Current events: public speaking 2 1.S3.EPC.25

Course objectives
In this course students continue to work on: expressing an opinion on the role of the individual in society, informing the speaker about personal feelings and experience, comparing, expressing assumptions, encouraging the speaker to exchange the views, ways of expressing acceptance or lack of it in the context of the speaker, task negotiating, problem solution (individual and group).
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Course content:
topics for public speaking selected by the teacher and the students at the beginning of the semester
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity
multimedia presentations, pair wrok, group work, discussion, public speaking activities, ICT tools/MSTeams

Field of study

English in Public Communication

Student workload

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties total number of ECTS points: 2 1 ECTS – 30 hours: participation in classes 1 ECTS – 25 hours: preparation + 5 hours: consultations

Study level

BA level studies

Education profile

Full-time studies

Type of course

obligatory courses
foreign languages

The semester in which the subject is carried out

semester 6

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali

Requirements

Current events: oral communication skills Current events: presentation skills Current events: argumentation skills Current events: debating skills Current events: public speaking 1

Course coordinators

Małgorzata Adams-Tukiendorf
Jeffrey Hamblen

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019

Knowledge:
1. Students know the role of English as a cognitive means and a tool used for public communication including persuasion (k_W03/P6S_WG)

Skills:
2.Students can prepare elaborate public speaking presentations relating to communication studies using formal sources (k_U04/P6S_UK)
3. Students can use English at the level of C1 of the Common European Framework for Languages (k_U05/P6S_UK)

Social competences
4. Students are ready to manage time and prioritize the implementation of various tasks related to studying (k_K01/P6S_KK)

Assessment criteria

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Giving a presentation - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)
Presentation must take a minimum of 70 minutes.
2. Active participation in class - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,4)
Active participation in 10+ classes will grant the student a half-grade extra at the end of the semester.

Bibliography

Reading list:
Teacher's own materials
Ron Martinez and MacAndrew, Instant Discussions (2003)
Nancy Ellen Zelman, Conversation Inspirations (2nd Revised Ed.) (1996)
Paul Lowrie and Bret Nicholaus, The Conversation Piece (1994)
T. Lewandowski (2011) Making Your English English. Opole: University of Opole Press

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

Description of 1.S3.EPC.25 in USOSweb