FREE Assistance for Academic Conference and Seminar Presentations・Q&A in English

“Effective Research Presentations” Workshop

• Improve your English public speaking skills, slide creation and decrease your fear of Q&A
• Session based on your need, you may practice and get feedback on any presentation you need to give in English, ex. academic conference, seminar or course lecture
• Any TMDU Student or Faculty is welcome

 

Workshop Objectives

At the end of the workshop, students will be able to:
1) Create effective slides and scripts for presentations
2) Explain presentation topic more effectively and clearly
3) Have confidence in their presenting skills and ability to handle Q & A

Eligibility

TMDU Graduate Students or Faculty

Workshop Style

Each student can sign up for 45 minutes of personal time with an instructor.

• Students will come prepared and give a 20-minute presentation in English about their own research work. Each presentation will be followed by a 25-minute question and answer session and feedback from instructor concerning content, structure, and English usage.
• Presentation contents can be anything you would like to present, ex. for future research presentation, past presentation, or conference in English.
• Aims of this workshop are improvement of presentation skills and slide making ability not accuracy of the data or research. You may delete or alter data from the presentation contents beforehand if it is sensitive or unpublished.

Instructors / Workshop Dates/Times

・Research Presentation Practice and feedback

Dates：5/10(Thu), 5/24(Thu), 6/21(Thu), 7/12(Thu)
Times：13:30-15:00
Instructors：
Caroline Cheung (Pathology and Laboratory Science / Adjunct Lecturer)
Janelle Moross (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Education / Institute of Global Affairs)
Venue：G-Lab, M & D Tower, 8th floor

Dates：9/13(Thu), 9/27(Thu), 10/11(Thu), 11/1(Thu), 11/8(Thu), 11/22(Thu), 11/29(Thu), 12/13(Thu), 1/17(Thu), 1/24(Thu)
Times：13:00-14:30
Instructors：
Caroline Cheung (Pathology and Laboratory Science / Adjunct Lecturer)
Janelle Moross (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Education / Institute of Global Affairs)
Venue：G-Lab, M & D Tower, 8th floor

・Basic Presentation practice and feedback

Dates：5/17(Thu), 6/14(Thu), 6/28(Thu), 7/5(Thu), 7/19(Thu)
Times：16:30-18:00
Instructor：David Cannell（East Asian Languages and Literature / Institute of Global Affairs）
Venue：G-Lab, M & D Tower, 8th floor

Dates：10/25(Thu), 12/6(Thu), 1/31(Thu), 2/7(Thu)
Times：16:00-17:30
Instructor：David Cannell（East Asian Languages and Literature / Institute of Global Affairs）
Venue：G-Lab, M & D Tower, 8th floor

※Each session is complete in a day. Students can sign up for as many dates as you wish.
※Application deadline is one week before session date.

Applications

Fill in the application, and send by email to global.adm@tmd.ac.jp.
Put “Application ERP Workshop” in the subject line.

Inquiries