Course Overview

This course gives students the opportunity to work on their English in
a multi-disciplinary way through practical work including oral
interaction, public speaking and elocution in an international
context. It will be beneficial to students who will be lecturing in
English or working in English-speaking countries.In S6, the students
will explore the art of the oratory to better reach, engage and
convince an audience, to influence and persuade others through
well-structured arguments, striking examples, impactful rebuttals and
effective delivery. 

Learning objectives: 

- Structuring an argumentative speech (with the aim of persuadingand
convincing),  - Developing an exordium (the introduction to an
argumentative speech)  - Using storytelling to persuade and
convince  - Putting forward arguments in English - Refuting
counter-arguments by anticipation in English - Developing a
peroration (the conclusion of an argumentative speech). - Being able
to formulate a well-argued review in writing about a debate in
English, considering the (inter)cultural context  - Rhetorical
skills  - Reproduces the codes of debate in the English-speaking
world.  - Intercultural skills (interaction, exchange, considering
different opinions and cultures).  - Including current affairs in a
speech, in a debate.  - Knowing how to use humour appropriately in a
speech.  - Paraverbal skills: voice, breath, intonation, pauses,
rhythm, emphasis of key words.  - Non-verbal communication skills:
co-speech gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, posture, space
management. 

Learning Achievement

Competence

Course prerequisites

Level of English: B2 or above

Grading Philosophy

- Involvement (1/3 of total mark) 
- Written review of a debate in the English-speaking world or with
international implications (1/3 of total mark) 
- Structured debate in pairs on a constrained topic (oral production
in interaction, 20 minutes). (1/3 of total mark)

Course schedule

This course, in the form of practical workshops, will cover the
following points: 
- The basics of effective non-verbal communication  - The basic
structure of a convincing and persuasive speech (exordium,
storytelling, presentation of arguments, refutation of
counter-arguments, peroration).  - How to use humour in a public
speech  - How to subtly insert a motto or slogan into a speech  -
Figures of speech and how they can be used in speeches.  Individual
feedback will be given to students throughout the course

Course type

Workshops, projects.

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Other information

- Maximum number of students: 24 
- Selection procedure: a cover letter and/or an interview may be
requested. 

Duration: 15h in class and 60h of self-study

Language of instruction: English
Mode of delivery: Blended learning

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