Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines.The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to:aO plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentationO avoid errors in English by using short easy-to-say sentencesO improve your English pronunciation and intonationO gain confidence, and overcome nerves and embarrassmentO highlight the essential points you want your audience to rememberO attract and retain audience attentionO deal with questions from the audienceThis new edition contains several additional features, including stimulating factoids and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use.aNew chapters also cover:O learning from talks on TEDO networking with potential collaborators, professors, fellow researchersO interacting successfully with non-native audiencesO postersEAP teachers will find this book to be a great source of tips for training students, and for preparing both instructive and entertaining lessons.Other books in the series cover: writing research papers; English grammar, usage, and style; academic correspondence; interacting on campus; plus exercises books and a teacher's guide.Please visitahttp://www.springer.com/series/13913afor a full list of titles in the series.Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 30 ELT and EAP textbooks. He has trainedaseveral thousand PhD students and academics from 35 countries to write research papers,aprepare presentations, and communicate with editors, referees and fellow researchers.