown is Discussing different points of view. On the other hand, it is often argued that... Describing causes and making suggestions As regards the steps that need to be taken to remedy this situation... Giving reasons for your point of view Another reason for ... Conclusion restate your subject, but in different words than before a final statement that gives the reader signals that the essay has come to an end In conclusion, in a nutshell, in short

Essay structure

Starting a sentence
Giving a reason Due to Since / as Contrasting ideas Despite Although/ even though Adding information Apart from In addition to Besides Furthermore Moreover

Giving a result Therefore As a result Consequently

Conclusion In short In a nutshell In conclusion

Academic Word List

list consisting of 570 word families the list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English
Sublist Families of the Academic Word List http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/acadmiw ordlist/sublists

Verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs

Verb: tell of something being done (action word) to read, to write, to study Noun: the name of anything (person, place, thing) university, book, student Adjective: the kind of noun great, beautiful, white Adverb: how things are done (describes a verb) slowly, quickly, well

informal
Booze Kids Place Go pear-shaped Other half

Formal vs informal bevarages Drink Alcoholic

Children House Go wrong Wife/husband Offspring Residence Error / go amiss spouse

neutral

formal

Chat
Rich Get

Talk
Wealthy Receive Check Try Ask Buy

Converse
Privileged / developed Obtain Verify Attempt Enquire Purchase

Question 1 spelling Spell the word ............................... without any spelling mistakes (accommodation) Question 2 British vs American Gas station is an American word. What is the British variation? Question 3 General knowledge There are nine capital cities starting with the letter B in Europe. Name as many as you can. Question 4 Economy ................. posted a 41% rise in quarterly revenue, which included a big jump in sales from mobile advertising. a. Google b. Facebook c. Twitter d. Microsoft Question 5 Picture What is this?

Quiz week 6

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Any questions? Aything suggestions for next week?

Any comments?
You can of course always email me about anything!

Homework for next week

study lists 1 & 2 Academic Word List (AWL) http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/acadmi wordlist/sublists prepare a 2-3 minute presentation on one of the articles on Nestor/ presenting skills/ treasure trove of articles. Focus on integrating newlylearned vocabulary, techniques and remember to try to apply the subject of your talk to your own presentation! hand-out language practice

Research Paper Course

Students who do not participate in the Research paper course can join a group and only write the paper and do the presentation for the English course.