Step-by-step plan3 “Presentation in English” will be held on Tuesday, August 7 and Wednesday, August 8.

Step-by-step plan 3 (Graduate School of Information Science: Designed by Hirofumi Saito)

Lecturer Dr. Paul Langman (Adjunct English teacher of Iwate University)

When : 2012, August, 7 (Tuesday), 8 (Wednesday)
Where: Information Science Bld. Lecture hall 1
August 7 (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

August 8 (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 referee in order to obtain an oral presentation or poster presentation. Specific mistakes made when writing an abstract and how to make an abstract shorter.) Question and Answer

The plan for the participants
1.Web-based service: Prints or Slides of ppt
2.Contents: Poster, Slide, and Abstract
3.Question and Answer after lectures
4.Demonstration: Recruit sample posters and presentations in the workshops

Contents
List of contents for lectures/workshops on August7th and 8th.
August 7th:
(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 made
e.Workshop – How to write an Abstract -- In class demonstration
August 8th:
(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

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

Dates：Tuesday, August 7 and Wednesday, August 8