EFS 698C - STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Writing and Presenting Research

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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): http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/video-youtube/present-me.html

    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; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUMM5eCvi8w

            C. Stress: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress.htm

            D. Intonation: www.americanaccent.com/intonation.html; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzh3Owutf5Y

            E. Linking: www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/linking.htm; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23waYQrmo6w  

            F. Reduced forms: www3.telus.net/linguistics issues/ReducedForms.html.

            G. Practice recognizing sounds: http://www.englishaccentcoach.com

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. 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. Try to connect these concepts to your own speaking.

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). Alternatively (or in addition), we can go over your public abstract.

3. Experiment with remote 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.

4. Review the two public abstracts you picked up in class. Bring both the review and the abstract back to class next week for discussion.

5. Finish the overview of the writing process handout and bring your notes to class next week.