Making your Message Clear: Word Choice, Clear Pronunciation, and Framing Strategies for Delivering your Research
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This 2 hour intensive workshop is designed to attain real results in order to produce clear messages when discussing and presenting your research. You will engage in practice activities that promote clear pronunciation of numbers and vocabulary key to your research. Likewise, practice activities and role-plays will draw attention to the importance of rhythm and stress in English pronunciation. This workshop will also include language and strategies for clarifying and framing your research message, ultimately creating clear and concise messaging.
Included topics:
- Clear Pronunciation: Numbers and Target Research Vocab
- Rhythm and Stress of English
- Framing your Message- how to organize your research story
- Language for Clarifying your Message
- Reading Your Audience- Recognizing and Handling Miscommunications
Instructor Profile:
Mallory Fix Lopez, MS Ed/ TESOL
Founder/Applied Linguist, language connectED
www.languageconnectedllc.com
Mallory is an Applied Linguist and Educator focusing her teaching on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Mallory has been coaching international scholars, fellows, and postdocs since 2013 at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), The Perelman School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), the Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs at UPenn, Temple University, Nihon Kohden Corporation (Japan), and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Okinawa, Japan. She is a faculty member at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Mallory has also facilitated program development and management for the Free Library of Philadelphia and Garces Foundation (Philadelphia). Mallory’s work has been featured in The Washington Post, NPR, and Reuters, among others. She previously lived and taught in Guadalajara, Mexico. Mallory holds a Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a Bachelor of Science in Education, both from Temple University.