Welcome to Academic Conference Skills for PhD Students, the focus of which is assisting students in the preparation of their research or policy papers. This is a 15-week course offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences during autumn term, 2016.

In this course, we will be meeting a total of 15 times. I will be at Tsukuba U on Friday afternoons from about 3 until 6, and I am always available via email.

Our course description is as follows: Conference papers and presentations are an integral part of one�fs professional life. This course aims to provide students the key skills for turning their research ideas into high-quality conference papers and presentations. Beginning with an introduction to the use of corpus tools to enhance vocabulary, it then covers the basics of crafting clear, concise academic papers for conferences in the humanities. Thereafter classtime will be spent on various aspects of the process of presenting at conferences; this culminates with students enjoying the experience of delivering a 20-minute paper and handling questions from the audience.

 Course Material 

Our initial class will include an overview of the course.

Class material

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 Weekly Schedule 

 Week 1 (October 7, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

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 Week 2 (October 14, 2016) — Corpus Analysis Tools 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

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 Week 3 (October 21, 2016) — Term Introducation 

A potentially very helpful tool, the art of corpus analysis allows us to ...

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 Weeks 4-5 (November 11, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 6 (November 18, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 7 (November 18, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 8 (November 25, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Weeks 9-10 (December 2, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 11 (December 9, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 12 (December 16, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Weeks 13-14 (January 27, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: 

 Week 15 (February 3, 2016) — Term Introducation 

This fall we will we will talk some about the oral components of public speaking and making presentation. We will also look some at our textbook and work some on Unit 1, which deals with audience analysis.

 Homework: