PJPS Presentation Skills

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (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: Tue 12:00–13:35 S305, V. Dvořáčková
PJPS/2: Wed 13:45–15:20 S305, V. Dvořáčková
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
  • 1.INTRODUCTION - 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 3. EXPLOITING VISUALS TO MAXIMUM EFFECT - introducing visuals, commenting on visuals, description: shapes, trends, changes and developments 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 5. USING YOUR VOICE - articulation, chunking, stress, pacing, intonation, well-known sayings, idioms, sound-scripting 6. THE RIGHT KIND OF LANGUAGE - advantages of speaking versus reading, personal and impersonal language styles, changing written language to spoken language, emphasis 7. FURTHER BASIC TECHNIQUES 1 - focusing, softening, repetition, rhetorical questions 8. FURTHER BASIC TECHNIQUES 2 - dramatic contrasts, tripling, machine gunning 9. FURTHER BASIC TECHNIQUES 3 - build-ups , knock-downs, simplification, creating rapport 10. BODY LANGUAGE - eye contact, facial expression, hands, movement, posture 11. KEY LANGUAGE - business terms, formality, useful expressions 12. HANDLING QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE - types of questions 13. Review
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)
Seminář. Úspěšné ukončení předmětu a získání zápočtu (3 kreditů) podmíněno: 80% prezence (max.2 neomluvené absence), vypracovávání domácích úkolů, prezentace dvou zvolených témat, aktivní účast v hodinách.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007.
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