Group presentations:

The oral presentation will be by GROUPS at the end of the semester (please refer to syllabus). Each member of the group will present a section or sections. Everyone in the group should be given a specific task and allotted equal time to present.

There are ways you can go:

1) One is to do some reading and decide to collect some research data yourself. Maybe you will want to do a survey or collect examples of a certain point of interest.

(a) If that is the case, then your oral presentation should follow this format:

(i) Introduction: The main goal of this project. Start with a broad overview of the subject area and narrow down to your specific topic. State a hypothesis (it can be something that you will revise once you have all your data analysis).

(ii) Literature review: Summary of the main findings in the literature

(iii) Methodology: How you collected data, what kind of data, sampling population, tools of analysis, etc.

(iv) Analysis: Results of data analysis and interpretations

(v) Conclusion/Implications: General reflections on the connections found between linguistic behaviors or dynamics and gender or the lack thereof.

For example, let's say you examine the use of ‘like' in conversation. What has previous research said about the functions of ‘like'? Then perhaps you record friends talking and look at their uses of ‘like.' Did you find similar functions? Did the research make any claims about particular functions being used more by particular groups (e.g. young women using quotative ‘like' more than young men?) Whether you have similarities or differences, you'd present it the same. If you chose this route, you would probably all collect data and as a group analyze it and work together to present it in a cohesive manner. That is, you wouldn't separately say, "I found this," but present as a unit what you found.

(b) The written component for this option will consist of a summary of two articles and a summary of your research (the question you wanted to investigate based on previous research, how you gathered your data, a discussion of your research findings including how it fits into the previous research that you read about). Total written component: 6-7 pages.

2) The second is to do reading on a topic and organize the previous research in a clear, concise and meaningful way.

(a) If this is the case your oral presentation should follow this format.

(i) Introduction: The main topic area. Start with a broad overview of the subject area and narrow down to the specific themes your research uncovered..

(ii) Literature Review: Summary of the main themes/trends found in the articles you read. If there are contradictions in the previous research, that's fine. Your presentation will revolve around these themes/trends. So that might mean that you won't just present one person at a time who talks about the articles they ready, but alternate repeatedly throughout. You may find that more than one article has basically the same theme. You should consolidate those. Repetition of the same ideas is neither necessary nor an efficacious use of time.

(iii) Conclusion: What is the take-away from the previous research? Are there areas that you would like to see receive research attention in the future? Are there questions that are left hanging for you?

(b) The written component of this option will consist of an annotated bibliography (summary) of three sources, at least two of which must come from academic journals or chapters from academic books. One source may be from a reputable blog, magazine or newspaper source. Given that the summary of each source material should be 1½ to 2 pages, if you pick this type of source material, it should be fairly lengthy. Following the summary of your source materials, write about a one page reflection on what you learned. Total written component 6-7 pages.

Please ONLY use these resources , Dont use anything else

Angouri, J. (2014). Multilingualism in the workplace: Language practices in multilingual contexts.Multilingua, 33(1), 1-9.

Eisenstadt, L. (2012). The n-word at work: Contextualizing language in the workplace. Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, 33(2), 299.

de Bres, J. , Holmes, J. , Marra, M. , & Vine, B. (2010). Kia ora matua humour and the maori language in the workplace. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 20(1), 46.