Presenting in English is a presentation skills course aimed at non-native speakers of English seeking to improve their ability to present clearly and effectively in English. You may have an excellent level of English already but lack the confidence to speak in front of larger audiences. Or, you may wish to expand your repertoire of language to give your presentation skills more impact and coherence. Anglo audiences may well have quite different expectations and attitudes to a home audience and you will need to adapt your presentation skills accordingly.
Communicaid’s Presentation Skills course, Presenting in English, will help you to develop the necessary language and presentation skills to express your ideas as well as techniques for the effective structuring of your speech. This presentation skills training courses also tackles issues such as using visual aids, cultural influences, body language and creating rapport.
Benefits
Communicaid’s Presenting in English public course will provide you with:
- A wider range of appropriate language for giving presentations in English
- Improved confidence when giving speeches and presentations in English
- New techniques to enhance your existing presentation skills
- The opportunity to practise and assess your current strengths and presentation skills
- A greater awareness of how to use and control your voice more effectively when giving
presentations
Who should attend
Communicaid’s Presenting in English course will be of benefit to you if:
- You would like to adapt your existing presentation skills to suit English-speaking audiences
- Your role involves or will soon involve presenting to large international or English speaking
audiences
- You regularly make formal presentations or speak at meetings in English
- You deliver internal training or induction programmes in English
Course content
Topics in our Presenting in English public course include:
- Key linguistic devices for improved presentation skills
- Structure and signposting in formal presentations
- Effective use of voice: pacing, pausing, rhythm and intonation
- Preparing your presentation
- Using slides and visuals
- Managing questions
- Using humour and anecdote
- Non-verbal communication
- Practice activities and feedback
Negotiating In English Course Trainer*: JB
JB spent the first five years of his career as a Lloyd’s insurance broker for Lowndes Lambert. He then retrained as an actor and has since made numerous TV, film and theatre appearances. In tandem with his acting career, he has run his own presentation skills consultancy training senior executives from organisations including Texaco, American Airlines and Ford.
In 2000, JB relocated to Budapest where he co-founded a theatre company and continued to develop his training experience. He ran a large number of group and individualised programmes for Hungarians and other foreign nationals working for organisations such as KPMG, IBM and GE.
He returned to London in 2005 and now devotes most of his time to corporate training. He has delivered presentation skills training to a number of Communicaid clients including Deutsche Bank, the Office of Fair Trading and Shell.
* Please note that Communicaid reserves the right to change course trainers, location and timetable as scheduling commitments require. In each case, we will make every effort to keep you informed and ensure any disruption to you is minimal. |
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