PJPSFS Presentation Skills for Foreign Students

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
podzim 2006
Rozsah
0/2. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D.
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Ekonomicko-správní fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lenka Skoupá
Rozvrh
St 16:20–17:55 VT203
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 0/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/15
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
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.
Osnova
  • 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 a presentation or its part involving the above-mentioned basic techniques 9. Further basic techniques - build-ups , knock-downs - simplification - creating rapport - practice: giving a 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: an interviewer and an interviewee, a topic given 13. Review Credit test
Metody hodnocení
Type of lesson: seminar. Course completed with an exam. Final mark awarded after the following requirements have been met: 80% attendance, presentation of a given topic, completion of final test (pass mark = 60%).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je určen pouze pro zahraniční studenty.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2007, jaro 2008.