Speech Accommodation in Student Presentations

This book examines student presentations as a genre of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), and analyses the elements of speech and audience accommodation which make a successful presentation. Offering an antidote to the audience-centric approach to presentation design and delivery promoted by numerous books and manuals on the subject, each chapter tackles an under-researched aspect of student presentations, and presents data-based evidence for practical recommendations within the genre. The language analyses presented in the book are based on a real-life corpus of student presentations, providing clear examples of successful oral academic discourse. This book will be of interest to students of applied linguistics, EAP, TESOL and language education.

Examines the presentation as a key aspect of students' academic and professional training across the disciplines Provides an accessible introduction to current theory and research in speech accommodation in relation to student academic presentations Covers the theoretical and research background while being grounded in practical examples of implementation Shows how several aspects of speech accommodation have been implemented in student-produced academic discourse

Autorentext

Alla Zareva is Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Applied Linguistics Program in the Department of English at Old Dominion University, USA.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Look into Student Academic Presentations?.- Chapter 2: Survey of Books and Guides on Academic Presentations.- Chapter 3: Lexical Profiles of Student Academic Presentations.- Chapter 4: Collocations in Student Academic Presentations.- Chapter 5: Summary of Findings and Take-Aways.