iFIT Rhetoric Skills Workshop in English
This workshop provides its participants with the most important ingredients to confidently give English language presentations that attract attention. The focus is on proficient languange fluency, the use of practice-oriented communication techniques, rhetorical skills and nonverbal communication. The participants become more confident, which in turn increases their success with their audience.
Content of the Workshop:
- Ingredients of effective academic presentation
- Visualization techniques
- Establishing a relationship with audience (avoiding 'the curse of knowledge')
- Learning to use rhetorical tools
- Rhetorical questions and techniques, such as 'tripling', 'machine-gunning' or 'dramatic pausing'
- Using one's voice optimally
- Dealing with stage fright
- Mastering difficult situations in a foreign language, e.g. responding confidently to interposed questions and objections and returning to the topic
The maximum number of participants has been reached.