Oral Presentations - An Overview

PG & Research Department of English

Madras Christian College (Autonomous)

Chennai – 600 059

Oral Presentations Day for Book Reviews 2016

Wednesday, 06 April 2016

Guidelines for Student Participants

1.        Begin with the author, title, and date of publication.

2.       Speak clearly, and look directly at your audience (not just at the Prof.!)

3.       Showing the cover of the book is a nice way to capture the attention of the audience, and to quickly demonstrate the book’s length, size, and appearance.

4.      Summarize the thesis or main idea (s) of the book in 2-4 sentences.

5.       Mention at least one memorable aspect of the book, so that at the end of your presentation we all will remember something distinctive about your book.

6.      Limit the presentation to less than 5 minutes.  You should time yourself at least once in advance so you have some sense of how much can be said in five minutes.

7.       Give the book a thumbs-up or thumbs-down for inclusion in a future iteration of our class, and briefly explain why it should (or should not) be included for future students.

8.      Now it’s the turn of the Moderator/Chairperson to ask you questions/clarifications based on your presentations and assess you for a score of 100.

9.      Toppers in each of the five teams win prizes.

Chairpersons & Moderators

SESSION I [8.00 am to 8.45 am]

Chairperson

Dr. R. Chakkaravarthy, Professor & Head, Dept of English, GTN College, Dindigul

Professor-in-Charge: to be decided

MC: Mr. Ashwin, II MA English

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SESSION II [8.45 am – 9.30 am]

Chairperson

Dr. S. Armstrong, Professor & Head, Dept of English, University of Madras

Professor-in-Charge: to be decided

MC: Ms. Angeline, II MA English

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SESSION III [9.30 – 10.15 am]

Chairperson

 Dr. Aysha Iqbal, Professor & Head, Dept of English, IIT Madras

Professor-in-Charge: to be decided

MC: Ms. Sandrella Betresa, II MA English

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Parallel Sessions – MPhil Classroom

SESSION IV [8.45 am to 9.30 am]

Chairperson

Dr. Daniel David, Head, Dept of English [SFS], MCC

Moderator: Dr. Wesley Santharaj

Professor-in-Charge: to be decided

MC: Mr. Sabari, II MA English

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SESSION V [9.30 am – 10.15 am]

Chairperson

Dr. A. Ramasubbiah, Head, Dept of English, Mannar Thirumalai Naickar College, Madurai

Moderator: Dr. Dhayalakrishnan, Head, Dept of English, Madurai Kamaraj Univeristy, Madurai

MC: Ms. Rexlin, II MA English

Professor-in-Charge: to be decided

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Reception In-charge: Ms. Maneesha & Ms. Jabin

Venue In-charge: Mr. Vikas Selvam, II MA English

HR In-charge: Ms. Sheeba Jeyaprakash, II MA English

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PS: All five sessions get over by 10.30 am and after a cuppa hot chaai gear up with gusto for the mega event of the day @ 10.45 am.