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Academic Communication Lesson 3

Academic Communication Lesson 3. Pick up one handout from the front desk. (You will also need the handout “Strategy & Checklist…”) Please sit in pairs. You need exactly one partner. Course Website: staff.ustc.edu.cn/~acadcom. Summarizing your Paper.

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Academic Communication Lesson 3

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  1. Academic CommunicationLesson 3 Pick up one handout from the front desk. (You will also need the handout “Strategy & Checklist…”) Please sit in pairs. You need exactly one partner. Course Website: staff.ustc.edu.cn/~acadcom

  2. Summarizing your Paper • As specified in last week’s homework, for this lesson you need a print-out of the paper you will present for your final exam. • If you do not have one with you, think back to a paper you have read recently. • Prepare a summary of your paper: • answers to 5 questions • plus extra as you want • must be exactly 5 minutes long!

  3. 5-minute summary of Exam Paper Sometime during your summary, answer these: • What is the research field and research area of this result? • Is it experimental, theoretical, simulation, discovery…? • In one sentence, what is the result? • What is new about the result? • Why is the result significant? (i.e. Why should we care about the result?) When presenting your summary, you may point at tables and diagrams in the paper. Your presentation must be exactly 5 minutes long

  4. How can you get good timing? • Plan times as you prepare • important or complicated things get more time • simple things get less time • Time yourself as you talk • Know if you are going too slowly or too quickly. • Have extra material ready • if you need to use more time • Decide what to leave out or say in a shorter way • if you are running out of time

  5. Checklist Part 2A: Main Points • From 1F (pattern of organization) you have the basic points • 2A: Think more carefully • State the points as best you can in one sentence or phrase each

  6. Checklist Item 2B: Working Outline • Start simple • Add details as you develop your presentation • Eventually this will be a detailed planning outline with timing included

  7. Working Outline Top Info Look at the example on the handout. For homework assignment you must give: • Title • Author(s) & Affiliation(s) • Who did the research? Where was it done? • Source: • the journal name (or other source, e.g. “my lab”) • the date this research was done or published • Central Idea: One sentence as specified in our lesson last week. • Pattern of Organization: State the name of the pattern. Explain if needed.

  8. Working Outline: Bottom part Copy points into this template: • Introduction • Body • <point 1> • <point 2> <possibly other points as chosen in 1F and 2A; the body should have 2, 3, or 4 points> • Conclusion

  9. Example: • Introduction • Body a. Zircon crystals and uranium-lead dating b. Oxygen isotope ratios c. Rounded surfaces • Conclusion

  10. Add some detail to Intro & Conc (Homework: top info plus this level of detail) • Introduction • Previous best model • Zircon crystals • Body a. Zircon crystals and uranium-lead dating b. Oxygen isotope ratios c. Rounded surfaces • Conclusion • Review: Zircons reliably dated to 4.4 bya • Earth suitable for life earlier

  11. Checklist 2C: Collect Info, Wording, & Ways to Explain Things • Keep in mind: you may need extra information to use in answering questions • Find simple explanations of complex stuff in encyclopedias (e.g. on Internet) and middle-school textbooks. • Don’t worry if you’re not sure where info will fit into your outline

  12. Checklist Section 3A, 3B 3A: (Reminder) Update your working outline as you go 3B: Decide on timing for points in your working outline • Plan! • More time for important/complex • Less time for simple points

  13. Decide Time: • [2:15] Introduction • [5:30] Body a. [2:30] Zircon crystals and uranium-lead dating b. [2:00] Oxygen isotope ratios c. [1:00] Rounded surfaces • [1:15] Conclusion

  14. Work on Your Working Outline • Decide on pattern • Experiment? Discovery? Problem Solution? … • Fill in bottom part of Working Outline • main points in phrases or sentences • Decide on Timing for • Introduction section • Each body point • Conclusion section

  15. Homework • Write a working outline for your talk • Email it to your teacher • msherk@ustc.edu.cn for Murray Required: • Top info: Title, author(s), affiliation(s), source, date of publication, central idea sentence, pattern of organization • At least the “a., b., …” level for Intro, Body, and Conclusion sections, plus timing for 3 sections • For points, you may use phrases or full sentences (your choice)

  16. Homework: top info plus this level of detail in the bottom info • Introduction [2:15] • Previous best model • Zircon crystals • Body [5:30] a. Zircon crystals and uranium-lead dating b. Oxygen isotope ratios c. Rounded surfaces • Conclusion [1:15] • Review: Zircons reliably dated 4.4 bya • Earth suitable for life earlier

  17. Your Working Outline must include a good Central Idea sentence! • The central idea sentence is part of the “Top info” for a Working Outline • one good sentence 20-40 words long • Check carefully for spelling and grammar. • Choose your words well and you will be able to say this statement of your central idea in your actual exam presentation.

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