Library Catalogue

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Speaking your mind : oral presentation and seminar skills / edited by Rebecca Stott, Tory Young, and Cordelia Bryan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Speak-write seriesPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.Description: ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0582382432
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN4121.S73 2001
Contents:
CONTENTS Author's Acknowledgements viii Publisher's Acknowledgements x Introduction /Rebecca Stott -- How to use this book -- 1. Conversations and seminars/ Anna Snaith Conversation -- Analysing conversation -- Gender and conversation -- Literary conversations -- Seminars -- Analysing seminars -- Chairing seminars -- Summary -- 2. Rhetoric and argument/ Rebecca Stott Argument -- Analysing argument -- Rhetoric -- Analysing rhetoric -- Summary -- 3. Shakespeare and Renaissance rhetoric/ Nigel Wheale Politics, class and rhetoric in Shakespearean England -- Rhetoric in the grammar schools -- Dialogue, gender, and a rhetorical duel -- Rhetoric and the drama of persuasion -- Tropes: the building blocks of rhetoric -- Using tropes: Julius Caesar -- Using tropes: Hamlet -- Summary -- 4. Everyday rhetorics/ Simon Featherstone Rhetoric in the criminal court -- Rhetoric is everywhere -- Rhetoric in selling -- Rhetoric in story-telling -- Summary -- 5. Preparing your case/ Rebecca Stott When is a presentation helpful? -- Preparation: knowing your audience -- Invention or gathering material -- Disposition or arrangement of material -- Style or expressing the argument -- Summary -- 6. Presenting your case/ Cordelia Bryan Learning presentation skills -- Types of presentation -- Register -- Overcoming your nerves -- Giving and receiving feedback -- Using anecdotes, analogies and examples -- Practice makes perfect -- Notes, demonstrations and visual aids -- Some final preparations -- Summary -- Appendix 1: Sample criteria sheet for peer oral assessment -- Appendix 2: Sample practice presentation scenarios -- Glossary.
Summary: This is the last of four books which is designed to demystify the processes of academic writing through careful explanation and a series of practical and engaging exercises. A guide to further reading is included.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books KMTC:NAIROBI CAMPUS General Stacks PN4121.S73 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26459

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131).

CONTENTS
Author's Acknowledgements viii
Publisher's Acknowledgements x
Introduction /Rebecca Stott --
How to use this book --
1. Conversations and seminars/ Anna Snaith
Conversation --
Analysing conversation --
Gender and conversation --
Literary conversations --
Seminars --
Analysing seminars --
Chairing seminars --
Summary --
2. Rhetoric and argument/ Rebecca Stott
Argument --
Analysing argument --
Rhetoric --
Analysing rhetoric --
Summary --
3. Shakespeare and Renaissance rhetoric/ Nigel Wheale
Politics, class and rhetoric in Shakespearean England --
Rhetoric in the grammar schools --
Dialogue, gender, and a rhetorical duel --
Rhetoric and the drama of persuasion --
Tropes: the building blocks of rhetoric --
Using tropes: Julius Caesar --
Using tropes: Hamlet --
Summary --
4. Everyday rhetorics/ Simon Featherstone
Rhetoric in the criminal court --
Rhetoric is everywhere --
Rhetoric in selling --
Rhetoric in story-telling --
Summary --
5. Preparing your case/ Rebecca Stott
When is a presentation helpful? --
Preparation: knowing your audience --
Invention or gathering material --
Disposition or arrangement of material --
Style or expressing the argument --
Summary --
6. Presenting your case/ Cordelia Bryan
Learning presentation skills --
Types of presentation --
Register --
Overcoming your nerves --
Giving and receiving feedback --
Using anecdotes, analogies and examples --
Practice makes perfect --
Notes, demonstrations and visual aids --
Some final preparations --
Summary --
Appendix 1: Sample criteria sheet for peer oral assessment --
Appendix 2: Sample practice presentation scenarios --
Glossary.

This is the last of four books which is designed to demystify the processes of academic writing through careful explanation and a series of practical and engaging exercises. A guide to further reading is included.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024, Kenya Medical Training College | All Rights Reserved