Academic Conference Presentations: A Step-by-Step Guide

Description

This book provides a step-by-step journey to giving a successful academic conference presentation, taking readers through all of the potential steps along the way―from the initial idea and the abstract submission all the way up to the presentation itself. Drawing on the author's own experiences, the book highlights good and bad practices while explaining each introduced feature in a very accessible style. It provides tips on a wide range of issues such as writing up an abstract, choosing the right conference, negotiating group presentations, giving a poster presentation, what to include in a good presentation, conference proceedings and presenting at virtual or hybrid events. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students, early-career researchers and non-native speakers of English, as well as students and scholars who are interested in English for Academic Purposes, Applied Linguistics, Communication Studies and generally speaking, most of the Social Sciences. With that said, because of the book’s theme, many of the principles included within will appeal to broad spectrum of academic disciplines. Contents Chapter 1: Next Up On Stage… International Students and the ITA A True Story In Brief Chapter 2: Conferences: Choose Wisely Grasshopper Finding the Best Fit In Brief Chapter 3: Getting Started: The Precise Abstract Abstracts The Submission Procedure Writing the Abstract—Follow a Pattern One Pattern Classroom Research The Short Description for the Conference Program In Brief Chapter 4: After the Excitement Fades: Preparing for the Presentation Proceedings Poster Child Thinking About the Presentation Preparation of the Powerpoint Slides … Plus Promises, Promises Slide on Over Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice Language Tips for Non-native Speakers of English In Brief Chapter 5: Tea for Two or More: The Group Presentation Different Types of Groups Presenting with Your Coresearchers Presenting in the Colloquium In Brief Chapter 6: Conferences: Live and In-Person Arrival Attending Presenting Attire Audience Members In Brief Chapter 7: Ghosts in the Machine: The Virtual Presentation The Good Side of Virtual The Bad Side of Virtual Performing in the Virtual World The Mixed Approach In Brief Chapter 8: The Seven Deadly Sins: What Not to Do! The Paper Reader The Feedback Artist The Unprepared The Technophobic Resister The PowerPoint Abuser The Numbers Freak The Pointless Blatherer In Brief Chapter 9: The Top Five Number One Number Two Number Three Number Four Number Five In Brief Index