FAU ErlangenNrnberg Department Geschichte Professur fr Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Basics of an Academic Presentation Exercises on Academic Writing Common, Avoidable Mistakes Time Management Writer’s Block Exercises on Compiling Bibliographical Entries Exercises on Citing
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Basics of an Academic Presentation
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte What is an Academic Presentation? How is an academic presentation different from regular presentations?
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte What is a Non-Academic Presentation?
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte What is an Academic Presentation? 1. Framework Conditions 2. Contents 3. Style 4. Language 5. Media Support
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
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FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 4. Language • Use an appropriate style/ register • Not too casual • Train your pronunciation as best as possible • Talk slowly –Use technical terms
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 5. Media Support A) Projector + Power. Point B) Overhead C) Blackboard D) Information Sheet
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte A) Beamer + Power. Point • Images • Video • Audio • Statistics • Quotes
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte B) Overhead • Use this if there is no possibility for using a beamer
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte C) Blackboard • For spontaneous use • Good for writing down important keywords, names, ect.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte E) Information Sheet • Audience can/will make notes on this information sheet for further discussion • Information sheet example
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte II. Exercises on Academic Writing
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Exercise 1 – Solutions: The government has made considerable progress in solving the problem. We obtained excellent results in the experiment. The results of numerous tests have been encouraging. A loss of jobs is one of the consequences that will happen if the process is automated. The relationship between the management and workers is extremely important. Some suggestions arising from the study will be presented.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Exercise 2 – Solutions: The reaction of the officials was quite negative. The economic outlook is encouraging. Car manufacturers are planning a meeting to discuss their strategy. The resulting competition between countries is constructive/productive. The economy is affected by devents/developments that happen outside the country. She was dismissed because of her poor record. The examination results were outstanding/excellent.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Exercise 3 – Solutions: The main differences between the English and Scottish legal systems will be discussed in this essay. The report has been divided into five sections. In this essay the author argues that the importance of the monarchy should be reduced. The third part of the essay looks at the reasons for public hysteria over the SARS virus. / The reasons for public hysteria over the SARS virus will be looked at in the third part of the essay. Although this is not a specialist paper, this essay seeks to capture the main ideas.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Common, Avoidable Mistakes
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Contractions 2. Bibliography 3. References 4. Print to proof read 5. Don’t trust spell checker (too much) 6. TBL of contents (automatic) 7. Avoid stereotypes and generalizations 8. Avoid personal opinion
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Contractions • • • Don’t They’ll Can’t Should’ve Wanna Gotta
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Bibliography • • Before working with a new book, compile a bibliographical entry for it You might forget it later
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. References • • If you quote or paraphrase, add your reference immediately It is very difficult to find these passages again later
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Print to proof read • Proofreading is easier with printed versions of you paper
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Don’t trust spell checker (too much) • • British vs. American (neighbour vs. neighbor) Spelling errors in your quotes
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. TBL of contents (automatic) • • Use the automatic TBL in word Verweise Inhaltsverzeichnis
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Avoid stereotypes and generalizations • Americans are …
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Avoidable Mistakes 1. Avoid personal opinion • • In my opinion … Personally, I think … We should … I like/dislike …
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte III. Time Management “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. ” -Leonard Bernstein
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte • • Plan Ahead Start writing as early as possible Prioritize tasks Don’t stress yourself too much
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 1. Plan Ahead • Define long-, mid-, and short term goals • Always plan that you need more time than you think • Include breaks and social activities in your planning
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 2. Start writing as early as possible • Don’t read too much • Use excerpts • You will never feel 100% ready for writing • Problems and possibilities will be come up during writing
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 3. Prioritize tasks • Regularly work on something! • If you feel unproductive: • work on your bibliography • re-read what you wrote • read some literature • Watch a related video on You. Tube
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte 4. Don’t stress yourself too much • If you plan ahead, you’ll have enough time • Save some time for recreational activities!
