FF:CJVAPD Presentation Skills in English - Course Information
CJVAPD Presentation Skills in English
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Šárka Roušavá, B.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Dana Plíšková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Šárka Roušavá, B.A.
Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Dana Plíšková
Supplier department: Language Centre Faculty of Arts Division – Language Centre - Prerequisites
- a minimum level of B1 English according to CEFR
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15 - Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to give the students an opportunity to train a number of different presentation formats that will be useful for their studies. The seminars will provide a secure environment for everybody to learn from the class interaction, from the formative feedback and from the videos of their own presentations. The course will provide students with materials and tips for study and self-reflection, as well as train them to politely critique each others' work.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will be able to present in different formats and settings, especially the academic environment. Besides basic power point presentation skills, they will gain knowledge of poster presentations and the writing of accompanying abstracts and summaries.
- Syllabus
- - from short to longer presentations
- - from improvisation to prepared presentations
- - from easy to complex topics
- Suggested outline - to be negotiated within the course
- 1. introduction, self-reflection
- 2. elevator pitch
- 3. improvisation
- 4. visuals and props
- 5. body language
- 6. ppt versus prezi
- 7. pecha-kucha
- 8. poster presentation (diagrams, charts, maps...)
- 9. abstract versus summary
- 10. academic presentation
- Note: The order and content of the seminars may differ slightly from the above.
- Literature
- POWELL, Mark. Presenting in English :how to give successful presentations. Boston: Thomson, 128 s. ISBN 1-899396-30-6. info
- GALLO, Carmine. Talk like TED : the 9 public speaking secrets of the world's top minds. First published. London: Macmillan, 2014, x, 278. ISBN 9781447261131. info
- Dazzle 'em with stylethe art of oral scientific presentation. Edited by Robert Rene Henri Anholt. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Academic Press, 2006, xviii, 171. ISBN 0123694523. info
- Teaching methods
- The course is designed as a set of practical seminars. After thorough self-reflection regarding presentation skills, the students will try a variety of presentation formats, such as the elevator pitch, pecha-kucha, poster presentation and academic presentation.
The course will involve weekly (on-line) presenting, allowing students to gain a portfolio of video recordings of their presentations by the end of the course.
The seminars will consist of feedback from peers as well as the teacher on both the language and presentation aspects of the student's performance. - Assessment methods
- Students will work on a portfolio of presentations and written assignments and will deliver a final presentation at a "mock conference".
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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