Making Oral Presentation Effective in English in Academic Context
Introduction
Oral presentation in academic context defines as “delivering an address to a public audience[1]” hence “involves explaining something to an audience which a person, in example professors or lecturers with expertise on a subject might explain that subject to the targeted or particular group or students. The group members can follow along and learn new skills or information as they watch the presentation[2]”. Overall, language is one of the main key points to begin with. Nowadays, English language is globally spoken in an academic institution or universities around the world. Evidently, English language is treated as common language when communicating with people from another country or different races. It is imperative to equip our self with the known language so that we can communicate verbally to learn from each other better and confidently. Therefore, speech training in English is essential in terms of pronunciation with vast of vocabulary and with correct grammar as well.
Speaking in a formal academic context
As we know oral communication is our daily routine and our lifeline when it comes to family, work and studying. In an academic environment, there is a lot of oral communications take place during lectures or seminars or in study groups. It can be two persons or more converses in a particular discussion in order exchanging information, giving ideas or convey messages to each other face to face. The nature of discussion might as well be influenced directly and rapidly to each person and continuously changing in the process. These situations clearly categorizes in what we called transactional model of communication. As shown next page, here is a simple picture of how a transactional model of communication in process:-
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Figure 1 (from taken from http://communication-skill.blogspot.com/2007/10/transactional-model.html (21/10/2010)
We can see that transactional model in process shows that communication is relational and it
Oral presentation in academic context defines as “delivering an address to a public audience[1]” hence “involves explaining something to an audience which a person, in example professors or lecturers with expertise on a subject might explain that subject to the targeted or particular group or students. The group members can follow along and learn new skills or information as they watch the presentation[2]”. Overall, language is one of the main key points to begin with. Nowadays, English language is globally spoken in an academic institution or universities around the world. Evidently, English language is treated as common language when communicating with people from another country or different races. It is imperative to equip our self with the known language so that we can communicate verbally to learn from each other better and confidently. Therefore, speech training in English is essential in terms of pronunciation with vast of vocabulary and with correct grammar as well.
Speaking in a formal academic context
As we know oral communication is our daily routine and our lifeline when it comes to family, work and studying. In an academic environment, there is a lot of oral communications take place during lectures or seminars or in study groups. It can be two persons or more converses in a particular discussion in order exchanging information, giving ideas or convey messages to each other face to face. The nature of discussion might as well be influenced directly and rapidly to each person and continuously changing in the process. These situations clearly categorizes in what we called transactional model of communication. As shown next page, here is a simple picture of how a transactional model of communication in process:-
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Figure 1 (from taken from http://communication-skill.blogspot.com/2007/10/transactional-model.html (21/10/2010)
We can see that transactional model in process shows that communication is relational and it
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