CLIC: Speaking skills: Practising your presentations

This online course is geared towards non-native speakers who feel that they would benefit from the opportunity to have frequent practice in giving presentations in English. It will consist of a mix of teacher input, individual presentations and regular feedback. We will meet together for the first class (11.15am on Wednesday 28 April), and thereafter we will meet mainly in small groups of 4-6 students, at 11.15 am on either Wednesday or Thursday mornings. Depending on exact numbers, each group session will be between 1 hour and 1.5 hours long. Groups and precise times will be decided in the first class.

• NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.

This course is designed for non-native English speakers from the Department of Engineering.

Eligibility

• All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department ONLY
• Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here

Number of sessions: 14

• Common areas of difficulty for non-native speakers
• Pronunciation, particularly focusing on field specific terms
• Vocabulary for effective presentations
• Cultural differences in presentation styles
• The language of question and answer sessions and seminars

To provide opportunities for you to practise the language needed to give effective presentations in English. The course will help you to build your confidence by providing opportunities for you to give short presentations to the rest of the group.

Class work and individual study

Signing up for a course requires commitment for the full course. If you fail to attend the first workshop of the course and do not email your reason for not attending, your name will be removed from the attendance list without notice to make space for those on the waiting list.

Seven sessions of two hours

Yearly

• CLIC: Speaking skills
• English