Paper Profile

ESLA102-10A (HAM)
Academic Oral Presentation

15 Points

Aim/Objectives

This paper is intended to provide EAL students enrolled in any School of Studies with the necessary skills to participate orally in a variety of academic settings. The paper introduces students to critical analysis of the oral presentation genres of the university, including their organization, linguistic resources as well as issues relating to addressivity and audience. In preparing their own oral presentations, students also consider the design and development of supporting materials. Moodle is used as an integral part of this course.

This course aims to present students' with ideas and frameworks that can be used as guidelines and ideas for constructing and giving oral presentations in academic settings. These combine to extend students' competence and confidence in listening and speaking in an academic context so as to enable students to participate effectively in academic situations.

The course is designed to help students to:

• Practice speaking in a variety of academic situations,
• Develop confidence, competence and fluency in English, with a particular focus on academic study,
• Recognise contextual indicators that contribute to the message conveyed,
• Understand techniques of peer review,
• Work in co-operative groups to attain a collective goal.

Requisite(s)

Restriction(s):	--
Equivalent(s):	1213112, 1213102 and 0215102
Prerequisite(s):	--
Corequisite(s):	--

Assessment

Internal assessment/examination ratio: 1 : 0

This course will be 100% internally assessed. Assessment will be based on four group oral presentations which are combined with constructive feedback on another group (75%) and one individual presentation (25%). These presentations will take place in class and tutorials during the semester. Specific guidelines, directions and topics for presentations will be handed out as the semester progresses.

Group Work
As a required part of the assessed course work, students must cooperate and collaborate with other members of the class in small groups. Cooperation of this type is compulsory for this course and students are expected to contribute work and engage in discussion and debate with their group members within and outside lecture time. Participation in groups and completion of group assignments is required for successful completion of the course.

Classtimes

Timetable

Attendance is compulsory at all sessions, for all students in the Undergraduates programme. Students who, even for valid reasons, fall below 80% attendance in the Undergraduate programme courses will not normally be awarded a Pass grade for that particular course. The workload for the course will be easier to manage if you attend class, review your lecture material and allow yourself plenty of lead-in time for the assessments.

Resources

There is a set of Course Materials that have to be purchased for this course:

ESLA102 Academic Oral Presentation, Course Materials.

These notes can be purchased from Campus Copy at the beginning of Semester A and B.

There are no set texts that have to be purchased for this course. There is one highly recommended text that is available from Bennett's Bookshop:

Ryan, K., & Pauley, A. (2000). Speaking and debating with style. Australia: Phoenix Education.

Contact

Lecturer:	Anthea Fester
Phone: Room: Fax: Email:	+64 7 838 4466, extn. 6783 JK3.02 +64 7 838 4788 amfester@waikato.ac.nz

Regulations and Policies

Your attention is drawn to the following regulations and policies which are published in The University of Waikato Calendar:

• Regulations Governing Examinations and Assessment
• Discipline Regulations
• Computer System Regulations
• Policy on the Use of Māori for Assessment
• Policy on the Ethical Conduct of Coursework Assignments
• Regulations on Plagiarism