{"product_id":"giving-academic-presentations-second-edition-michigan-series-in-english-for-academic-professional-purposes-9780472035090","title":"Giving Academic Presentations, Second Edition (Michigan Series In English For Academic \u0026 Professional Purposes)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGiving Academic Presentations, Second Edition (Michigan Series In English For Academic \u0026amp; Professional Purposes)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Reinhart, Susan M.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780472035090.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiving Academic Presentations provides guidance on academic-style presentations for university students. A goal of the text is to make presenters aware that giving an effective academic presentation requires mastery of a broad range of skills.\nThe presentation genres addressed in the book are: making introductions, describing and comparing objects, explaining a process, defining a concept, and giving a problem-solution speech. Among the many academic skills and concepts addressed in the book are: Examination of major speech types and the accompanying organizational strategies\nDiscussion of speech overviews and suggestions for designing them and creating visuals to accompany them\nSuggestions for speaker-listener interaction including checking for understanding, soliciting questions from the audience, preparing for and responding to questions, and interrupting the speaker to ask questions or request clarification\nDiscussion of the importance of using evidence in academic speaking and the advantages of using certain types of evidence\nSuggestions of ways to qualify claims and strategies for making weaker or stronger claims\nStrategies and practice to improve pausing, stress, and intonation\n\nPractical advice about preparing and practicing speeches\nOpportunities for presenters to evaluate their own and others’ work\n\nThe Second Edition includes many new tasks and additional speeches; more attention to working with and using visuals; information about computer projection and using PowerPoint; and new sections on presenting biographical information, referring to handouts, and giving research presentations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986281852981,"sku":"ByrdShop_0472035096","price":29.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780472035090_021846dd-d6cc-4cc5-b168-8fb91e275df9.jpg?v=1778779281","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/giving-academic-presentations-second-edition-michigan-series-in-english-for-academic-professional-purposes-9780472035090","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}