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1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy Chapter 9: Preparing for Oral (Concept Paper) Presentation Objectives: After completing Chapter 9, learners will be able to 1. identify the tips and techniques for oral presentation and 2. design their presentation slides of the concept paper Warm-up activity: Instructions: Answer the following questions. 1. After preparing the nearly perfect draft of your concept paper, what is the next process you will respond to? 2. Do you think the written presentation will be arranged similarly to an oral presentation? 3. How many slides of oral presentation will you design for a 12-page concept paper? 4. Do you think how long you will spend on oral presentation of your concept paper? 5. What sections of the concept paper do you plan to do an oral presentation? Preparing for Oral Presentation 163

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy Chapter 9: Preparing for Oral (Concept Paper) Presentation To fulfill the Master's thesis, graduate students or novice researchers are required to present a thesis proposal to get the approval from the committee. To prepare the proposal defense, they need to address research questions or hypotheses and to justify their research plan based on the validity of the theoretical framework, research methodology, and significance of the study in a particular field. They need at least three skills to fulfill their proposal defense: soft, technical, and tool skills. Based on 21st century required skills, it is recognized that those novice researchers need to clarify their studies with 4Cs (critical thinking, creativity, confidence, and common sense). Concerning the technical realm, they need to present their writing skills (organizing, designing, presentation layout) to plan the completed chapters 1 – 3. More importantly, the presentation tool skill (e.g., PowerPoint, canva, or Prezi, content [copy & paste], grammar or spelling checker) is considered to involve in the proposal defense. In addition to the objective of the presentation and approval from the committee, the graduate students can gain constructive feedback on the study in terms of appropriateness and feasibility for the master thesis. The students will be allowed to present their proposal under the heading significance of problem, methodology, procedure, and problem-solving approaches (implementing in their study) approximately 15-20 minutes. Chairperson and internal and external examiners of the committee will evaluate their performance on the oral presentation along with a written thesis research proposal (submitted at least one month in advance) by questioning. Then, the organization of oral presentation for proposal defense are presented the following: 1. Research title 2. Statement of the problem 3. A brief review of relevant literature to indicate a gap (with the key concept or theoretical framework) 4. Research objectives 5. Research questions (or/and hypotheses) 6. Study design Preparing for Oral Presentation 164

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy 6.1 Data collection methods: sample size 6.2 Instruments 6.3 Research procedure 6.4 Data analysis (e.g., statistical data used, interpreted, and coded) 7. Expected findings However, the outline of the proposal presentation should be included in the slide presentation to guide the audiences and the slide of reference lists can be placed at the end of the presentation. The expected outcome can be provided after the signing of the study. The example of PowerPoint slides will be presented in Table 9.1(P. Phichiensathien, personal communication, March 7, 2015). For the outline of the concept paper presentation, you might prepare the slide presentation based on the sub-headings (Research Title, Introduction, Statement of the Problem, [Research Questions/ Research Objectives/ Hypotheses], Literature Review [recent literature and theoretical framework/ concept and related studies you focused], Methodology, References [illustrated in content with in-text citation]) Table 9.1: Sample of PowerPoint slides for the proposal defense Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Preparing for Oral Presentation 165

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Preparing for Oral Presentation 166

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 As seen, the PowerPoint (PPT) presentation slides were designed and organized based on the research proposal. With regard to the guidelines provided, the PPT presentation will be designed as the following: - The first slide should include the title of the research, the researcher's name, and institutional affiliation. - Using figures or illustrations can help the committee understand your points. - One slide should be expressed one idea with a few words as a list of the bullet point. Preparing for Oral Presentation 167

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy - An extensive detail can be provided as an explanation in the appendix slide or supplement slide. - If one slide demonstrates the complex concept, the students should critically simplify with a conclusion and described it in a general idea. - The background of the slides should be a light plain color with dark letters. - The size of the letter should minimize at least 24 for content and 30-40 for heading and subheading with clear font characters (e.g., Verdana). - The front characters should NOT be presented in italicized, highlighted, underlined, and bold letters at once. - During the presentation, the students should look around the audience and quickly glance at the script provided. Not read the script word by word. - The students can rehearse their presentation until they get self-confidence. The oral presentation of the research proposal defense is a compulsory process for graduate students to fulfill their master's thesis. Then, it shows the significance of the study, concept, theory, and research strategy the students reviewed and focused on. In addition, if the committee approves the student's research proposal, this means that the research plan is more likely to be ready to conduct. Sometimes, the committee will give some suggestions to adapt or change some points in terms of practical and appropriate after the proposal defense. Therefore, the students can consult with an advisor or co-advisor to get some approval e.g., in the redesign of the research methodology and conceptual framework. Exercise I: Preparing Your Oral Presentation of the Concept paper Defense Instructions: Create your PowerPoint oral presentation based on your concept paper and demonstrate your presentation within 20 minutes (15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for question and answer) on week 15th. END OF THE CHAPTER Preparing for Oral Presentation 168

1006712 Advanced Academic English Literacy What have you learned from chapter 9? Notes: _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Preparing for Oral Presentation 169