Presentation Course

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Dunstan Clarke (gar.), Hana Čápová (gar.), Irena Dvořáková

Supervisor:

Department of Languages

Synopsis:

The course will prepare student for presenting issues in his/her field by mastering the strategies and techniques of oral presentation. The course includes discussion (expressing views, comments, agreement, disagreement). Student will be able to respond to comments on their presentation and answer questions addressed to him/her after presentation, which is a skill required for defence of Bachelor Project.

Requirements:

Sound language foundation and skills acquired in all previous courses of Applied Information Technology programme.

Syllabus of lectures:

Presentation strategy and techniques, choice of appropriate language structures, discussion techniques,expressing opinions, agreement, disagreement.

Summarizing, writing an abstract, citations, plagiarism.

Syllabus of tutorials:

The course is run as a series of seminars following the topics and scope of the syllabus mentioned above.

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Morphology, syntax, and lexis used in professional communication in formal speaking, rules and principles of oral presentations, expressing agreement, disagreement, opinion.

Skills:

To make a presentation in the student´s field, using appropriate language structures, discuss specific problems, search and paraphrase relevant information from a text, write a summary and abstract.

Study materials:

Key references:

[1] S.Sweeney, English for Business Communication, Cambridge University Press 1990

[2] materials prepared by the Department of Languages

Recommended references:

[1] M.Powell, Presenting in English. LIP Business 1999

[2] bilingual dictionaries

Teaching aids:

language classroom, audiovisuals, PC lab

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: