Beschreibung:
This book examines student presentations as a genre of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and analyses the elements of speech and audience accommodation which make a successful presentation. Offering an antidote to the audience-centric approach to presentation design and delivery promoted by numerous books and manuals on the subject, each chapter tackles an under-researched aspect of student presentations, and presents data-based evidence for practical recommendations within the genre. The language analyses presented in the book are based on a real-life corpus of student presentations, providing clear examples of successful oral academic discourse. This book will be of interest to students of applied linguistics, EAP, TESOL and language education.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Look into Student Academic Presentations?.- Chapter 2: Survey of Books and Guides on Academic Presentations.- Chapter 3: Lexical Profiles of Student Academic Presentations.- Chapter 4: Collocations in Student Academic Presentations.- Chapter 5: Summary of Findings and Take-Aways.