AcademicCommunication.pptVIP

Academic Communication Fall Semester, 2014 Each person please take one handout from the front desk. (Do not write on it yet.) Course Website: /~acadcom Purpose This course is designed to help students develop the oral English skills necessary to present research papers using English at an international conference. Teachers Murray Sherk (msherk@) Henry Kayina (hkayina@) Office hours by appointment – arrange a time by email or after any class. Textbook No textbook. We will use handouts. Note: Each handout is yours to keep, but you should save all handouts since some are used more than once. A handout you get one week may be used again weeks later. Teaching Methods The course will focus on Presentation Skills organization delivery visual aids ... so students will learn how to present a scientific paper in English using a typical international style Class Policies Ten sections (=groups of students) of this course: Attend the one you are registered for! (except to make up for a missed class) Attendance is required. Students who miss more than two lessons (4 classroom hours) will not be allowed to take the final exam. Being late counts as missing half a lesson Attendance Card Each student needs an attendance card. Bring a picture to glue onto the card. Have a photo now? Glue it on during today’s break No photo today? Bring one next week. Hand in the card before you leave today (whether you have a photo or not!) Class Policies (continued) International conference standards of behavior will be expected in class. In particular, students should be on time for classes (just as they should be for international conference sessions) students should listen politely and quietly whenever another student or the teacher is presenting material cell phones should be silent during class time (You are welcome to use them as dictionaries, but do not text/phone during class) Class Policies (continued) Students are expected to cooperate willingly Your learning ex