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Unit1
Understanding
InternationalConferences
IVReflectionsandPractice
ITypesofMeetings
Aftercompletingthissection,youwillbeableto
①differentiatedifferenttypesofmeetings;
②befamiliarwiththeprincipalactivitiesatacademicconferences;
③grasptheimportantinformationforpreparingforanacademicconference.
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PartI
TypesofMeetings
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1.TypesofMeetings
MEETINGmeansanactorprocessofcomingtogether.
——Merriam-WebsterDictionary
MEETINGisanassemblyorconferenceofpersonsforaspecificpurpose.
——T
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Meetingsmayoccur
◆face-to-faceorvirtually
◆mediatedbycommunicationstechnology
➢atelephoneconferencecall➢askypeconferencecall
➢avideoconference
1.TypesofMeetings
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Meetingsaredifferentfromothergatherings,for
example,achanceencounter(foritisnotconvened);asportsgame(forthereisnoverbalinteraction),a
companyoffriends(forthereisnocommongoal);orademonstration(foritismostlydonebythenumberofthedemonstrators).Meetingsarefeaturedbybeing
convened,havingcommongoals,andinvolvingverbalinteractions.
1.TypesofMeetings
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Meetingsareoftenheldathotels,conventioncentersoanyvenuesspecificallyusedformeetings.
1.TypesofMeetings
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Meetingscover
①lecture(onepresentation)
②seminar(typicallyseveralpresentations,smallaudienceday)
③symposium(small-size,oneday)
④workshop(smaller,withactiveparticipants)
⑤conference(mid-size,oneormoredays)
⑥congress(large,severaldays)
1.TypesofMeetings
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Theword“lecture”datesbacktothe14thcentury,meaning
“actionofreading”.Itreferstoaspeechreadordeliveredbanaudienceorclass,especiallyforinstructionortosetforthsubject.Alecternisaraised,slantedstandonwhichaspeakerplacehisorhernotes.Theword“lectern”comesfromthesamesourceas“lecture”,meaning“toread”.
Thoughlecturesarem
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