Academic Presenting

Language Course

Target group:
First group: International PhD students of the five faculties of the Göttingen Graduate School of Social Science/ Göttinger Graduiertenschule Gesellschaftswissenschaften (GGG)
International PhD-Candidates of the Graduate School of Humanities Göttingen and members of the Schlözer-PhD-Program might participate too.

Schedule:
7./8. and 14./15. May
9:30 - 16.30 h

Place:
Historische Sternwarte (Tagungszentrum)
Historical Observatory (Conference Centre)

Lecturer: Frank Lauterbach

Seminar’s objectives:
We all have to present our research frequently at conferences or at more informal, internal gatherings. In order to facilitate the preparation and delivery of such academic presentations, we offer a practical two-day course in Academic Presenting (in English). The course will explore both the rhetorical means that make a presentation effective as well as important elements of structure, spoken language and style.
The second weekend will have the character of a workshop which means that you can give a real presentation you are working on at the moment in order to receive intensive feedback for improvement from the group as a whole. It is also possible to attend only the first or the second weekend (though they are, of course, connected to each other).

Requirements: good command of spoken English
Workload: 30 hours

Application:
Deadline for application: starts February 17th 2010 until April 3rd 2010
Application address: ggg.kursanmeldung@uni-goettingen.de

This course is sponsered by the "Stipendien- und Betreuungsprogramm (Stibet)" of the Germand Exchange Service.