Academic Interactions

IECP

Spring 2015

IECP

Agenda

• Review of library session content

• Reported speech – practice

• Introduction to oral summaries

• Describing pie charts

• Sign up for final presentations

• IECP picture 12:25

Library Session Group Discussion

• 1) Which Search Engines did Rachel

teach you about?

• 2) What was the most useful part of the

session?

• 3) What new information did you learn?

• 4) How can the information from the

session help you with your final

presentation?

Review: Library Session

(Discussion)• Whole group – general feedback:

– What was useful to you?

– What were the main points included in the

session?

• Accessing scholarly articles (course guides

– ESL 015 -- and Lion Search)

• Evaluating sources (handout)

• Citation tools (on the back of the handout)

• Suggestion: It would be nice to email Rachel to

say thank you.

• ras75@psu.edu

Individual Presentation Topics

• Non-technical summary of a current hot

topic within your field, including

appropriate oral references and Works

Cited slide

• Your reaction/opinion about the current hot

topic you summarized

• Reference at least 2 academic sources

Reported Speech Review

Reported Speech Practice

• Handout

• Example:

• Question: What do you wish you had done yesterday?

• Name: ____Nikki____

• Quote: “I wish I had completed my homework and received a better

grade.”(include result)

• Reported speech: If Nikki had completed her homework yesterday,

she would/might/could have received a better grade.

Oral Summarizing – Preparation

for Final Presentation• What is the task?

-read 2 articles on a “hot topic” within your

field

-present an oral summary of and reaction

to the hot topic

-include at least 2 oral references and 2

citations

Oral Summaries

• What are some characteristics of an

effective oral summary?

Oral Summary Characteristics

• Source

• Hook

• Main idea

• Significant details

• Summarizing language (the author stated, the

author implied, etc.)

• Paraphrase

• Transitions/organization (follow the original text)

• Author’s ideas (objective)

• Conclusion

Describing Pie Charts

What do you already know?

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ts-pie-chart.html

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tsbuddy.com/

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chart.html

Practice

1. 75% is three-quarters.

2. 60% is three-fifths.

3. 40% is two-fifths.

4. 20% is a/one-fifth.

5. 50% is half.

6. 10% is one in ten/one-tenth.

7. 5% is one in twenty/ one-twentieth.

8. 66% is two-thirds.

9. 80% is four-fifths.

10.25% is a quarter.

Practice 2

• 1. 77% is just over three quarters.

• 2. 27% is just over a/one quarter.

• 3. 97% is almost all.

• 4. 49% is just under/nearly half.

• 5. 32% is almost/nearly a third.

• 6. 5% is a very small number.

• 7. 18% is just under/nearly a/one-fifth.

• 8. 68% is around two thirds.

• 9. 58% is approximately 60%.

• 10. 85% is a very large majority.

Presentation Sign Ups

• Pick a number

• “1” signs up first

• Pass it to the next person after you have

signed up

HW

• Group Presentation DUE 4/10

(Box)

• Tutoring and Conversation

Partner (meeting 7 –last one)

recording and reflection DUE

4/12 (Box)