PJPS Presentation Skills

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
David Charles Fraser (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Hušková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Helena Hušková
Language Centre, Faculty of Economics and Administration Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PJPS/1: Wed 15:30–17:05 S305, D. Fraser
PJPS/2: Wed 17:10–18:40 S305, D. Fraser
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 46 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/46, only registered: 0/46, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/46
Course objectives
The primary focus of the course is to shape the already acquired knowledge of the English language and to utilize the knowledge of specialized economic subjects. Its aim is to acquaint students with the basic techniques used in the process of preparing and giving a presentation and to extend their vocabulary related to this discipline. Practice of the newly learnt skills forms an integral part of the course.
Syllabus
  • Course syllabus: 1. Introduction. - how to write and present a presentation, how to use your notes, maintaining eye contact with the audience while reading - key features of an effective presentation - getting started, stating your purpose, different ways of attracting the attention of the audience, making an immediate impact on the audience, how to introduce yourself and your talk 2. Effective openings - problem technique, amazing facts technique, story/anecdote technique - signposting, survival tactics what to do when things go wrong - review of time expressions and tenses - practice: presenting background information 3. Exploiting visuals to maximum effect - introducing visuals /graphs, charts, diagrams/ - commenting on visuals - description: shapes, trends, changes and developments - quantifiers and adjectives, prepositions - practice: give an introduction to a presentation 4. Cause, Effect and Purpose - key words and phrases for linking ideas, giving facts and reasons behind them - linking the parts: sequences/ordering, comparing, digressing, contradicting, giving examples, summarizing, generalizing, giving reasons/causes, contrasting, highlighting, concluding - practice: using the given information prepare and give two short presentations 5. Using your voice - articulation, chunking, stress - pacing, intonation - well-known sayings, idioms - sound-scripting - practice: give a short presentation or a part of it using proverbs, saying, play on words, idiomatic expressions 6. The right kind of language - the right kind of language: advantages of speaking versus reading, personal and impersonal language styles, changing written language to spoken language - emphasis, minimizing - practice: change a fairly formal presentation or its part into a more natural English 7. Further basic techniques - focusing - softening, repetition - rhetorical questions - practice: involving the audience through rhetorical questions 8. Further basic techniques - dramatic contrasts, tripling - machine gunning - practice: giving presentation or its part involving the above-mentioned basic techniques 9. Further basic techniques - build-ups , knock-downs - simplification - creating rapport - practice: giving presentation or its part involving the above-mentioned basic techniques 10. Body language - eye contact, facial expression, hands, movement, posture - practice: change the language in a chosen text to communicate the message more persuasively 11. Key language - business terms, formality, useful expressions - language: endings: signalling the end, summarizing, concluding, recommending, closing, inviting questions - practice: give the ending of a presentation 12. Handling questions from the audience - friendly and hostile questions - clarification, dealing with questions, avoiding giving an answer, checking the questioner is satisfied - practice: a TV interview, roles: interviewer and interviewee, topic given 13. Review Credit test
Literature
  • POWELL, Mark. Presenting in English :how to give successful presentations. Boston: Thomson, 128 s. ISBN 1-899396-30-6. info
  • COMFORT, Jeremy. Effective Presentations. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, 80 pp. ISBN 0 19 457065 7. info
  • GOODALE, M. Professional Presentations. Cambridge: Cambridge Professional English, 2005. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminární výuka; zápočet udělen po splnění 80% docházky, závěrečného testu a jedné zadané prezentace.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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