Here are some suggestions on how to
organize your presentation.
You’ll be given 13 minutes and I
expect you to use up at least 10 minutes for presentation and then the
remaining 3 for questions. But you can use up all the 13 minutes if you don’t
want to take any questions. Also, please make sure that you bring a hard copy
handout for everyone. Section 1 has 26 people in it, and Section 2 has 13
people in it, including me.
The organization of your
presentation:
- Introduction: please state clearly what the topic and
what your goal is by conducting this research. Please make it to the point
and interesting so that you can draw the audience’s attention. (1-2
minutes)
- Background: say one or two about the existing
literature on your topic, that is, what people have said about it, but
don’t make it too lengthy. Just mention one or two representative claim,
or whichever existing claim you’re building on or taking issue with. Also,
if you’re analyzing a language that’s other than English, please say
something about it, so that we’ll know where it’s spoken, and what kind of
grammatical or morphological features it has, etc. If you’re running
interviews with people or watch TV shows to gather data, then talk about
the methodology briefly, that is, how you gathered or are gathering the
data. (3-4 minutes).
- Analysis: Outline your findings and discuss what they
mean. When you do that, please make clear which of your findings are new
and which are old. This will involve clarifying how your findings support
what people have said or disputes it. (5-6 minutes)
- Conclusion: summarize briefly the high points of your
research and say something about the big picture issues, that is, what
kind of questions your work opens up for future research.
You can use a similar organization
for your papers as well witch each section more expanded.