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English Linguistics Department Prep Academic Study Skills

English Linguistics Department Prep Academic Study Skills. Basic Power Point Guidelines. Demet GÜL, PhD. Basic Rules for Presentations. Contrast is important. For paper… Dark text on a light background. Basic Rules for Presentations. For projection… Light text on a semi-dark background.

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English Linguistics Department Prep Academic Study Skills

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  1. English Linguistics Department Prep Academic Study Skills Basic Power Point Guidelines Demet GÜL, PhD.

  2. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations • Contrast is important. • For paper… • Dark text on a light background.

  3. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations • For projection… • Light text on a semi-dark background. • The eye is attracted to the light on the screen.

  4. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations • Stick with a single background. • The background is the stage for your information. • Set the stage and leave it alone!

  5. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations • Don’t try to dazzle the audience with graphics or style…but with the information. • The medium is not the message. • The information is the message.

  6. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations Balance. • Do not center bullet points. • It makes the text ragged. • And hard to read and follow with your eyes.

  7. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations Balance. • Generally, left-justify bullets. • This keeps things neat.. • and easy to follow.

  8. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations Balance. Centered graphics leave little room for text.

  9. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules for Presentations Balance. • Place graphics off-center. • More room for text. • Better balance. • More pleasing to the eye. • Left placement leads the eye to the text.

  10. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules- Capitalization • AVOID ALL CAPS – VERY HARD TO READ. • First Cap - More Formal. • Harder To Type And More Decisions. • This is an example of capitalizing the first word. • Less formal. • Easier to type and fewer decisions.

  11. Academic Study Skills Use Restraint With Fonts • Employ only a few..stick to familiar fonts • Stay away from gimmicky fonts unless for a theme. • Keeptypesizesconsistent. • Serif vs San Serif. • DON’T USE ALL CAPS.

  12. Academic Study Skills Choose Fonts Wisely • Italics are more difficult to read. • Use bold when you want some words to stand out. • Font size • Easy to read (18 pt) • Easy to read (24 pt) • Easy to read (32 pt) • Easy to read (48 pt)

  13. Academic Study Skills Avoid Text Overload Having too much text on the screen can defeat the purpose of using PowerPoint. The slides begin to look like a jumble of text, making slides difficult to read and unrecognizable from each other. People will either try to read everything or copy everything down or they will lose interest. List only the key points. If you have more info to include use more slides or create handouts.

  14. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules That You Must Have to Have a Good Presentation. • One of the most common mistakes in creating a presentation is to place too much information on the screen. This can cause the reader to become distracted from the speaker…just like you are now. Audiences are much more receptive to the spoken word.

  15. Academic Study Skills Basic Presentation Mistakes. • Too much information. • Reader gets distracted • Audiences are much more receptive to the spoken word.

  16. Academic Study Skills Basic Rules Keep it simple.. • Make bulleted points easy to read. • Keep text easy to understand. • Use concise wording. • Bullets are focal points. • Presenter provides elaboration. • Keep font size large.

  17. Academic Study Skills Basic Power Point Guidelines • Use builds…don’t give them too much info at once. • Stick with the same transition. • Be creative but leave some color choices to professionals. • Six words per line. • Six lines per page.

  18. Academic Study Skills Choosing a Color Scheme • Stick with power point defaults. • What may look good on your computer may be unreadable in the classroom. • Remember to use strong, contrasting colors.

  19. Academic Study Skills Use Contrasting Colors • Light colors on dark background. • Dark colors on light background.

  20. Academic Study Skills Clip Art & Graphics • A few excellent graphics are better than many poor ones. • Photographs canbe powerful. • Use sparingly!

  21. Academic Study Skills Martin Luther King Jr. • Religious leader • Civil rights activist • Author/poet • Labor activist • Minister • Antiwar activist

  22. Academic Study Skills Martin Luther King Jr. • Religious leader • Civil rights activist • Author/poet • Labor activist • Minister • Antiwar activist

  23. Academic Study Skills Do not forget to insert ... • Title • Page number • Date on each slide.

  24. Academic Study Skills Title Page Include your name (names for a pair/group study) Title of presentation (Humor in Linguistics) Title of the meeting/conference etc. (ICTL 2012) Place of presentation (Mersin, Turkey)

  25. Academic Study Skills Colour - Bad • Using a font colour that does not contrast with the background colour is hard to read • Using colour for decoration is distracting and annoying. • Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary • Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary • Trying tobe creativecan alsobe bad

  26. Academic Study Skills Background - Good • Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive but simple • Use backgrounds which are light • Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation

  27. Academic Study Skills Background – Bad • Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read from • Always be consistent with the background that you use

  28. Academic Study Skills Graphs - Good • Use graphs rather than just charts and words • Data in graphs is easier to comprehend & retain than is raw data • Trends are easier to visualize in graph form • Always title your graphs

  29. Academic Study Skills Graphs - Bad

  30. Graphs - Good Academic Study Skills

  31. Graphs - Bad Academic Study Skills

  32. Academic Study Skills Graphs - Bad • Minor gridlines are unnecessary • Font is too small • Colours are illogical • Title is missing • Shading is distracting

  33. Academic Study Skills Spelling and Grammar • Proof your slides for: • speling mistakes • the use of of repeated words • grammatical errors you might have make • If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation!

  34. Academic Study Skills Conclusion • Use an effective and strong closing • Your audience is likely to remember your last words • Use a conclusion slide to: • Summarize the main points of your presentation • Suggest future avenues of research

  35. Academic Study Skills Questions?? • End your presentation with a simple question slide to: • Invite your audience to ask questions • Provide a visual aid during question period • Avoid ending a presentation abruptly

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