Academic English – Presenting
Location: Nieuwegracht 94, Utrecht
Level: Intermediate (B1/B2), Advanced (C1/C2)
How can you make your academic presentation more effective? Getting the message across and keeping the audience involved requires specific skills and techniques. The practical course Academic English – Presenting will enable you to train and improve these presentation skills!
COVID-19: As long as the measures against the coronavirus are still in place, we will continue to host our classes in virtual classrooms. For the courses that start in the week of 20 April, we offer a free flexible booking policy.
About the Academic English - Presenting course
The course Academic English – Presenting will focus on various aspects of giving a presentation: opening, closing, signposting the organisation, referring to visuals, handling questions, adopting the right body language, involving the audience. We will also look at useful language for the different aspects of an academic presentation in English. You will enrich your language to communicate more effectively and will work on making your own presentations stand out from the others.
Learning goals
This course aims at improving your academic presentation skills; you will receive feedback on your performances; and also observe and analyse the performances of other participants.
Method
In addition to various language and skills activities, each participant gives a 10-minute presentation. There are two to three presentation sessions per meeting. For each of these sessions a chairperson may be appointed. You will receive feedback on your performances from both the group and the trainer.
Time Investment
This course consists of 6 sessions of 1 hour 45 minutes at Babel in Utrecht. The advised self-study load is 2-3 hours a week.
Practical
- The language of instruction is English.
- You will be working with a book. You can order all books required for the course on our special book page. Please ensure you bring your books to the first session.
- Active participation is preferred during the course meetings and ample time for self-study, preferably spread out evenly over the week. You will receive a certificate of participation if you attend at least 80% of the meetings.
- If you work or study at Utrecht University you will receive a 15% discount. Please register with your UU email address. Your registration will then be processed automatically.
Schedule
- Starting date: 20 April 2020
Day Date Start End Monday 20 April 2020 11:00 12:45 Monday 4 May 2020 11:00 12:45 Monday 11 May 2020 11:00 12:45 Monday 18 May 2020 11:00 12:45 Monday 25 May 2020 11:00 12:45 Monday 8 June 2020 11:00 12:45
What's your level? Do the test!
Babel offers a free language placement test to make certain you start a course at the right level for you.
