1.       Look at the online poster advertising a conference, what key information can you receive
from it?


2.       Find on that poster phrases that refer to definitions below. First letters are given for
you.


a)      an early plan for the conference (some details may change later) – p p

b)      look for further information – c b f u

c)       money you must pay to attend the conference – r f

d)      soon – i d c

e)      the Internet must be used to send personal information for the conference – o r o

f)       the last date that personal information can be sent to the conference organisers – a d

g)      the most important presenters at the conference – k s

h)      the organizers will only accept applications in the order they receive them –on f c f s b

i)        to send a written summary of your research because you want to present a paper – s a



3.       The diagram below shows how the adaptive immune system responds after vaccination with an
attenuated (weakened) virus.


a)      In pairs, discuss what you think the diagram shows


Milan is an immunology PhD student researching T-cell responses to viral-based malaria vaccines. He
is presenting his research at the 7^th European Malaria Conference at Trinity College Cambridge.

5.       Summing up information from previous activities:


a)      what makes a good poster?

6.       Imagine you will have to present a poster at a student conference. What topic will you
choose?  Look at the visuals below and decide which ones would be most useful for your topic.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Binary_tree_structure.svg/300px-Binary_tr
ee_structure.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Symmetrical_5-set_Venn_diagram.svg/120px-
Symmetrical_5-set_Venn_diagram.svg.png

                                       tree
diagram                                                                          Venn diagram

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/4node-digraph-natural.svg/110px-4node-dig
raph-natural.svg.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Wikipedia_article-creation-2.svg/260px-Wi
kipedia_article-creation-2.svg.png

network diagram                                                         flowchart

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Gear_pump_exploded.png/320px-Gear_pump_ex
ploded.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Countries_by_population_density.svg/450px
-Countries_by_population_density.svg.png

exploded view                                                density map

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Cylindrical_Coordinates.svg/120px-Cylindr
ical_Coordinates.svg.png  three-dimensional diagram


7.       Think about a design of a poster to present your topic. There is a new conference rule:
your poster cannot include text except for five sentences (max of 15 words each) but it can include
as many illustrations as you wish. Which statements would optimally tell about the topic to your
audience?


8.       Use an affinity map or a fishbone diagram to help you realize the most important aspects
of the chosen topic. Describe it to your partner.


  Výsledek obrázku pro affinity map Související obrázek

http://jadeshyu.com/projects/psynapse/
https://www.template.net/business/word-templates/fishbone-diagram-template/














9.       Summarizing your presentation

10.   Reacting to questions from the audience.


HOMEWORK: Now design your poster. Keep to the rule of presenting info top-down, left-right. Print
it on A4 paper, in colour and bring it with you to the next class.













Source:

Armer, T. (2011) Cambridge English for Scientists CUP, apart from:

Ex.6 images: www.wikipedia.org

Ex.7, 8 tasks: Daniela Dlabolová (Poster Presentation)