How to handle questions in presentation & Common pronunciation errors Heeyeul Kwon December 30th, 2014 English Seminar Technology Management Lab Department of Industrial Engineering Seoul National University Corporate idealist

How to handle questions Dealing with interruptions If you don’t mind, I’ll deal with this question later in my presentation. Can we get back to that a bit later? Would you mind waiting with your questions until the Q&A session at the end? Asking for clarification or repetition Sorry, I’m not sure I’ve understood your question. I’m afraid I didn’t quite catch your question. I’m afraid I don’t quite understand your question. Are you asking if…? Do you mean …? Answering a difficult question It could be … I would say … In my experience … 1/6

How to avoid questions Thank you for your question. That’s an interesting question! That was a great question! That is a really good question and I am glad you asked it But I’m afraid I don’t quite know the answer to your question, I don’t have the answer for that now that’s outside the scope of my talk, that’s not my field, that isn’t my area of expertise, we are running out of time I think it would be better if I got a little more information from you to help answer that question. but I am sure my colleague can answer that question. but I’ll try to find out the answer for you and contact you via email. Can we meet after the presentation and exchange contact details? Can we meet after the presentation? I would be happy to get you more information. 2/6

How to avoid questions- a script Thanks for your question. (Just to make sure I give you the correct answer, are you asking for ~~) Unfortunately I don’t have the answer for that now, but I have a colleague that can answer that question. Can we meet after the presentation and exchange contact details? I will then ask him and get you the answer right away. Great, thanks for the question. Any other questions? 3/6

Why Koreans are making English pronunciation errors Different phonetic spectrum Certain sounds do not exist in Korean City? CD? Shitty? Shady? Weak variation in prosody (monotonous) Stress on the wrong syllable Stress on the wrong word Segmental sound Korean character = one syllable Missing R F V TH Z SH Alternative L P, Wh B S, D, T J, G S 4/6

Weak variation in prosody Stress on the wrong syllable Stress on 1st syllable Nouns: label, format, interest, pity, treaty, purchase Adjectives: lucky, grateful, handsome, fearful, active Compound nouns: blackboard, sidewalk, streetlight, shoelace, backhand, headset Stress on 2nd syllable Verbs: invent, reply, decide, persuade, divulge, conduct, Compound verbs: withdraw, undo, give up Stress on 2nd to last Adjectives ending in –ic: epidemic, academic, historic, democratic, photographic Nouns ending in –sion, -tion: distribution, decision, intuition, prevention, presentation, nation Stress on 3rd to last Noun ending in –cy, -ty, -phy, -gy: democracy, entity, photography, energy, urology, Adjectives ending in –cal: medical, practical, theoretical, analytical, sabbatical 5/6

Different Phonetic Spectrum Shifting stresses in different grammatical forms technology technician technical technological industry industrial system systemic systematically information informative inform Common mistakes thesis hypothesis 6/6