EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Writing and Presenting Research
EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Writing and Presenting Research
EFS 698C: Week 4
Notes
I. Brief notes on formal presentation
Stephen Pinker http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html
Tom Kelley, IDEO, http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2105
II. Presenting remotely: what are the additional considerations and new skills to develop for this?
Asynchronous: Pre-recorded (usually more polished)
Synchronous: Real-time, though others may view you through a recording, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HxkCbD_lto
III. Pronunciation overview
A.
Basic sounds (phonemes): http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#;
see also http://www.manythings.org/pp/ for
practice with difficult sound distinctions
B. Rhythm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_timing
C. Stress: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress.htm
D. Intonation: www.americanaccent.com/intonation.html
E. Linking: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/linking.htm
F. Reduced forms: www3.telus.net/linguistics issues/ReducedForms.html
Practice at www.englishcentral.com if desired. Alternatively, listen to a speaker you'd like to model yourself on, and record your own speech, line by line, for comparison.
IV. Review of each other's public abstracts: How confident are you now that those outside your field can understand the basic content of your research as well as its potential value?
V. Your writing process: raising consciousness and increasing efficiency
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Homework:
1. Review the pronunciation links above. Explore www.englishcentral.com if you are interested.
2. For the individual meeting, send me a sample of your academic writing, ideally a research paper you're currently working on. Send this at least one day ahead--up to 10 pages double spaced (but 2-4 is preferable).
3. Experiment with video presentation (practice recording, noticing how you look online, setting up your "studio", etc.). This is not a formal assignment yet but may be soon.