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1 The key aims of a presentation |
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1.1 What skills do I need to be an academic? How do these relate to presentation skills? |
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1 | (2) |
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1.2 How important are presentation skills? |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 What do you dislike about other people's presentations? |
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4 | (1) |
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1.4 What makes a good presentation? |
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5 | (1) |
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1.5 What are your fears of giving presentations (in English)? |
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6 | (2) |
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1.6 How important are first impressions? |
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8 | (2) |
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1.7 What makes a presentation memorable? |
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10 | (2) |
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1.8 How different from a scientific/technical presentation is a presentation given by a humanities/arts student? |
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12 | (3) |
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2 Resources: Presentations on TED and YouTube |
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2.1 What can I learn from watching others give presentations? |
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15 | (1) |
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2.2 Should I use transcripts and subtitles? |
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16 | (3) |
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2.3 What presentations should I watch? |
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19 | (1) |
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2.4 What criteria should I use to assess the presentations that I watch? |
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20 | (1) |
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2.5 Why do I need to speak slowly and clearly? |
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21 | (3) |
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2.6 Where can I find tips on how to give a good presentation? |
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24 | (1) |
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2.7 Analysis of two excellent PhD presentations available on YouTube |
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25 | (4) |
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3 Preparing a script before you create the slides |
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29 | (20) |
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29 | (3) |
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3.2 Do I really need to have a script of the entire presentation? |
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32 | (1) |
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3.3 What are the consequences of not having a script? |
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33 | (3) |
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3.4 How can I use TED to help me write a script? |
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36 | (3) |
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3.5 How can I make sure my script is perfect from an English point of view? |
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39 | (3) |
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3.6 How can I use my script to help me with my pronunciation, intonation and tone? |
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42 | (2) |
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3.7 How should I format/print my script? |
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44 | (3) |
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3.8 Using Google Translate to translate your script |
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47 | (2) |
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4 Pronunciation, intonation, and speed of voice |
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49 | (14) |
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4.1 Why do I need to improve my pronunciation? |
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49 | (2) |
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4.2 How many words will I have to learn how to pronounce correctly? |
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51 | (1) |
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4.3 Will my accent interfere with the audience's understanding of my English? What other factors might prevent the audience from understanding me? |
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52 | (1) |
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4.4 How can I check my pronunciation without the help of a teacher? |
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53 | (3) |
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4.5 Subtitling. How can I check how well a native audience will understand my pronunciation? |
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56 | (3) |
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4.6 When speaking, what kinds of words do I need to pay special attention to? |
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59 | (1) |
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4.7 I am very worried that my audience will not understand my English pronunciation. Which sounds do I not need to worry about? |
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60 | (3) |
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63 | (12) |
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5.1 What is the purpose of the title slide of a presentation? |
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63 | (1) |
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5.2 How important are key words in my title? |
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64 | (2) |
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5.3 I like very simple title slides with no images - to me they seem more professional. Is this a good approach? |
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66 | (2) |
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5.4 I am a researcher in the Humanities / Arts. How can I make my title more specific? |
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68 | (1) |
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5.5 Does my title have to be the first slide? Can I put my title in the second or third slide? |
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69 | (2) |
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5.6 What is essential to include in my title slide? And what can I leave out to create a cleaner slide? |
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71 | (4) |
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6 Starting your presentation: giving the big picture |
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75 | (24) |
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6.1 What is the most important thing I need to know about how to start my presentation? |
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75 | (2) |
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6.2 How do researchers typically start their presentation? Is this the best way? |
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77 | (2) |
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6.3 What are some good ways to start a presentation? |
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79 | (1) |
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6.4 What kinds of questions can I ask my audience at the beginning of my presentation? |
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80 | (2) |
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6.5 How should I talk about statistics as a way to introduce my research? |
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82 | (2) |
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6.6 How can I begin by relating my research to my country? |
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84 | (3) |
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6.7 My research area is very complex. How can I begin in a way that is not too academic and formal? |
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87 | (2) |
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6.8 My presentation is not for a conference. How should I introduce myself? |
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89 | (3) |
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6.9 What doesn't the audience need / want to hear in my first 30 seconds? |
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92 | (5) |
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6.10 How important is my English at the beginning of my presentation? |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (14) |
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99 | (2) |
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7.2 What should I call my agenda? What heading should I use? |
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101 | (1) |
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7.3 How should I present and explain my agenda? |
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102 | (3) |
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7.4 When explaining my agenda, should I also mention what I will NOT be covering? |
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105 | (2) |
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7.5 Is it a good idea to start by giving the audience the `big picture'? |
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107 | (1) |
