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EL00719: Presentation skills

[Page last updated: 27 May 2022]

Academic Year: 2022/3
Owning Department/School: Skills Centre
Credits: [equivalent to 0 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: See Director of Studies for further information
Level: Non-credit (FHEQ level n/a)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: Not applicable
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Not Applicable
Supplementary Assessment:
Not applicable
Requisites:
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.

Aims: The aim of this unit is to help students integrate into the academic environment and to raise the level of their degree work.

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:

EL00719 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

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