Step-by-step plan2 “Presentation in English” will be held on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday,March 14.

Step-by-step plan2 “Presentation in English”
(Graduate School of Information Science: Designed by Hirofumi Saito)

Lecturer Dr. Paul Langman (Adjunct English teacher of Iwate University)
(Ph.D. Cognitive Neuroscience, Kent State University, Ohio, USA)

Time and date: 2012, March, 13 (Tuesday), 14 (Wednesday)

March 13 (Tuesday)
10:30-12:00 (1) Contents (A), Question and Answer, questionnaire in English
13:30-15:00 (2) Contents (A), Question and Answer, questionnaire in English
15:30-16:30 (3) (workshop on creating a poster = step by step correction of a poster to make it easy to understand and to remember. Before and after comparisons. In addition, step by step correction of poorly designed slides. Specifically, the use of font size, style, color and spatial and sequential organization in a poster and a slide.) Question and Answer

March14 (Wednesday)
10:30-12:00 (1) Contents (B), Question and Answer, questionnaire in English
13:30-15:00 (2) Contents (B), Question and Answer, questionnaire in English
15:30-16:30 (3) (workshop on writing an abstract for a journal article or for submission to a conference in order to obtain acceptance for oral presentation or poster presentation. Specific mistakes made when writing an abstract and how to make an abstract shorter.) Question and Answer

Flavor of the plan for the participants
1.Announcement in web and professors’ meeting
2.Web-based service: Prints or Slides of ppt
3.Contents: Poster, Slide, and Abstract
4.Question and Answer after lectures
5.Demonstration: Recruit sample posters and presentations in the workshops
6.Video recording and web-based communication （in the planning stage）

Contents
List of contents for lectures/workshops on March 13th and 14th.
March 13th:
(A) Scientific writing
a.Characteristics of Good Scientific Writing
b.Parts and functions of a journal article
c.How to write a journal article
d.Common mistakes
e.Workshop – How to write an Abstract -- In class demonstration
March 14th:
(B) How to make effective oral and poster presentations
a.The differences between an oral and poster presentation
b.Characteristics of good slides for an oral presentation
c.Before and after workshop for slide design/improvement
d.Characteristics of a good poster
e.Before and after workshop for good poster design
f.How to respond to questions from the audience
g.How to overcome fear of talking in front of an audience

(C) Specific questions:
a.What is your biggest problem with academic writing?
b.What is your biggest problem with presenting (oral and posters)?
c.What do you want to learn the most about writing?
d.What do you want to learn the most about presenting?
e.Are you afraid to make an oral or poster presentation in English? If Yes, then why?

Contact info for inquires: Prof. Hirofumi Saito; e-mail: saito@is.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Dates：Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14.