CJV_AP2 Academic Presentation Skills in English - CEITEC

Pan-university studies
spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Anjuli Pandavar, PhD (lecturer)
Joseph Lennon, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Monika Ševečková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Michaela Fajkusová (assistant)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Dana Otychová (assistant)
Lenka Pavlíková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D.
Language Centre
Contact Person: RNDr. Michaela Fajkusová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
Course objectives
To complement the students’ work in the Academic Writing course, CJV_AP1 (students are strongly encouraged to register for both courses). The course helps students to: • Understand all the dimensions (body language, voice, content) of verbal communication in English • Appreciate speaker-audience relationship (using the audience for effective communication) • Have a sense for successful and unsuccessful graphic communication on a slide • Train in the mechanics of oral English (modulation, tempo, stress, chunking and pausing) • Use visual aids and props in a manner appropriate to the medium • Make full use of Questions and Answers • Give and receive feedback professionally
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: • Appreciate the distinction between the communicative role of a verbal presentation and that of a written article or paper • Adjust their presentation content to their audience • Adjust their body language to the presentation setting • Present in English employing all aspects of oral English appropriately • Compensate for accent ambiguities • Provide and receive feedback professionally in academic contexts
Syllabus
  • The course covers the following topics (generally coinciding with seminar sessions): 1. The voice and oral delivery in English 2. The body and oral delivery in English 3. Presenting a favourite topic with an audience (two classroom sessions) 4. Slides for effective communication; Analysis of successful and unsuccessful presentations 5. Presenting your thesis topic to an audience (two classroom sessions) 6. The art of questions and answers 7. Business cards (two classroom sessions)
Teaching methods
All sessions proceed from students presenting assigned tasks (audio and video recordings of themselves and slide presentations) that become increasingly complex as the course progresses. Presentations are always followed by critique and feedback involving all participants.
Assessment methods
Assessment is continuous throughout the semester: Attendance and Active Participation (50%); Intermediate Presentations (30%); Final Presentation (20%). All work must be completed by the final teaching day of the semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: This low-residency course is also offered to the PhD students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with. The capacity limit for the course is 24 students. Maximum 12 per online seminar group, 6 per classroom seminar.
Teacher's information
Study Materials: The students’ own assignments are the main study material, supplemented with other material depending on need.

Monday 15:00-16:30, room C15/227.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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