Requirements for Presentations

C1 General English Requirements for Presentations – Research Projects

By English language lecturer Aušra Jankauskaitė

VDU © 2023 by Aušra Jankauskaitė is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

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Preparing the Material and slides

Structure

A presentation should consist of two parts:

1) theoretical – review of the academic/ scientific literature or papers on the given topic/ research question; 2) practical – presentation of the performed survey

Topics

- Project presentations should be on topics related to your field of study.

- Presentations should be based on articles or other academic literature, i.e. it is a review of academic papers and complex texts. At least two academic papers should be used and reviewed.

The research part of the presentation should be related to the theoretical part and review of the academic/ scientific papers.

Steps

1. Choose a topic that is interesting or controversial in your field of study. Consult with your teacher how you could develop/present the chosen topic and carry out a practical research on the chosen problem.

2. Process your sources: look for the suitable theoretical materials (books, papers, online sources), paraphrase, do not copy directly, quote only when necessary, choose the appropriate form of citation;

- In your slides, use the appropriate font size and colour to make them helpful both for the audience and yourself;

It should be clear which slides were prepared by each presenter.

+ INFO

Slides should contain the outline of your speech (not the text of your speech);

Structure of the Slides

Body of the theoretical part (4 – 5 slides)

Title Slide

Conclusions of the review of the scientific/ academic sources (1 slide)

Contents

Introduction with the aim (research question) and tasks (1/ 2 slides)

Presentation of the performed research

List of references (presented according to the requirements) (1 slide)

List of relevant words, terms. (1/ 2 slides)

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Delivery requirements

the speech should be fluent and lively (i.e., keep eye-contact with the audience, use appropriate intonation, tempo, etc.);

length: 15 – 20 min for each presentation

in a group: 2-3 students or individually

use correct language (grammar, pronunciation and register);

Assesment Criteria

1. For preparation/ content

2. For delivery

Note that the other students will give you comments and feedback about the presentation and add to the evaluation the same as the teacher.

Questions?

Thank you!

Aušra Jankauskaitė

VMU Institute of Foreign Languages

This time is allocated to both - the presentation and the feedback or questions from the audience.

If you do a presentation in a pair or group, the topic should be related to the fields of study of all students.

This is relevant if you do your project with another student or students. You can put your name at the bottom of the slide.

Be careful with the spelling of the words on the slides. Double check it.

There can be some reading from the notes or slides. However, it shouldn't be all through the presentation.

Remember that written sources are supposed to be read carefully and reviewed in the theoretical part of the presentation, your text should be simplified and modified – do not use very long sentences, know the content and all the words and phrases you are using.

It should describe some problem, issue or debatable question that scientists or scolars research in your field.

- speaking rather than reading from the notes; - correctness of language in terms of grammar, pronunciation and register; - fluency; - eye-contact with the audience.

- structure of the presentation and slides - language (grammar mistakes, register, etc.) - formulation of the aim of the presentation (research question) and tasks - review of sources (paraphrased, adapted, not copied directly) - there are in-text references (citation) of the sources in the slides. - quality of sources (scientific, carefully selected, up-to-date, etc.) - presentation of the practical research (presence/ absence of it; presence/ absence of the conclusions) - the form of the list of references (if they are presented according to the academic requirements) - effectiveness of slides (layout)

- research question - type of research (quantitative) - presentation of the questionnaire (1/ 2 slides). You can use a free online tool to compile your questionnaire. - information about the respondents (number, age, gender). In all, there should be at least 7 questions. - review of the received data (graphs, tables, charts) (2 – 3 slides) - conclusions made after the analysis of the research data. (1 slide)

It's a good idea to start preparing a presentation with looking for publications, scientific researches in your field of study which you could read and describe in the theoretical part.

Once you do the presentation, it will already be beneficial to you. There aren't negative marks even if the work contains errors. You shouldn't be afraid - this is how we learn.

Note that all students in a group or both in a pair are responsible for mutual work.

If used in the presentation, include AI tools and note in brackets where exactly or in what part of the presentation you used it ; e.g. Chat Gpt (for the outline of the presentation - the points which should be included)