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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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?

5. 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 ?

6. 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

7. 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?

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
„Rhetoric is an art
of influencing
the soul through
words”
Plato
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !