Posters

What is a Poster?

A digital poster is a presentation to show your research or academic work.


  • Successful poster presenters need to consider audience needs and background. (Gundogan et al, 2016)

  • Recently, there has been a push for more interactive and visual posters at conferences. (Young, 2019; Amsen, 2019)

  • Conference attendees show a preference for simpler, easy-to-read posters. (Flaherty, 2019)

Why are posters beneficial in a language classroom?

"I have never worked so hard to complete a projects using all of my English skills in a real-life context." -Thai English Major

Integrate all languages skills

Students have the opportunity to integrate reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Promote 21st-century skills

Students learn to collaborate, communicate, and think critically.

Encourage professional communication

Posters establish standards and encourage professional communication.

Can you show me how you did this?

  • Teach language to support design skills.

  • Establish a problem, context, or research for group collaboration.

  • Provide an online platform for a workspace.

  • Display digitally or on printed materials.


Example of Assignment Description

Poster Presentation Project

Example of Student Group Poster

Library poster.pdf

Our favorite poster resource is Canva.

It's easy to create and publish posters.