Friday, December 10, 2010

URGENT! ENG 105 - Oral Presentations and Drafts

As of now, everyone should be finished or working on their Outlines (Toulminian or Rogerian) and their Annotated Bibliographies to submit no later than tomorrow (Saturday).

Drafts should be sent to me no later than Monday at 6pm as our FINAL presentations are scheduled for Wednesday 15th December at 4:30 - 6:30 in S2. The papers are due at the time of the presentations.

In regards to your Oral Presentations, your presentation should last approximately two to four minutes.

You will be expected to discuss:
 Your research question and hypothesis.
 Your chosen style of argumentation
 Your methodology
 Problems you encountered (if any)
 Your stance toward the material you are presenting
 Your findings – to what extent do you think that your research was successful. Was your hypothesis proven correct or incorrect?
 Any recommendations regarding this area of study.
 How this research is relevant to the territory
 Anything else that you believe the audience should know

The audience will then ask questions and make comments.
 This is a formal presentation so you should dress for that occasion.
 Please provide the lecturers with a brief handout entailing the major points and findings of your research(about 6 copies)
 If you require any audio visual equipment please notify your Instructor at least 48 hours prior to the presentation date.

Your presentation will be graded in accordance with this rubric.
Content - 5 mks
Diction - 3 mks
Appearance - 2 mks