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