Speaking Practice Seminar for Researchers

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

ORGANISATION

The workshop is spread over 4 days, organised as follows:

Dates:

Week 1: Tuesday 13th and Thursday 15th October

Week 2: Tuesday 20th and Thursday 22nd October

Schedule: from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and from 1.30 to 4.30 pm

Registration deadline: 5th October 2026

Location:

UMONS premises. You will be informed of the exact venue upon registration.

This workshop is limited to around 15 people.