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The aim of this course is to enhance students’ communication skills with special focus on presentations and communication in business environment. In addition, to review and deepen the knowledge of grammar specific to professional English. The level is B2/B2+ according to CERF (Common European Reference Framework).
Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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In order to obtain a classified credit, students have to actively paricipate in the seminars, prove the acquired presentation skills by delivering a presentation on a topic chosen by them, and successfully pass a written credit test. Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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A: Speakout Advanced Students´Book, Pearson, 2012, 9781408267493 Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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Seminars Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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1. Introduction - revision (Presentations, Grammar 2. Presentations - powerful techniques I (repetition, mantra, rhetorical questions) 3. Presentations - powerful techniques II (rule of three, contrast, opposites, advanced signposting) 4. Presentations - be positive (power words, conditionals, convincing language) 5. Presentations - be dramatic 6. Questions during presentations, reporting questions 7. Answers during presentations - answering strategies, Q + A analysis, hidden meanings 8. Using softenning phrases for making polite requests. Students´presentations. 9. How to say no politely. Students´presentations. 10. Cause, effect and purpose. Students’ presentations. 11. Useful expressions with make, do, give. Idioms. Students’ presentations. 12. Emphasis I. Students´presentations. 13. Emphasis II. Students´presentations. 14. Revision and end-of-term test. Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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Materials prepared and/or recommended by the teacher. Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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Students will be able to :
• use various methods how to increase the efficiency of the presentaion
• use appropriate tools of grammar, vocabulary and register when communicating in international working environment
Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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Completion of the English for Engineers I course. Last update: Chadová Kateřina (12.08.2020)
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Coursework assessment | |
Form | Significance |
Regular attendance | 20 |
Defense of an individual project | 50 |
Continuous assessment of study performance and course -credit tests | 30 |