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7.6 When explaining my agenda, how can I encourage the audience to listen carefully and possibly to collaborate with me in the future? |
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108 | (2) |
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7.7 What tenses in English do I need when outlining my agenda to the audience? |
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110 | (3) |
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8 Explaining technical slides |
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113 | (26) |
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8.1 Why do I need to keep my slides simple? |
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113 | (2) |
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8.2 I need my audience to see a lot of detail. What can I do? |
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115 | (5) |
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8.3 Graphs. How should I explain them? |
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120 | (3) |
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8.4 Bullet points: How do I show them? |
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123 | (3) |
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8.5 Bullet points to show statistics. How can I use them effectively? |
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126 | (2) |
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8.6 Statistics. What kind of statistics do audiences like? |
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128 | (3) |
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8.7 Statistics. How should I present them on my slides? |
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131 | (3) |
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8.8 Statistics. Can I put different sets of statistics on the same slide? |
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134 | (2) |
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8.9 Misleading or unclear statistics. What do I need to be aware of? |
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136 | (3) |
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9 The visual aspect of slides |
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139 | (24) |
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9.1 Slide sorter. How can I get an overall view of my presentation? |
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139 | (3) |
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9.2 Text. How can I limit the amount the number of words in a slide? |
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142 | (3) |
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9.3 Headers/Slide titles. How big should they be? |
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145 | (2) |
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9.4 Design Ideas: Are they useful? |
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147 | (6) |
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9.5 Building a sequence of slides. I want to repeat an element from one slide in the next slide. How should I do this? |
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153 | (2) |
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9.6 What kind of slides are overused and thus have little effect? Cartoons? |
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155 | (3) |
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9.7 Should I use fun images? |
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158 | (2) |
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9.8 Restrictions on the number of slides that can be used. What to do? |
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160 | (3) |
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10 The conclusions and final slide |
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163 | (18) |
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10.1 How should I present my conclusions? |
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163 | (3) |
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10.2 How can I connect my Conclusions slide with my Final slide? |
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166 | (3) |
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10.3 What is the real purpose of the final/last slide of my presentation? |
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169 | (2) |
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10.4 Why should I want the audience to contact me? How do I do so? |
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171 | (2) |
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10.5 How can I use the limitations of my research to possibly set up a collaboration? |
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173 | (2) |
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10.6 How can I improve my final slide? |
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175 | (4) |
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10.7 How important is the final/last slide of a presentation? |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (8) |
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11.1 I am nervous about the Q&A session. How can I prepare for it? |
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181 | (2) |
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11.2 How should I answer questions at an online conference? |
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183 | (1) |
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11.3 How should I answer questions at traditional offline conferences? |
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184 | (2) |
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11.4 What non-technical questions might the audience ask? |
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186 | (1) |
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11.5 What if I don't understand a question? |
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187 | (2) |
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12 Doing presentations online |
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189 | (16) |
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12.1 What are the pros and cons of doing presentations online? |
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189 | (3) |
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12.2 How important is my appearance? |
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192 | (2) |
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12.3 What about my voice? And body language? |
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194 | (1) |
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12.4 How can I gain and keep audience attention online? |
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195 | (2) |
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12.5 How can I have minimal text / diagrams in my slides, but also enable my audience to access a very detailed version of my presentation? |
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197 | (1) |
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12.6 Should my slides be different just because I am online? |
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198 | (2) |
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12.7 Where can I find tips for using Zoom to help me improve my online presentations? |
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200 | (2) |
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12.8 What if I have problems connecting and my audience can only hear me but not see my presentation? |
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202 | (1) |
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12.9 What are the typical mistakes of online presentations? |
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203 | (2) |
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13 Practising, improving, and getting feedback |
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205 | (18) |
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13.1 How should I revise my slides? |
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205 | (2) |
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13.2 What should I focus on while practising / rehearsing my presentation? |
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207 | (3) |
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13.3 What should I focus on in the days before an online presentation? |
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210 | (3) |
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13.4 How can I improve my presentation skills? |
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213 | (3) |
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13.5 How easy is it to judge one's own performance? |
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216 | (1) |
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13.6 How should I ask for feedback while preparing my presentation? |
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217 | (2) |
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13.7 What will I learn if I make a video of me doing my presentation? |
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219 | (1) |
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13.8 How can I get feedback automatically when rehearsing? |
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220 | (3) |
| Aims of this book |
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223 | (2) |
| Other books in this series |
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225 | (2) |
| Icons |
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227 | (2) |
| For Eap Teachers: Rationale Behind the book and how to use IT |
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229 | (4) |
| About the Author |
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233 | (2) |
| Acknowledgements |
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235 | (2) |
| Index |
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