Title :
Scientific presentation at IEEE conferences in Asia: Observational and survey findings
Author :
Rozycki, William ; Wilson, Ian
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
Observation of presentations at a conference in the field of network and sensor engineering (ICNSC 2009), and a survey from participants at a conference on fuzzy and artificial intelligence and neural networks (19th Intelligent System Symposium), both hosted by IEEE-affiliated units in Japan, along with findings from recent research on the intelligibility of the English of non-native speakers in international contexts, are presented. Findings indicate that the use of English as the lingua franca of science, when used by non-native speakers of English (NNSEs) to other NNSEs, has organically produced new strategies of oral presentation. NNSE participants report that speaker presentation of text-dense slides increases their own comprehension of the research being presented.
Keywords :
Artificial neural networks; Asia; Computer science; Conferences; Presses; Writing; PowerPoint; non-native speakers of English; research presentation; rhetorical convention;
Conference_Titel :
Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Enschede, Netherlands
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8145-3
DOI :
10.1109/IPCC.2010.5530010