{"id":367,"date":"2021-11-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/?p=367"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:38:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:38:57","slug":"how-do-you-participate-in-seminars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/2021\/11\/09\/how-do-you-participate-in-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you participate in seminars?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got something to say, but I just don\u2019t know how to say it. What if I say the wrong thing or forget what I was going to say halfway through?&nbsp;I probably don\u2019t know as much as everyone else here, anyway.&nbsp;What does that word&nbsp;even&nbsp;mean? Should I look it up or keep listening? What am I supposed to be doing&nbsp;anyway?\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/files\/2021\/11\/headway-5QgIuuBxKwM-unsplash-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Headway on Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s face it, whether they\u2019re online or in-person, participating in seminars and tutorials can be tricky. You might find it quite unnerving or intimidating talking in front of your peers or a tutor. Or maybe you find it easy to speak, but that it\u2019s difficult to get a conversation going. Or maybe you\u2019ve got things that you want to say, but don\u2019t know how to enter the discussion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, if any of this sounds familiar than the Academic Skills Team have got you covered. We\u2019ve been working\u00a0with our colleagues from Newcastle University\u2019s\u00a0Counselling\u00a0Services to put together\u00a0a whole lot of resources,\u00a0strategies\u00a0and tips\u00a0for effectively participating in seminars.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the link below to hear Academic Skills Team tutor Nicky talk about the Speculating, Enabling,\u00a0Challenging\u00a0[SEC] framework for seminar participation and how it can help you get the most out of seminars.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seminar Participation: Speculating, Enabling and Challenging\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/inc8RWRcwkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And stay tuned for more videos on seminar participation. Next up we\u2019ll be looking at some concrete strategies for doing each of these things&nbsp;in a seminar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got something to say, but I just don\u2019t know how to say it. What if I say the wrong thing or forget what I was going to say halfway through?&nbsp;I probably don\u2019t know as much as everyone else here, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/2021\/11\/09\/how-do-you-participate-in-seminars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8935,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25],"tags":[24,23,21,22],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-at-newcastle","category-teaching-and-learning","tag-academic-skills","tag-public-speaking","tag-seminars","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8935"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/academicskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}