Giving Academic Presentations (Michigan Series In English Fo

ISBN: 047208884X

Author: Reinhart, Susan M.

Condition: new

Giving Academic Presentations provides guidance on academic-style presentations for ESL students and native speakers. One goal of this text is to make presenters aware that giving an effective presentation requires mastery of a broad range of skills. Students will learn how to choose an appropriate topic, create effective visuals, and design a speech opening.This textbook provides:*helpful analyses of speeches*examination of major speech types, accompanying organizational strategies, and related language use*tips for improving nonverbal behavior*suggestions for speaker-listener interaction*an analysis of ways to qualify claims and strategies for improving them*opportunities for evaluating one's work and the work of others.