1. English Theme 3 (Spring 2007)
Time: Tuesday 10:40-12:10
Room: 8-309
Instructor: Mafuyu Kitahara
Material: Balota D. A. (1994) “Visual word recognition” in M. A. Gernsbacher (ed.) Handbook of Psycholinguistics, pp , San Diego: Academic Press.

2. Structure of the course
5 groups, 3 or 4 students each
Summarize and present assigned section (up to 2-3 pages)
The same section assigned to all groups
Discuss and then evaluate
The best group will receive extra points

3. Basic Presentation Rules
Slide show
Simple: 4 colors at most, no gimmick
Graphical: use charts, tables, and diagrams
Large fonts: at least 24 points >> less text
Key words: No sentence, just key words
Speech
LOUDER!!!!, don't worry about grammar
Action
Eye-contact: don't read script, look up
Gesture: pointing, asking, walking, dancing...

4. Some useful phrases Kick off Explain
Let me start from section XX on page YY ...
I'd like to begin our presentation from section XX ...
The section we will present deals with ZZ ...
Explain
The main point of this {paragraph, section} is that...
The word/phrase “XX” stands for a {notion, process, representation, model...}
Let me give you a concrete example for XX.
To recap(itulate),

5. More useful phrases End Ask/Comment That's about it. Thank you.
Thank you for a nice presentation. I like AA and BB in your presentation. But, I'm wondering why you said CC for DD on page XX on your slide...
This is just a clarification question. What do you mean by AA?
I'd like to comment on AA in your presentation. I don't think you are giving the main point of the section successfully...