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This course prepares students for various professional settings where formal presentations are required. The class will focus on developing oral communication skills through a diverse selection of in-class and internet-based activities, including planned and impromptu speech acts, critical listening practice, self and peer evaluation, pronunciation practice, and functional vocabulary and grammar use. The students who will benefit the most from this course already have a level of English equivalent to B2 of the Common European Framework (CEF).
Objetivo General
Communicative: Learn to give effective presentations for a variety of contexts and audiences
Linguistic: Learn and use appropriate vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation techniques
Metacognitive: Learn to monitor and improve future performances based on corrective feedback and self-reflection
Objetivos Específicos
Develop effective oral communication skills for various contexts
Produce four in-class presentations on various topics
Learn and practice multiple pronunciation techniques to improve accuracy
Understand the benefits of using effective nonverbal communication
Learn how to produce effective presentation materials
Improve critical listening skills through analysis of various speeches
Monitor and reflect upon one',s own performance and the performance of others
Discover anxiety-reduction techniques best suited for individual needs
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This course is designed for professionals and academics with an upper intermediate to advanced level of English who are looking to improve their public speaking skills in English. Students will present different types of speeches relevant to professional and academic contexts about topics of their choice.
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Blended-Learning:
Thorne (2003) defines blended-learning as "a way of meeting the challenges of tailoring learning and development to the needs of individuals by integrating the innovative and technological advances offered by online learning with the interaction and participation offered in the best of traditional learning."
Therefore, this class aims to provide multiple styles of learning for each student, such as traditional face-to-face instruction and student-to-student interaction in the classroom, but will also allow for individual work and progress to be completed online.
As such, web sessions will include the following activities:
Web session activities:
Audio Recordings: the student will perform short voice recordings that focus on linguistic accuracy and communication practice. Students will perform self-evaluations and will receive oral and/or written feedback from the teacher and/or peers.
Video Recordings: the student will produce video recordings of 1-2 minutes of various themes related to in-class activities. The student will perform self-evaluations as well as peer-evaluations in order to improve their next performance.
Exercises: the student will complete various online exercises related to pronunciation accuracy.
Presentations:
Introductory Speech (2 minutes)
Explaining a Graph/Chart/Figure (3-4 minutes)
Informative Speech (5-6 minutes)
Problem-Solution Speech (7-8 minutes)