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte IV. Writer‘s Block
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Causes of Writer’s Block • Perfectionism • Every sentence has to be perfect from the beginning • When you write something down, it immediately sounds inadequate • You want to write, but you don’t know what or how to write it down • Disinterest/Distraction • The topic does not interest you • You’d rather do something else
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Causes of Writer’s Block • Fear • You know it is important and you don’t want to fail • Just the thought of getting to work makes your belly cramp • Your subconscious represses the thought of working on your paper • You invent excuses why you cannot work on your paper NOW • Lacking structure • You read a lot, but don’t make notes • You are not sure about the structure of your paper • You don’t know in which direction your paper should go
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte How to deal with Writer’s Block 1. Perfectionism • Start writing a drafts instead of the “final version” • Start writing down your thoughts in a “non-academic” way • Make a mind map • Start writing on another chapter/ part of your paper 2. Disinterest/distraction • Motivational strategies • Pretend to be interested • Work on the part that you like best (reading, quoting, analyzing) • Keep your room/desks nice and clean • Remove distractions • Work in a defined time span and reward yourself • If you feel distracted, work on formal aspects
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte How to deal with Writer’s Block 1. Fear • • Make a plan and set realistic and clearly defined short term goals • today I want to write 2 pages • NOT: I want to be done in 1 Month Create a comfortable working atmosphere Start with the main/ most difficult chapter first Structure your work flow 2. Lacking Structure • Work with Excerpts • Work with a clearly defined thesis • Always keep your bibliography up to date • Add references immediately
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte How to work with excerpts 1. What is an excerpt? • An excerpt is a personalized extract of a piece of book or Article you work with • Helps you organize your literature • Helps you remember what your read • Helps you remember your thought process during the reading session
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte How to work with excerpts 2. What should an excerpt contain? • Bibliographical entry of the book/ article • Short overview of the main topics the book/ article deals with • Keynotes of how you want to use this book/ article • Important passages that you need later for your paper • Important theses that you want to discuss in your paper • Questions and theses/ theories that come to your mind when reading • Always include the page number
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte How to work with excerpts 3. Remember: • Don’t make a summary of the book/ article! • The excerpt is for you, and no one else! • It does not need to win a beauty contest • It helps you remember your the though process • Reading without making excerpts is often time wasted Example of an excerpt
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte VI. Exercises on Compiling Bibliographical Entries
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group I – Solutions: MILLS, Gary B. The Forgotten People. Cane River‘s Creoles of Color. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. JOSEPH, Peniel E. “Malcom X‘s Harlem and Early Black Power Activism“ Neighborhood Rebels. Black Power at the Local Level. Ed. Peniel E. JOSEPH. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 21 -44. FRANKLIN, John Hope. “Edward Bellamy and the Nationalist Movement. ” The New Quarterly 11. 4 (1938): 739 -772.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group II – Solutions: KATZNELSON, Ira. Black Men, White Cities. Race, Politics, and Migration in the United States, 1900 -30, and Britain, 1948 -68. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. GOLDMAN, Eric F. “Progress–by Moderation and Agitation” Black Protest in the Sixties. Eds. August MEIER/ John BRACEY, Jr. / Elliott RUDWICK, 2 nd ed. New York: Markus Wiener Publishing, 1991. 29 -36. DAVISON, Carol Margaret. “Haunted House/Haunted Heroine: Female Gothic Closets in The Yellow Wallpaper. ” Women’s Studies 33. 1 (2004): 47 -75.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group III – Solutions: KILLENS, John Oliver. Black Man’s Burden. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. ROBINSON, Dean E. Black Nationalism in American Politics and Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. PHILIPSON, Robert. “The Harlem Renaissance as Postcolonial Phenomenon. “ African American Fiction 40. 1 (2006): 145 -160.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group IV – Solutions: GOODING-WILLIAMS, Robert. “Black Cupids, White Desires. ” Look, a Negro! Philosophical Essays on Race, Culture and Politics. Ed. Robert GOOD-WILLIAMS. New York and London: Routledge, 2006. 17 -34. VERNEY, Kevern. African Americans and US Popular Culture. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. LEGATT, Judith, and Christopher Parkes. “From the Red Room to Rochester’s Haircut: Mind Control in Jane Eyre. “ English Studies in Canada 32. 4 (2006): 169 -188.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group V – Solutions: FINKELMAN, Paul. Slavery and the Founders. Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson. 2 nd ed. New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2001. STONE, Chuck. Black Political Power in America. Revised ed. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 2008. HEDIN, Raymond. “The Structuring of Emotion in Black American Fiction. “ NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 16. 1 (1982): 35 -54.
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte VII. Exercises on Citing
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group I – Solutions: Martin turns the reproach into a means of portraying his present situation as desperate: “Ay, those were gay days! Then, life seemed full of promise, as a field of ripened corn. Those were happy times!” (Jerrold 17). Melodrama is a manifestation of stress reacting to the social and political developments of the nineteenth century and has proven itself to be highly adaptable by constantly changing its own form in response to those changes (cf. Mayer 146 -147).
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg Department Geschichte Professur für Alte Geschichte Group V – Solutions: On the one hand, Brooks names Pixérécourt and the French melodrama at the turn of the nineteenth century as the starting point (cf. Brooks xvi), but, on the other hand, he insists that the French Revolution in itself already displayed melodramatic characteristics when it came to mobilising the masses through public speeches (cf. Brooks 16). To facilitate the identification with the characters on stage, they often embody “clear, simple, moral and psychological absolutes” (Brooks page number).
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