Presentation Course

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language
04YAPI	Z	2	2S	English

Course guarantor:

Beatriz Vadillo Gonzalo

Lecturer:

Beatriz Vadillo Gonzalo

Tutor:

Beatriz Vadillo Gonzalo

Supervisor:

Department of Humanities and Languages

Synopsis:

The course will prepare students for presenting issues in their field by mastering the strategies and techniques of oral presentation. The course includes discussions (expressing views, comments, agreement, disagreement). Students will be able to respond to comments on their presentation and answer questions addressed to them after the presentation, which is a skill required for the defence of the Bachelor Project. Students will learn the basic structure of a Bachelor Project and rules for writing a paper.

Requirements:

Active participation in class is required, as well as regular attendance, i.e. a maximum of 3 absences per semester. In justified cases, absences are assessed individually.

Students must be prepared for each lesson. This means that they must have the necessary materials with them each week, including pen, paper and class materials or bring a notebook/tablet to access them electronically.

A requirement of the course is to complete all weekly homework assignments before the given deadline. The homework should be uploaded to Teams. Students who do not complete the homework will receive a 4% deduction from their final grade for each missed assignment. Students who miss 4 or more assignments will not be eligible for assessment.

The assessment will consist of an academic oral presentation at the end of the course. Students will be required to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired throughout the semester and to show sufficient ability to present an academic topic of their choice.

A minimum of 60% is required to pass. If unsuccessful, students will be offered a second attempt, with a pass mark of 70%. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the need to retake the course from the beginning.

Syllabus of lectures:

Preparing a presentation, presentation strategy and techniques, choice of appropriate language structures, discussion techniques, expressing opinions, agreement, disagreement, assessment of presentations.

Summarizing, writing an abstract, citations, paraphrasing, plagiarism. Basic structure of a Bachelor Project.

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, to discuss specific problems, search and paraphrase relevant information from a text, write a summary and abstract.

Study materials: