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1. Common topics for classroom discussion and presentation

Linguistics 

  • Linguistic and Narrative Cohesion in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 
  • Linguistic Communication Barriers 
  • Linguistic Determinism: Words and Thoughts 
  • Linguistic Domination of English by the United States 
  • Linguistic Intelligence Is The Most Commonly Shared Human Skill 
  • Linguistic Internationalization 
  • Linguistic Relativity, Thinking For Speaking, And The Conceptual Transfer Hypothesis 
  • Linguistic research 
  • Linguistic Stereotypes 
  • Linguistic Theories 
  • Linguistics and Dialects in Japanese 
  • Linguistics and Its Pioneers 
  • Linguistics Assignment 
  • Linguistics in Anthropology 
  • Linguistic Decisions 
  • Sapir-Worf Hypothesis: Linguistic Determinism and Linguistic Relativity 

Phonetics & Phonology 

  • Slips of the Tongue as Speech Errors 
  • Speech Errors as Presented in the Literature of Linguistics 
  • Vocabulary And Pronunciation Of The Age Of Globalization 

Discourse Analysis 

  • Academic Discourse 
  • Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) 
  • Discourse Analysis And An Approach Of Social Science Philosophy 
  • Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics 
  • Register, Discourse and Genre Analysis When Teaching English for Specific Purposes 

Sociolinguistics 

  • Sociolinguistics: Study of Language and Society 
  • Sociolinguistic Analysis Of Natural Language 
  • Sociolinguistic Interview 

Translation 

  • Machine Translation 
  • Research into Poetry Translation 
  • Translation Using Automated and Computerized Means 

Literature 

  • English Literature Study Program: Which is the Best Major Study? 

Grammar 

  • A New Concept Of Generative Grammar 
  • The Internal Grammar of a Language 

Language, Gender and Identity 

  • Child Language Acquisition, Language and Gender and Attitudes to Language 
  • Gender And Its Impact On Women 
  • Analysing Identity in Racist Language 
  • Relationship Between Identity And Academic Achievement 
  • The Relationship Between Gender and Language 
  • The Relationship of Gender and Linguistic Behaviour 

Second Language Acquisition 

  • Assessment Of English As A Second Language Students 
  • Second And Third Language Acquisition 
  • Second Language Immersion And Bilingual Education Programs 
  • Structured Immersion in English As a Second Language (ESL)  
  • Why Is Second Language Acquisition Fundamentally Different From First Language Merger? 

Text type 2: Critical analysis essay

A critical analysis essay requires its writers to write a critical evaluation of an argument. The main purpose of a critical analysis essay is to tell a reader about a subject, and to explain its purpose and meaning. You will also need to present your personal point of view and critically analyse the subject. 

Background Information: Give the readers some context; help them understand the nature of the work.  

  • Information:  
  • Title 
  • Author 
  • Publication information 
  • Statement of topic and purpose 
  • Thesis statement: After giving the reader some context, provide your reaction to the work in a thesis statement. 

Summary: Demonstrate your understanding of the source, as described in the Summary section above. 

Critical Analysis (Interpretation and Evaluation): Here is where you finally present your analysis of the work based on your reading and critical evaluation.  

  • Talk about how the source is organized; 
  • Discuss the style and rhetoric of the source; 
  • How Effective was the source and the message; 
  • How was the topic treated; was the writer biased or did he do it justice? 
  • Discuss how the source appealed to its target audience 

Conclusion: A key thing to remember is that you should not introduce any new ideas or arguments to your paper's conclusion. It should only sum up what you have already written, revisit your thesis statement, and end with a powerful final impression. The following are some points to consider when writing the conclusion: 

  • “Wrap up” the entire paper 
  • Demonstrate to readers that the author accomplished what he/she set out to do 
  • Show how you the author has proved their thesis statement 
  • Give a sense of completeness and closure on the topic 
  • Leave something extra for your reader to think about 
  • Leave a powerful final impact on a reader 

Citation style: APA (7th edition) 

Design of a successful presentation

Design slides like academic paragraphs using PEE: 

  • Point – As the title of your slides 
  • Evidence – As the points of your slides 
  • Explanation – As your speech in the presentation 

Make the evidence visual: 

PowerPoint is a visual medium; its purpose is to help an audience visualise what the speaker is saying. The purpose of a presentation should not be information transfer, it should be about enabling understanding and encouraging further action or research. 

The best way to make your slides more visual is to use images and diagrams as the evidence to support or illustrate your main point (your slide title). For example, if you want to show the results of a survey, pie charts or line charts are useful figures to display such information. 

Microsoft has offered several templates for academic presentation. They are available at this link.

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