This is a practice course for PhD students to work presenting academic English in a spoken context. Students will learn and practice techniques in order to improve their clarity, comprehensibility and confidence while speaking Academic English.
FSS – Presenting in Academic English
Abby Gambrel
Course Description
The course focuses on linguistic (vocabulary, articulation, pronunciation) and paralinguistic (pace, inflection, pausing) elements in spoken English. Students will practice using their own topics and materials to improve their abilities to communicate effectively in international academic English.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline : Social Sciences
- Language: English
- ECTS: 1EC
- Type of education: In class
- Academic skill : Generic
- Graduate School: Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Start date: 25-10-2023
- End date: 01-11-2023
- Min. number of students: 3
- Max. number of students: 6
- Admission criteria: No prerequisites for VU-GSSS students. For non-VU-GSSS PhDs there will be an individual assessment regarding eligibility by the lecturer based on your registration form.
- Concluding assessment: Yes
- Assessment type: Students will conclude the course with a short presentation on a topic from their field
- With certificate: Yes
- Roster/schedule info: weekly sessions of 2 hours, days and times tba)
- Number of sessions 3 sessions
- Total course duration in hrs: 6 hrs.
- Registration deadline: 6 weeks before the start of the course
- Available to: All PhD candidates. Free of charge for VU-GSSS, AISSR and ZU PhD candidates. Fee for others (so also PhD’s form other VU-faculties): € 180, - Non-VU-GSSS PhDs will be put on the waiting list until the registration deadline.
- Name of teacher: Abby Gambrel (a.j.gambrel@vu.nl)
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
The course focuses on linguistic (vocabulary, articulation, pronunciation) and paralinguistic (pace, inflection, pausing) elements in spoken English. Students will practice using their own topics and materials to improve their abilities to communicate effectively in international academic English.
Study Characteristics
- Discipline : Social Sciences
- Language: English
- ECTS: 1EC
- Type of education: In class
- Academic skill : Generic
- Graduate School: Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Start date: 25-10-2023
- End date: 01-11-2023
- Min. number of students: 3
- Max. number of students: 6
- Admission criteria: No prerequisites for VU-GSSS students. For non-VU-GSSS PhDs there will be an individual assessment regarding eligibility by the lecturer based on your registration form.
- Concluding assessment: Yes
- Assessment type: Students will conclude the course with a short presentation on a topic from their field
- With certificate: Yes
- Roster/schedule info: weekly sessions of 2 hours, days and times tba)
- Number of sessions 3 sessions
- Total course duration in hrs: 6 hrs.
- Registration deadline: 6 weeks before the start of the course
- Available to: All PhD candidates. Free of charge for VU-GSSS, AISSR and ZU PhD candidates. Fee for others (so also PhD’s form other VU-faculties): € 180, - Non-VU-GSSS PhDs will be put on the waiting list until the registration deadline.
- Name of teacher: Abby Gambrel (a.j.gambrel@vu.nl)