English for Scientists
Syllabus 2009

All sessions take place in Room A124.
Course material of each session can be viewd by placing mouse on the session title. Clicking the title will open a new window.

week	dates	Title
1	5/12-15	What is scientific presentation?
2	5/19-22	Individual slides: Developing a storyline from slides
3	5/26-29	Summarizing
4	6/2-5	Paraphrasing and titles
5	6/9-12	Asking questions
6	6/16-19
7	6/23-26	Answering questions
8	6/30-7/3
9	7/14-17	Skills for audience comprehension in a spoken forum
10	9/8-11
11	9/15-18	Streamlining and Signposts
12	9/29-10/2	Presenting Arguments and Challenging Logic
13	10/13-16
14	10/20-23	Describing Graphics for Maximum Understanding
15	10/27-30	Describing, Comparing, and Contrasting Shapes
16	11/10-13	Processes with Elements of Time and other Complicated Processes
17	11/17-20	Critiquing Presentations
18	11/24-27	Conclusions
19	12/1-4	Introductions
20	2/2-5	Tips for a Successful Presentation
21	2/9-12	Presentation with Provided Data
22	2/16-19	Presentations with Students’ Own Data
23	2/23-26
24	3/1-3,5