[CANCELLED] CIM: Advanced Presentation Techniques in English (2235.YR.001108.1)
General information
Type: |
OPT |
Curs: |
3,4 |
Period: |
S semester |
ECTS Credits: |
2 ECTS |
Teaching Staff:
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 3 |
Richard Hayden |
English Section |
ENG |
| Year 3 |
Lydia Pollock |
English Section |
ENG |
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
Language |
| Year 4 |
Richard Hayden |
English Section |
ENG |
| Year 4 |
Lydia Pollock |
English Section |
ENG |
Prerequisites
BBA 2, 3, or C1+ on CEFR C1
Previous Knowledge
Students should already have had some basic training in Presentation skills
Workload distribution
Contact hours: 15
(Input sessions, student participation and individual feedback and counseling)
Independent work: 35 hours
Course Learning Objectives
This course is designed to enable students to optimize their presentation skills by using a wider range of techniques, and focusing on their strengths and weaknesses as public speakers, in order to build on the first and improve the second:
A. Key aspects of rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos and Logos
B. Frameworks for analysing presentations
C. Use of the voice
D. The pillars of rhetoric: Inventio, discutio, elocutio, memoria, actio
E. Adjusting to your audience
Methodology
Class Activities include the following:
1 Giving short presentations and one extensive presentation
2 Discussion in class
3 Self study and preparation
4 Critical viewing of video recordings, films and live performances
5 Reading of related texts
6 Peer evaluation and discussion
7. Presentation journal
Assessment criteria
20% Continuous assessment of all class activities taking into account the following criteria:
1. Adapting the language and content to the specific audience
2. Selecting relevant information according to the task and audience
3. Organising and presenting the information clearly and coherently
4. Following the conventions of the genre in terms of the content, awareness of body language and intonation conventions
50% Final Assessed task (15 minute prepared business presentation)
30% Final presentation journal: around 1000 words based on what participants have learned during the course
Attendance: Given the characteristics of the course, there is a minimum requirement of 80% attendance. Failure to meet this requirement automatically leads to a fail. Students will then have to take the exam at the next available sitting. Students are not permitted to drop out of a course after the date specified by Programme Management. Failure to drop out before the stipulated date will result in an NP and the student having to sit the exam at the next available opportunity.
Bibliography
Relevant reading and viewing material will be recommended by the teacher during the course.
Timetable and sections
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 3 |
Richard Hayden |
English Section |
| Year 3 |
Lydia Pollock |
English Section |
Timetable Year 3
| Group |
Teacher |
Department |
| Year 4 |
Richard Hayden |
English Section |
| Year 4 |
Lydia Pollock |
English Section |
Timetable Year 4
