Presentation Skills for Foreign Students                                          Autumn
   semester 2007-08

   

   LITERATURE:

   

     o Emmerson, Paul. Business Builder, Macmillan Heineman ELT 1999.
     o Powell, Mark. Presenting in English, Thomson Heinle 1996.

   

   Supplementary materials:

   

     o Cotton, David, Falvey, David and Simon Kent. Market Leader: Upper Intermediate, Pearson
       Longman 2001.
     o Crowther-Alwyn, John. Business Roles, CUP 1997.

   

   

   Authentic materials:

   ·         The Economist, Financial Times, BBC World Service; especially:

           http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

   http://www.pearsonlongman.com/intelligent_business/

   

   

   CREDIT REQUIREMENTS:

   

     o minimum 80% seminar attendance  (i.e. 2 absences are allowed without a letter of excuse)

   

   ·         class participation

   

   ·         home assignments

   

   ·         10-15 minute presentation

   

   

   PRESENTATION TOPICS:

   

   

   My country/city

     o Trends in economic and financial indicators – past, present and future – such as:
       inflation, unemployment, interest rates, earnings (wages), consumer spending (retail
       sales), GDP (gross domestic product), public spending, imports, exports, house prices etc.
     o A social or environmental issue that is currently in the news
     o A new infrastructure project in my country/city that is being planned/built

   

   Authentic text

     o Summary of an interesting newspaper/magazine article, finishing with a personal opinion
       and questions for the group to discuss