English for Scientists I
Syllabus 2012


All sessions take place in Room A124.
Course material of each session can be viewed by clicking the session title.

dates Title
5/8-10 What is Scientific Presentation?
(download excerpt of week1 contents )
5/15-17 Introducing Topics and Straightforward Explanations
5/22-24 Summarizing Speeches and Making Effective Titles
6/5-7 Strategies for Asking Questions
(download tips for Q&A English Japanese)
6/12-14
6/19-21 Strategies for Answering Questions
6/26-28
7/3-5 Easy-to-Follow Story with Flow and Focus
7/10-12 Emphasizing Key Ideas
9/11-13 Speaking for Listeners and not for Readers
(download commonly mispronounced words )
9/25-27
10/2-4 Describing Shapes and Images
10/9-11 Describing Graphs
10/16-18 Logical Scientific Explanations
10/23-25 Constructive Scientific Debate
10/30-11/1
11/6-8 Critiquing Presentations
11/13-15 Conclusions and Introductions with Provided Data
11/20-22
11/27-29 Full Presentation with Provided Data
2013
1/29-31
Effective Presentation Skills
2/5-7 Final Individual Research Presentations
2/12-14
2/19-21

course organizer: Tatsumi HIRATA <tathirat[at]nig.ac.jp>
instructor: S. Todd GORMAN <gsteven[at]nig.ac.jp> ; office: A125 (ext. 5874)

course objectives, prerequisites and grades
English for Scientists II

Courses and workshops on scientific presentation



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