Seminar II: Prelims/0 1 Seminar II Objective – –to give some background on the course , Semester 2, Who I am: Andrew Davison WiG Lab 0. Preliminaries Please ask questions

Seminar II: Prelims/0 2 Overview 1. Outline of the Course 2. Meeting Times / Locations 3. Workload 4.Passing this Subject 5. Course Materials

Seminar II: Prelims/ Outline of the Course How to write a project proposal and a slide presentation in English. – –including my comments on your work Give you a chance to improve your summary/survey report from – –this will become the literature review section in your proposal

Seminar II: Prelims/0 4 Prerequisites I assume you have completed: – – Research and Development Methodologies (RDM) – – Seminar I I've been told that you prepared presentations and summary reports in this subject. Did you?

Seminar II: Prelims/0 5 Communication Skills v v I'm not going to ask anyone to give presentations or long speeches in English. v v But... – –when I ask a question (which usually only requires a yes or no answer) then... – –everyone answer, please, please,... Yes Ajarn

Seminar II: Prelims/ Meeting Time / Location ?? ??–??:50 ?? – –this can change, if most (all) of you agree You're welcome to come to see me with questions about writing your proposal at other times.

Seminar II: Prelims/ Workload 1. Give me a copy of your best presentation slides from – –due: week 4 – –written in English – –see online presentation skeleton – –I will comment on them later this semester – –the slides usually require 2-3 revisions!

Seminar II: Prelims/ Give me a copy of your best summary (survey) report. – –due: week 6 – –written in English – –if you haven't written one, then write one! – –usually requires 2-3 revisions!

Seminar II: Prelims/ OPTIONAL: Give me a copy of your project proposal presentation slides – –due: week 14 (3 weeks before end) – –comments returned: week 15

Seminar II: Prelims/0 10 This is a Pass/Fail course. You will fail if you do not do hand in the workload items on time. Any comments I give you can be changed/ignored if your supervisor agrees. 4. Passing (or Failing) this Subject

Seminar II: Prelims/0 11 Non-Attendence I may take registration at the start of a class. If anyone fails to attend multiple times, then I will fail them – –unless they have a good excuse If you cannot come to class for some reason, try to tell me before.

Seminar II: Prelims/ Course Materials All the handouts (and other materials) will be placed on-line at Software.coe/Seminar_II/ Print out all the slides (6/page) and the eng_proposal_thesis PDF, and BRING TO CLASS

Seminar II: Prelims/0 13 Textbooks Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide by J.D. Lester and J.D. Lester, Jr. Pearson, 2007; 12th ed. The Research Paper: Process, Form, and Content by A.J. Roth Wadsworth, 1995; 2nd ed. in the PSU library