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Effective Speaking (Mixed format)
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Activity no.: 3744-22-00-00
Enrollment deadline: 10/12/2021
Date and time
10.01.2022, at: 09:00 - 27.01.2022, at: 14:30
Regular seats
15
Course fee
9,240.00 kr.
Lecturers
Morten Berg
ECTS credits
4.30
Contact person
Morten Berg E-mail address: mail@ikontext.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser
PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk
Aim and content
This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list.
The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee.
Course description
This course is aimed at non-native speakers of English who wish to hone their speaking skills to better reach their international audience. To help participants accommodate the variety of rhetorical traditions and linguistic backgrounds represented in academia, the course supports their skills in English-medium oral communication by providing guidance for the pronunciation of words, as well as rhythm and pitch contour of sentences and longer stretches of speech. Participants will develop their grasp of the dynamics of speaking in formal settings as they learn to cope with the highly artificial situation of speaking to a group of people who they may feel are smarter and more knowledgeable than themselves. By understanding their own and their listeners’ reactions, participants will be able to analyse and rationally assess their situation in order to tackle their natural anxiety. Rhetorical principles that help improve listeners’ comprehension are also discussed.
Speaking and interacting with forums of varying formality in plenary seminars and supervised group work, the participants will receive extensive feedback on the several speaking assignments given over the course. In response to the changing meeting and conference practices following the COVID pandemic, the course is primarily delivered online.
Participants are advised that this is a very intensive course requiring a sustained effort for lasting results.
Elements
• speaking and presenting exercises
• pronunciation of individual words – rules and theory
• intonation and other continuous elements of pronunciation (stress distribution, rhythm, variety)
• group and individual coaching on pronunciation and intonation
• submission of audio-recorded samples for feedback
• handling online communication tools
• optimizing the impact of online presentations
• nonverbal elements – body language, gaze, voice, appearance, etc.
• oral communication theory (oral v. written language, psychological aspects)
• physical and mental preparation for presentations
• analysing the audience (aims, interests, dynamics)
• selecting materials for, planning and structuring presentations
• understanding listeners’ minds: forgetful, distracted, whimsical
• cognition patterns: group and repeat ideas, be physical and concrete
• communication skills: think of what they hear – not what you say
• what is achievable in an oral presentation – compared with paper and poster
Outcomes
At the end of the course participants will:
• have developed and rehearsed at least four presentations on topics within their speciality
• be more confident about engaging in public speaking in English
• have the self-awareness and knowledge necessary for further developing their skills in effective
public speaking
• look forward to making a presentation!
Participants
Nonnative speakers of English
Dates
January 2022: Mon 10, Tue 11, Thu 13, (Fri 14), Tue 18, (Wed 19), Thu 20, (Fri 21), Mon 24, (Tue 25), Thu 27.
The dates in parenthesis will involve only 5 participants. The participants’ wishes are taken into account for the final scheduling of days 13th–25th.
Except for the final day (27th Jan), all days are delivered online.
Language
English
Venue
Mixed format. Zoom, Panum
Form
Plenary, group and individual work, feedback, voice exercises, audio and video recording, discussion and own pronunciation practice.
Course instructors
Cand.mag. Morten Berg (English), owner at i kontext, mail@ikontext.dk; cand.mag. Helle Idland (Rhetorics)
Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.
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