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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"
color="#000000"><b>FYI,</b></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000"> please contact Thelma Leaffer, PhD,</font><font
face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><u>
www.tleaffer@netzero.net</u></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000"> with any questions.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000"><b>Foreign
Postdocs, Visiting Researchers and Graduate Students</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000"><b>Improve
your confidence and skills in giving presentations in
English</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><b><br>
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</b>The Cambridge Center for Adult Education (CCAE) in Harvard Square,
Cambridge is offering a<b> new "Strategic Presentations"
mini three week intensive course</b> for foreign scholars, post-docs,
researchers, and graduate students in January and February 2010.
Fifty per cent of the first class given in November included MIT
students.<br>
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This course was suggested by two foreign post-doctoral scholars from
MIT and Harvard who wanted to improve their presentation skills in
English. Although they were very good at written English, they were
less confident about their ability to make presentations to others.
The course has been designed with this in mind.<br>
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The students in this course are required to prepare strategic topics
they expect to present in English at their US universities. These will
include their own summaries of the topics, current related reference
bibliographies, supplementary illustrations related to their
presentations using digital images from their computers, and brief
summaries of their academic backgrounds and work experiences. There
will be no textbook for the course.<br>
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Dr. Thelma Leaffer, the course developer and instructor, is a former
MIT consultant who has worked with MIT graduate students and
researchers in the past.<br>
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The Strategic Presentations course will be offered on Wednesdays from
11:00AM-12:30 PM in three sections:<br>
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The Winter "Section 1" course is on January 13, 20, and
27.<br>
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Winter "Section 2" course is on February 3, 10, and 17.<br>
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The fee is $165.<br>
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Course students are not required to take all sessions, but may take
more than one session if they are interested. You can register online
or by calling the center at 617-547-6789 ext. 1. You should register
by January 4th. For more information about the course, you may contact
the following:</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Thelma Leaffer,
PhD,</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#0000FF"><u>
www.tleaffer@netzero.net</u></font><font face="Times New Roman"
color="#000000">.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Information will
also be posted in the CCAE's catalog description of ESL courses. The
CCAE is located at 42 Brattle Street in Cambridge.</font></div>
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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager<br>
MIT<br>
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)<br>
debra@mit.edu</div>
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