Transcript APS308-weeks 7&8

Delivering your message
delivering your message
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What techniques can you use to get your
message across?
How can you make sure that an audience
remembers your key messages?
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The reason for which something is done or
created or for which something exists:
the purpose of the meeting is to appoint a
manager.
The purpose of my presetentation is to
highlight the consequences of smoking.
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Advise or suggest (something) as a course of
action:
some doctors recommend putting a board
under the mattress
the report recommended that criminal
charges be brought
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Give reasons or cite evidence in support of an
idea, action, or theory, typically with the aim
of persuading others to share one’s view:
sociologists argue that inequalities in
industrial societies are being reduced
he argued for extra resources
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to make someone think of something they
have forgotten or might have forgotten:
Could you remind
Paul about dinner on Saturday?
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to study or examine something in detail,
in order to discover more about it:
Researchers analysed the purchases of
6,300 households.
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Absolutely necessary;
Syn: essential:
secrecy is of vital importance
it is vital that the system is regularly
maintained
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Absolutely necessary; extremely important:
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it is essential to keep up-to-date records
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Put forward (a plan or suggestion) for
consideration by others:
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Syn: suggest
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he proposed a new nine-point peace plan
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State a message in a formal manner:
he will deliver a message in his lecture on
endangered species
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Very anxious to challenge or avoid criticism:
he was very defensive about that side of his
life
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Watch video 4.2, parts of 3 presentations and
take notes on the table on your course pack
p. 16.
The expert view
Watch 4.3 and answer the questions about
PEEP principle on page 23 of your
coursebook.
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Watch video 4.4 and take notes about their
usage of PEEP model on the table p. 23
Then watch the video 4.5 the expert’s
feedback and compare his feedback with
yours.
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In order to have an effective presentation, you
should know your topic well. To have further
information on a topic, you need to carry out
research.
How to do research?
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Identify the key words
Select relevant materials
Retrieve sources
Evaluate the information
Take notes, print or photocopy the sources
Write down the reference information
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Author
Title
Editors, translators (if any)
Publisher
Year of publication
City of publication
Pages used
Web address (the Internet)
Date retrieved (the Internet)
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In academic presentation, your credibility as a
presenter is directly related to how well you
support your key messages.
Why should you cite?
◦ Ethical responsibility (not to plagiarize)
◦ To give credentials to the source
◦ To let the audience know which sources you used
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You can cite a source immediately before or
immediately after you use the borrowed
information.
How should you cite the source orally?
Book--- author and title
Periodical/Magazine/Journal--- author and
publication date
Website --- site name/address, title, author,
date of retrieval
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For a book:
In her 2005 book, Good Health at any Age,
Dr. Gabriella Campos describes how we can
maintain our health through healthy eating.
She indicates that ……………….
For an article:
In a 2004 study published in Journal of
Applied Psychology, Bailey and Cross
reported that ……….
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For a website:
According to information I found at
www.ready.gov, the website of the U.S
Department of Homeland Security, U.S
businesses and citizens …………
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In order to have a smooth integration follow these
steps:
Introduce the context of the quotation or phrase:
Speaking of the materials used by Michelangelo,
Roberts explains that …….
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Weave the borrowed material into your sentence:
Hamlet’s main problem is just how to “take arms
against sea troubles”
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Comment on the relevance/significance of the
citation to your speech: demonstrate how the idea
relates to your argument.
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You may use the following verbs to show
author’s attitude:
Neutral
Agree
Suggest
Argue
criticize
Comment
Admit
Propose
Defend
Condemn
Describe
Confirm
Speculate
hold
Deny
Observe
Assert
Predict
Insist
Reject
Point out
acknowledge
reveal
Maintain
Complains
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To support this idea ______
This point is verified by _____
______ put it well, when he/she said ____
In the words of ____
_____ testified that _____
Support for my argument comes from _____
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After citing the sources orally, you should
include a reference list at the end of your
presentation.
Do you remember how we cite sources at the
end of our research papers?
Let’s revise them together 
Note that you need to use at least 3 sources
and include them in your references slide.
You can use either webpages or books, or
both (it is up to you)
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All lines after the first line of each entry in your
reference list should be indented one-half
inch from the left margin.
Authors' names are inverted (last name first);
give the last name and initials for all
authors of a particular work.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized
by the last name of the first author of each
work.
Italicize titles of works such as books and
journals.
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Basic Format for Books
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of
work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location:
Publisher.
Eg. Calfee, R. C. (1991). APA guide.
Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
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Basic format for articles:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C.
(Year). Title of article.Title of Periodical,
volume number(issue number), pages.
eg. Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for
preparing psychology journal articles. Journal
of Comparative and Physiological Psychology,
55, 893-896.
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Basic format:
Author, A. A., (Date of publication). Title of document.
Retrieved from http://Web address
Eg. Angeli, E., (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved
from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Note: if you cannot find the publication date, write the
date you accessed the webpage/document.
For more information on APA citation, please visit
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/
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How can we cite this
book?
Moore, D.S. & Notz, W. I. (2009)
Statistics: Concepts and
Controversies. London: Macmillan.
Year of publication: 2009
Publisher: Macmillan
Location: London
Kaynak, E. & Gürol, M. N. (1987) Export Marketing Management
in Less-Developed Countries: A Case Study of Turkey in Light of
the Japanese Experience. Management International Review, 27.3,
54-66.
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Wright, R. T. (2014, March 21) Environmental Science:
Toward a Sustainable Future. Retrieved from
http://www.enotes.com/topics/environmental-sciencetoward-a-sustainable-future
REFERENCES
Kaynak, E. & Gürol, M. N. (1987) Export Marketing
Management in Less-Developed Countries: A Case
Study of Turkey in Light of the Japanese Experience.
Management International Review, 27.3, 54-66.
Moore, D.S. & Notz, W. I. (2009) Statistics: Concepts
and Controversies. London: Macmillan.
Wright, R. T. (2014, March 21) Environmental Science:
Toward a Sustainable Future. Retrieved from
http://www.enotes.com/topics/environmentalscience-toward-a-sustainable-future
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Structuring your message
Open your coursebooks
Do the activities 1-6 on pages 24-25.
delivering your message
Presentation practice (main
part)
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Prepare a presentation by choosing one of
the cards on pages 11-15 of your
coursepack.
Practice PEEP model.
Your presentation should take about 4-5
minutes long.
Study the useful phrases on page 26 of your
coursebook and try to use them as many as
possible.
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You have 10-15 minutes to prepare your
presentation
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Analysis
Use the analysis checklist on page 27 while
you watch the presentation of your friend.
Self assesment:
After you complete your presentation, think
about your performance by answering the
questions on page 27 about self assessment.