SPEAKING SKILLS
Speaking skills in the academic context mean the ability to speak about your discipline/ field of study, active participation in seminars or discussions/ debates (seminar skills) and/or giving presentations on your field of study (presentation skills).
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Academic seminars and presentations often take
the following form:
| A. CONTENTS OF YOUR PRESENTATION |
| 1. Introduction What do you intend to do? How do you intend to do it? |
2. Main body State your points: information and argument. |
3. Conclusion Summarise Invite questions |
| B. DISCUSSION/ QUESTIONS |
Example: Give a speech about your own field
of studies
Discuss the following questions in English:
Discuss the following questions in English:
- What is your major subject? |
- What are your minor subjects? |
- Where do you study? |
- What will you become when you graduate? |
- What kind of work can you do? |
- What are the studies like? |
- What do you need English skills for in your
future job? |
- And so on... |