Background Reading
One of the most important parts at seminars is to research your topic. You have to demonstrate an understanding of the main points of your course reading. It is naturally that you should read further. To find additional relevant information use your tutorial reading list.
You should examine and consider the course readings carefully. Also you must express your own conclusions about what opinion/argument/ thesis you think the author is trying to express. It is important to demonstrate the ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in the material that presented in the text.
Time
Generally most presentations have a time limit. At such situation you should find out how long your presentation should be. The amount of time that you have will determine the amount of information which you are able to present. There is a need to plan carefully for you to keep within the allotted time.
You may consider:
• the time limit
• the amount of information available. Also how much of it you can cover
• how much detail you can include
• dividing the material into sections, with subject headings
• the most effective way to present your information (OHTs, slides, videos, handouts, whiteboard etc.)
• deleting less important topics from the paper rather than hurrying to cover everything.
• in case you write a "script", allow roughly 400 words for each five minutes.
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