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Seminar II
• Objective– to give some background on the course
242-702, Semester 2, 2014-2015
Who I am:Andrew DavisonWiG [email protected]
0. Preliminaries Please askquestions
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Overview
1. Outline of the Course
2. Meeting Times / Locations
3. Workload
4. Passing this Subject
5. Course Materials
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1. Outline of the Course
• How to write a project proposal and a slide presentation in English.– including my comments on your work
• Give you a chance to improve your summary/survey report from 242-701.– this will become the literature review section in
your proposal
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Prerequisites
• I assume you have completed:– 242-500 Research and Development Methodologies (RDM)
– 242-701 Seminar I• I've been told that you prepared presentations and summary reports in this subject. Did you?
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Communication
Skills
I'm not going to ask anyone to give presentations or long speeches in English.
But...– when I ask a question (which usually only
requires a yes or no answer) then ...– everyone answer, please, please, ...
Yes Ajarn
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2. Meeting Time / Location
• ?? ??–??:50 ??– this can change, if most (all) of you agree
• You're welcome to come to see me with questions about writing your proposal at other times.
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3. Workload
• 1. Give me a copy of your best presentation slides from 242-701– due: week 4– written in English– see online presentation skeleton
– I will comment on them later this semester– the slides usually require 2-3 revisions!
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• 2. Give me a copy of your best 242-701 summary (survey) report.– due: week 6– written in English– if you haven't written one, then write one!
– usually requires 2-3 revisions!
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• 3. OPTIONAL: Give me a copy of your project proposal presentation slides– due: week 14 (3 weeks before end)– comments returned: week 15
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• This is a Pass/Fail course.
• You will fail if you do not do hand in the workload items on time.
• Any comments I give you can be changed/ignored if your supervisor agrees.
4. Passing (or Failing) this Subject
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Non-Attendence
• I may take registration at the start of a class.
• If anyone fails to attend multiple times, then I will fail them– unless they have a good excuse
• If you cannot come to class for some reason, try to tell me before.
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5. Course Materials
• All the handouts (and other materials) will be placed on-line at
http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/ Software.coe/Seminar_II/
Print out all the slides (6/page) and the eng_proposal_thesis PDF, and BRING TO CLASS
Print out all the slides (6/page) and the eng_proposal_thesis PDF, and BRING TO CLASS
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Textbooks
• Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guideby J.D. Lester and J.D. Lester, Jr.Pearson, 2007; 12th ed.
• The Research Paper: Process, Form, and Contentby A.J. RothWadsworth, 1995; 2nd ed.
in the PSU library
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