ESF:MPJ_PJPS Presentation Skills - Course Information

MPJ_PJPS Presentation Skills

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

MPJ_PJPS/01: Mon 14:35–16:15 S305, V. Dvořáčková
MPJ_PJPS/2: Mon 16:20–17:55 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

At the beginning of the course students should:
- have upper-intermediate knowledge of English (B2).
Main objectives of the course:
- to acquaint students with the basic techniques used in the process of preparing and giving a presentation;
- to extend their vocabulary related to this discipline;
- to practise the newly learnt skills in front of the audience.
By the end of the course students will:
- have improved their presentation as well as English language skills;
- have become familiar with various presentation techniques and their practical application;
- will be equipped to give professional presentations in the commercial sphere.

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
• KLARER, Mario. Působivá prezentace a přednáška v angličtině. Translated by Marta Ševčíková. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2007, 154 s. ISBN 9788024718088. info

Teaching methods

Teaching methods:
- seminar sessions.

Assessment methods

Final mark awarded after the following requirements have been met:
- 80% attendance;
- completion of homework;
- presentation of two given topics;
- active participation in class.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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