HOW TO PREPARE THE SEMINAR WORK 1.

GATHERING IDEAS ABOUT THE TOPIC OF YOUR PAPER, KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE FIELD OF YOUR STUDY AND INTERESTING AND USEFUL FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES AND AUDIENCE, AS WELL. 2. RESEARCH WORK: FINDING THE MATERIALS THAT WOULD SUIT YOUR TOPIC: RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC, TEHCNICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ARTICLES, SCIENTIFIC BOOKS OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS, (SUCH AS SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINES), OR ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET, ALL OF WHICH HAVE TO BE QUOTED AT THE END OF YOUR PAPER IN THE References SECTION! 3. ALL THE MATERIALS THE STUDENTS WILL BE USING FOR THEIR SEMINAR PAPER SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN AUTHENTIC ENGLISH LANGUAGE (BRITISH, AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN,etc.)! TRANSLATIONS FROM ANY OTHER LANGUAGE INTO ENGLISH ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE!!! 4. BE SURE TO PREPARE THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR SEMINAR WORK AS IS SHOWN IN THE SAMPLE PAPER (PAGE 3)! 5. WRITING THE GLOSSARY WHILE PREPARING THE GLOSSARY KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD ENTER ALL THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND RELEVANT WORDS NOT YET DISCUSSED IN CLASS WHICH WILL BE USED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.(AVOID MAKING A FREQUENT MISTAKE OF LISTING WORDS ALREADY KNOWN TO EVERYBODY AND LEAVING OUT IMPORTANT, CRUCIAL TERMS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION NOT KNOWN TO YOUR AUDIENCE! ) (If you prepare your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint program be aware that English words in a glossary should NOT begin with a capital letter which the PowerPoint program does automatically, so you should be careful!) 6. PREPARING THE ORAL PRESENTATION SLIDES SHOULD BE PREPARED IN THE FONT NOT SMALLER THAN 22; SLIDES SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED IN CLEARLY PRESENTED NOTES THE SLIDES MUST NOT BE CROWDED, SO YOU SHOULD AVOID TOO MUCH TEXT ON ONE SLIDE. 7. WRITE A THOROUGH SUMMARY OF YOUR PRESENTATION which should be handed in written /typed form to the lecturer together with the rest of your written materials after your oral presentation) 8. BE SURE TO QUOTE ALL THE MATERIALS: BOOKS, INTERNET PAGES, ETC. IN THE References SECTION: (AUTHOR(S), TITLE OF PUBLICATIONS, PAGE REFERENCES, THE INTERNET ADDRESS/PAGES (www., etc)! 9. PROOFREAD YOUR SEMINAR WORK AND CHECK IT FOR THE SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES! 10. ORAL PRESENTATION: YOU SHOULD SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR, STARTING BY PRESENTING YOURSELF AND THE TITLE AND TOPIC OF YOUR PRESENTATION. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BODY LANGUAGE, DO NOT STAND BETWEEN THE SCREEN AND YOUR AUDIENCE, THUS PREVENTING YOUR AUDIENCE TO SEE WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE SLIDES; DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK TO THE

AUDIENCE, AND, ABOVE ALL, READING IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN!!! SPEAK SLOWLY AND GIVE YOUR AUDIENCE ENOUGH TIME TO SEE WHAT IS ON EACH SLIDE, DO NOT RUSH! IF THERE ARE GRAPHS OR TABLES INCLUDED IN YOUR PRESENTATION (WHICH IS MORE THAN WELCOME), IT IS INDESPENSABLE TO TAKE SOME TIME TO DESCRIBE THEM! 11. BE SURE THAT YOU ROUND UP YOUR PRESENTATION WITH A CONSISTENT CONCLUSION! (YOUR AUDIENCE SHOULD FEEL THAT YOU ARE APPROACHING THE CLOSURE/THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION!) 12. KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR PRESENTATION SHOULD FLOW SMOOTHLY, ATTRACTING THE INTEREST OF YOUR AUDIENCE. TO ATTAIN THIS YOU SHOULD BE PERSUASIVE, SHOWING A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE TOPIC YOU ARE PRESENTING AND TRANSFERRING IT ONTO YOUR AUDIENCE! 13. THE PRESENTATION IS NOT FINISHED UNTIL A FEW MINUTES ARE OFFERED TO A DISCUSSION, AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE EXCHANGED WITH YOUR AUDIENCE! THE AUDIENCE RESPONSE AND THE INTEREST THEY SHOW FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST FEED-BACK AND WILL ADD TO THE GRADING OF YOUR PRESENTATION! 14. AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION YOU ARE TO HAND IN ALL THE MATERIALS (PREFERABLY ON A CD) TOGETHER WITH ALL THE WRITTEN MATERIALS, (ALL IN A PLASTIC FOIL OR A FOLDER, AS HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN SHOWN TO YOU!)

Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology University of Zagreb, Croatia

English for Science and Technology

Seminar paper

Water in Human Consumption

Lecturer: Andrea upih-Kvaternik, MA

Student: Maja Maji, 8888/N

academic year 2008/09