USING ACADEMIC PRESENTATION TO DEVELOP SPEAKING SKILLS IN MEDICAL ENGLISH TEACHING PETRA ZRNÍKOVÁ Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

OUTLINE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND DIDACTIC PERSPECTIVE OF ESP/EMP P. GRICE: Co-operation Principle & Maxims D. SPERBER & D. WILSON: Theory of Relevance DIDACTIC PERSPECTIVE OF ESP/EMP COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE THE CRITERIA OF ASSESMENT STUDENT´S PERFORMANCE THE EXAMPLES OF THE PRESENTATIONS

GOALS OF THE PRESENTATION The importance of English Academic & Professional vs. General English Communicative approach in ESP/EMP teaching Developing presentation skills and digital literacy The matter of fluency and/or accuracy Student-centered, autonomous learning The best way of learning something is teaching somebody else

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND P. Grice: communication is more than just encoding and decoding the message using identical language code - maxims as guidelines for giving presentation D. Wilson & D. Sperber: the same stimulus may be more or less relevant to an individual at some time – a positive cognitive effect is needed They have in common: communication = meeting the expectations between speaker and hearer What is relevant for both?

Is English only a „by-product“ – subject to pass ? Stafford Hospital scandal: deaths force NHS reforms Stafford Hospital scandal: deaths force NHS reforms The Telegraph, January 2013 Daily Mail, September 2011 17 hospitals with unsafe staffing, says Care Quality Commission BBC, January 2013 Is English only a „by-product“ – subject to pass ?

COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE from B1/B2 to B2/C1 B1: interaction in everyday situations, topics of personal interest describing experience, explaining opinions, giving reasons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B2: fluent and spontaneous discussion in familiar topics flexible and effective use of language for professional purposes C1: detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects to the filed of interest explaining viewpoints, giving dis/advantages

ACADEMIC PRESENTATION within COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH Linguistic competence + Socio-cultural competence + Pragmatic competence BUT HOW TO... to handle with the language forms? to communicate the facts and opinions? in the particular situation? in appropriate way? to use the IT? to attract the audience?

THE CRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE & PURPOSE introduction, outline, body of presentation, summary model of presentation CONTENT up-to date data, sources purpose and goal COMMUNICATION verbal – signposts, fluency/accuracy non-verbal communication – eye-contact visual – text/pictures balance

THE MODELS OF PRESENTATIONS MODEL 1: describing problem 1 (giving facts and definitions) → consequences (side effects/ positive effects) → summary (discussion) → describing problem 2… MODEL 2: activity → definition 1 → facts (history vs. present) → definition 2... MODEL 3: definition → facts → consequences → discussion, activity

EXAMPLES OF THE PRESENTATIONS Knowledge base for an exam Adequate evidence, statistics, definitions Current topics among doctors and wide public ICT, oral perdormance, written form

SUMMARY General English Presentation Skills Proficiency Development The problems, challenges and perpectives of ESP/EMP teaching

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