Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Effective spoken English
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3779-23-00-00
	Enrollment deadline: 23/03/2023

Date and time	24.04.2023, at: 09:00 - 04.05.2023, at: 16:45
Regular seats	12
Course fee	6,480.00 kr.
Lecturers	Morten Berg
ECTS credits	3.20

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 NorDoc member universities. All other participants must pay the course fee Learning objectives At the end of the course, the participants will: • have improved their comprehensibility in conversation and presenting • know the prevalent norms in English-language scientific communication • be able to prioritize among materials for their talks • understand the causes of other challenges facing them in communication • feel more confident about speaking English in an international setting • be well equipped for the Effective Speaking course Acknowledging that the pronunciation of a foreign language is strongly influenced by the speaker’s mother tongue, the course takes its starting point in raising the participants’ awareness of the differences in pronunciation between their own and the English language. The participants are guided in adapting those elements that challenge their interlocutors’ or audience’s understanding. Pedagogical and cognitive issues are dealt with in light of what we know about how the spoken language is processed by listeners. The rhetorical norms of diverse cultures are also discussed. The course prepares its target group for the Effective Speaking course also offered by the school. Participants are advised that this is a very intensive course requiring a sustained effort for lasting results. Content/elements • recognizing and unlearning native language patterns • contrasting English and native language patterns: sentence stress, rhythm, intonation • the role of intonation in conveying importance to specific elements of the sentence • preparing notes for presentations • group and individual coaching on English sounds (segments) and intonation (sentences) • nonverbal elements – body language, contact with audience, etc. • own rehearsal of pronunciation • submission of three audio-recorded samples for feedback • developing and rehearsing four presentations Participants This course is aimed at learners of English who feel that their command of the spoken language puts them at a disadvantage in their academic career. The cause may be marked differences in the pronunciation of English and their first language. General difficulties with acquiring a comprehensible pronunciation of English may also be a factor. Relevance to graduate programmes All graduate programmes Language English Venue Panum Form Plenary, group and individual work, feedback, articulation and voice exercises, audio- and video-recorded speaking and presenting tasks, exchange of speaking experiences Course director Cand.mag. Morten Berg (English), owner at i kontext, mail@ikontext.dk Instructor Morten Berg Dates 24 April – 4 May 2023, (Monday 24 April, Wednesday 26 April, Friday 28 April, Tuesday 2 May and Thursday 4 May 2023) Time: 09:00-16:45 Course location To be announced Registration Please register before 23 March 2023 Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment. 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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