English for Presentations at International Conferences Third Edition 2026 Edition

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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:

• plan, prepare and practice a well-organized, interesting presentation
• write an accompanying script and avoid errors in English
• improve your English pronunciation and intonation
• gain confidence, and overcome nerves and embarrassment
• highlight the essential points you want your audience to remember
• attract and retain audience attention
• explain technical processes
• deal with the Q&A session
• design and discuss posters

This new edition contains four additional areas:

• presenting online
• using generative AI tools for both text and images
• learning techniques from TED talks and Three Minute Theses
• FAQs on alternative approaches to traditional academic presentations

For EAP teachers, this book is a useful source for i) preparing instructive and entertaining lessons ii) learning how to generate personalized exercises, and iii) getting tips for teaching students.
Please visit https://link.springer.com/series/13913 for a full list of titles in the series, which includes The Pros and Cons of Using Chatbots, AI-Assisted Writing and Presenting in English; and English for Writing Research Papers.

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 50 ELT and EAP textbooks aimed at students and researchers. He has trained several thousand PhD students and academics to exploit AI as a support for writing research papers, preparing presentations, and communicating with editors, referees and fellow researchers.