Instructions on Term-Paper Presentations
ENGL 3373
Modern English
Syntax
Dr. Min-Joo Kim
In this course, in addition to
writing the final paper, you'll also be sharing your research findings by giving
an in-class presentation on them. And here are my suggestions on how to give the
best possible presentation you can give in this course.
Note:
Your presentation will be graded based largely on
how closely you follow these instructions as well as
the evaluation criteria stated in the course syllabus.
1. Length: Your presentation will be
10 minutes
long
in total:
7 minutes for the
talk and
3 minutes for the
Q&A. You must prepare your presentation with this time restriction in mind
and practice your talk so that you won't go
over time. That said, going undertime will also lower
your grade since it'll be taken to suggest that
you have not done much research to present on your paper as yet.
2. Handout: You're
welcome to use powerpoint but your presentation must also be
accompanied by a 1-2 paged,
audience-friendly handout
(please bring
20 hard copies).
Your handout must be concise but should list all the
key points of your paper and contain some
linguistic
data that will help illustrate the points you’re making, modeling after
the Lecture Notes I have provided for this course. Additonally, there must be
full bibliographic information on
some of the
key works you're citing in your paper.
3. Delivery: You don’t have
to dress up for this occasion but your presentation has to be done in a
professional manner, and this applies to the decorum
you use also.
4. Organization: Well-organized talks
are easier to follow than unorganized ones, so try to make your
presentation as well organized as possible. And to this end, I suggest
that you divide your
presentation into 3-4 different subparts,
with a clear introduction, the main part, discussion/analysis, and/or
conclusion parts of the paper, although this may
vary depending on the content/topic of your paper.
Note: You can use the
same format for your final papers.
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