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2014/5 |
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Academic Skills Centre |
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Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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Semester 2 |
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CW 100% |
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Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
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Aims: The aim of this unit is to help students integrate into the academic environment and to raise the level of their degree work. Learning Outcomes: Having completed this unit students will be better able to: * Prepare, plan and deliver an oral presentation; * Evaluate a presentation; * Invite questions and create thinking time for the answer; * Ask a lecturer or presenter questions; * Identify weaknesses in their pronunciation, and understand how to rectify them. Skills: Having completed this unit students will be better able to: * Engage an audience * Adopt appropriate body language when giving a presentation * Use technical visual aids when giving a presentation * Understand the principles of time management when giving a presentation * Cope with nerves, equipment failure etc. when giving a presentation. Content: Presentation skills: * Preparation * Planning and structuring the talk * The stages of a talk * Visual aids * Delivery (including intonation, body language etc) * Dealing with questions and answers * Trouble-shooting Pronunciation: * Intonation * Chunking * Stress |
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EL10694 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.English Language Centre
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