Speaking effectively in discussions

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Speaking effectively in discussions

• About Seminar 1

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Background

• Skills you need at university or at work oral
  discussion
• Types of discussion
• - formal/informal
• - structured/unstructured
• - graded/ungraded
• - small/large groups
• Strategies Verbal non verbal

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Objectives

• By the end of the seminar, you should be able to
• participate effectively in discussions by using
  verbal non-verbal language
• ask, respond to questions negotiate meaning
  effectively in discussions
• make appropriate grammatical lexical choices in
  discussions
• make general improvements in pronunciation

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Assessment Group Oral Discussion

• you will be grouped accordingly to discuss a
  general topic given
• discussion 30 minutes per group

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Assessment Criteria

• You will be assessed on whether you can
• use appropriate verbal non-verbal functions
  language
• be grammatically accurate when you speak
• use accurate vocabulary
• pronounce words accurately

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Assessment Value

• Individual grading 30