NA_PS_2 Presentation Skills 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
Mirela Moldoveanu, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Subdepartment of Social Sciences – Department of Social Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Dita Egertová
Prerequisites
NA_PS_1 Presentation Skills 1
The pre-condition for participation in this course is the completion of the NA_PS_1 course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Course objectives: The course objectives are valid for both full-time and part-time students. 1. Mastering English language for special purposes, i.e. terminology and phrases needed in presentation skills. 2. Systematic improvement of knowledge, skills and language habits from the viewpoint of language tools (phonetics, pronunciation, orthography,vocabulary and grammar) as well as language functions (both receptive and productive skills) with a special focus on presentation skills. 3. Semantic and functional focus: monitoring authentic language of presentations + mastering terminology and key phrases, with a special focus on marketing, economic and business management English topics, professionally and fluently.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the participants will understand how to: 1. Assess speakers' performance in giving presentation. 2. Build rapport with any audience. 3. Master advanced presentation techniques. 4. Use rhetorical questions and dramatic contrasts. 5. Use specific business terminology correctly. 6. Avoid death by PowerPoint ® and be more engaging.
Syllabus
  • This sylabus is designed for both the full-time study programme and part-time study programme. The part-time study programme is reflected in the respective methodological sheet which is a part of the Interactive Sylabus.
  • Seminars' content: 1-2 How good are your presentation skills? Quiz, evaluation & feedback 3-4 Cause, effect and purpose; Chunking 5-6 Stress; Pacing; Intonation; Sound scripting 7-8 Softening; Repetition 9-10 Rhetorical questions; Dramatic Contrasts 11-12 Tripling 2; Tripling 3 13-14 Machine-gunning; Build-ups 15-16 Knock-downs; Simplification 17-18 Creating rapport; Formality 19-20 Clarification; Dealing with questions 2-6; Students’ presentations 21-22 Business terms 1; Useful Expressions; Students’ presentations 23-24 Business terms 2; Useful Expressions; Students’ presentations
Literature
    required literature
  • POWELL, Mark. Presenting in English: how to give successful presentations. Andover: Heinle, Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-111-1832-278
    recommended literature
  • POWELL, Mark. Dynamic presentations. 1. publ. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010. ISBN 978-052-1150-040
  • A MOOC Course for individual study: Presentations: Speaking so that People Listen accessible at https://www.coursera.org/specializations/speaklistenenglish or via a mobile application version by Coursera.
  • A mobile application for individual study: Business English Pod - English for Presentations available both for iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android.
Teaching methods
Interactive seminars in both types of study (full-time students and part-time students). In each seminar, the explanation of theoretial concepts used in professional presentations will be immediately followed by practical exercises and 'hands-on' training. Active involvement of students is required. Students will follow different types of instructions guiding their individual work, work in pairs, and group work. Special focus will be given to the evaluation of students' progress. Multimedia resources (audio sequences and video sequences) will be implemented into the programme of each seminar based on the teacher's selection.
Assessment methods
1 Mandatory active participation in interactive seminars: 75% full-time students; 50 % part-time students. 2 Apart from the mandatory active participation in the seminars, the students will be asked to prepare a group presentation and present it before their peers, which will be a precondition for gaining the course CREDITS. 3. Students with individual study programmes will submit their presentations via email in the form of a PPT presentation + an MP3 audio recording to the lecturer in due time for the end-of-course assessment. 4 Additional study obligations: in case the student has the seminar attendance between 40-70 % (full time students), resp. between 4-6 lessons (part-time students) he/she will have to pass PRE-CREDIT TEST in the extent sufficiently proving their competencies necessary for the successful completion of the subject. Only then he/she can prepare his/her presentation to get the course CREDITS = Z. The seminar attendance less than 40 % means that the student didn't meet the additional study requirements and he/she will be assessed as "Failed" = NNN
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
Teacher's information
Successful completion of Presentation Skills 1, command of English language, both general and professional, at B2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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