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 If students are planning to conduct online

research, ask them to consider the type of website publishing the information. There is a wealth of material online, but it is not always fact-checked. We suggest reliable websites such as the BBC and The Guardian .  Encourage students to highlight debates and voice their own key arguments or contention when introducing their presentation. Students should look to lead the audience through their key argument during the course of the presentation.  Suggest that students use a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence to justify points in the main body of the presentation. This will help to persuade listeners about the validity of their argument. Returning back to the iPad example, students could tell the audience how many were sold in the UK in the last year and explain how they have been marketed to the public.  Encourage students to recap their own key arguments or contention when concluding their presentation. In addition, we suggest that they might talk about the experience of conducting their research. For example, what did they find interesting and migh t there be any other areas for further enquiry?

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