Programme & Unit Catalogues

EL00720: Presentation skills

Academic Year:	2016/7
Owning Department/School:	Academic Skills Centre
Credits:	0 [equivalent to 0 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours:	See Director of Studies for further information
Level:	Non-credit (FHEQ level n/a)
Period:	Semester 2
Assessment Summary:	Not applicable
Assessment Detail:	Not Applicable
Supplementary Assessment:	Not applicable
Requisites:
Description:	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: * 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 * linking.
Programme availability:	EL00720 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. Academic Skills Centre UXXX-AFN96 : Catalogue of Academic Skills Centre Units

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EL00720: Presentation skills

EL00720 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.