Cross-disciplinary Courses in

Speaking Practice for Scientists

Communication
  • Language
    English
  • Date
    Starting 20/01/2024
  • Period(s)
    1st semester
  • Length
    20H

Description

 

Need help presenting your research orally?

ORGANISATION & OBJECTIVES

The content of this 25-hour workshop (20 hours of workshop and 5 hours of homework) is flexible and can be customized: a questionnaire is sent to participants before the start of the seminar in order to create a programme that best meets their needs.

The workshop takes place in January and is spread over 4 days (2 days/week). It is open to all UMONS researchers and doctoral students. However, a minimum level of B1+ is desirable.

The aim is to prepare participants to share and disseminate their research with ease at future colloquia, seminars or conferences.

CONTENT

The workshop will focus on the following points:

  • practising language skills with a view to presenting and disseminating one’s research
  • practising pesentation skills (voice, fluency, rhythm, body language, use of and interaction with a PowerPoint…)
  • practising said skills in 2 distinct formats: presentation of one’s research to a scientific audience (20′) and short popularization presentation such as ‘my thesis in 180 seconds’.
  • designing a clear and effective PowerPoint

 

2 weeks before the start of the seminar, participants will be asked to send:

  • an abstract of their current research
  • an existing PowerPoint of a paper they have already presented

 

PARTICIPANTS WILL GET:

  • personalised feedback on how to improve presentation techniques, pronunciation and the quality of written material
  • grammar tutorials (if necessary)
  • listening training (discussing and synthesizing orally popularised documents in the style of “TED talks”)

TEACHER: Bénédicte Bouchet

SCHEDULE: 20/01/25 – 23/01/25 – 27/01/25 – 30/01/25 from 10:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30

Registration deadline: 8 January 2025

LOCATION: UMONS, plaine de Nimy (to be confirmed)  

Info & registrations

Organized by

Service Langues et Internationalisation Bénédicte Bouchet