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• Guidelines for poster preparation

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Whats coming up Poster presentations
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Order of events for preparingthe poster
presentations

• Each group selects the paper to be
  presented.(Monday, 21 March)
• Find and copy the paper.
• Read and understand the paper.
• Summarize the paper.
• ( Exercise 7, 1 submission - 1 grade per
  group)(Wednesday, 30 March)
• Prepare the poster presentation.
• Present Poster.(Wednesday, 6 April)

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What is the goal ofa poster presentation?

• Encapsulate research results in a concise and
  clear exposition.
• Do not saturate the audiences attention.

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Which topics willthe poster presentations cover?

• Psycholinguistics
• First Language Acquisition(L1 Acquisition)
• Second Language Acquisition(L2 Acquisition)
• Neurolinguistics
• Speech Perception
• (See website for list of topics and references.)

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How do you decidewhich topic to focus on?

• Each tutorial is assigned a different topic.
• Within each tutorial, each study group selects a
  specific paper to present.(Each study group
  must select a different paper.)

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Topic assignments

• will be made on Monday, 21 March
• Make sure you attend your tutorial
• From then on, you will need to work closely
  with your study group primarily outside of
  class.

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What information shouldthe poster contain?

• The poster should express in simple text
  statements and/or graphics the
• What
• Why
• How
• Result
• of the research.

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What should the poster look like?

• Use 4 frames.
• Each frame presents a different piece of
  information (what, why, how, result)
• Lay out the frames left-to-right, top-down,
  starting from the upper left-hand corner.
• Each frame measures 11" x 17 (landscape).

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Poster Presentation Format

• 1. What is the goal of the research? What
  question(s) is being asked?
• (11" x 17")

• 2. Why is the research important and/or
  interesting?
• (11" x 17")

• 3. How How is the research issue addressed?
  What methods are used?
• (11" x 17")

• 4. Result What are the relevant findings of the
  research?
• (11" x 17")

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For information about how toprepare poster
presentations

• Creative Effective Poster Presentations (G. R.
  Hess/NC State University L.H. Siegel/Oregon
  State University)http//www.ncsu.edu/project/post
  ers/IndexStart.html
• Poster Presentations (Scientific Literature
  and Writing, Biology 801, Eastern Kentucky
  University)http//www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/po
  sterpres.html

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more information

• Tips for Effective Poster Presentations (U.S.
  Department of Energy)http//www.osti.gov/em52/wor
  kshop/tips-exhibits.html
• Developing a Poster Presentation (J. Radel,
  Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical
  Centre)http//www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster
  _Presentations/PstrStart.html
• Poster Presentation of Research Work (Chemical
  Engineering Advance Materials, University of
  Newcastle Upon Tyne)http//lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/
  Dept/Tips/present/posters.htm

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When will the postersbe presented?

• Wednesday, 6 April.
• Each Study Group presents its poster during a
  2-hour slot(i) 9.00-11.00(ii) 10.00-12.00.
• Location to be announced.

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How will the posterpresentations be evaluated?

• Posters are evaluated on the following criteria
• clarity conciseness of poster
• clarity conciseness of oral introduction
• layout of poster.
• Poster presentations are graded for the study
  group as a whole. Therefore, each member of the
  group must contribute equally.

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Who assesses the poster presentations?

• The poster presentations are assessed by the
  Instructor, the TAs, and the other students.
• The grade assigned to the poster presentations is
  determined by the Instructor and TAs.
• Each student is assigned two (2) posters to
  assess.
• Student assessments are for the purpose of
  learning how to give constructive feedback, and
  are graded by the Instructor and TAs (This grade
  contributes to the students overall grade for
  class participation).