Advance Presentation Skills

Course details

The Swinburne Advanced Presentation Skills course is an intensive4 5-hour, 8-week program designed for students to practice, develop and deliver presentation speeches for a widerange of purposes, occasions and audiences. Here students will receive hands on practice, interactive feedback from the facilitator and their peers which will help build student’s confidence and performance as a dynamic speaker in the future.

Upon successful completion, you will be awarded from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak.

Dates & Time

• 7 December 2020 (8 weeks program)
• 9.00am -5.00pm

Fees

• USD180

Venue

• Live online class

Course details

– Course objectives and course content.

Course objective

This course aims to:

1. Developing and delivering presentation speeches at different levels and in different style
2. Build student’s confidence and performance as a dynamic speaker
3. Develop effective hand gestures, confident body language and ideal voice modulation when speaking
4. Prepare, develop and deliver effective speeches for a wide range of purposes, occasions and audiences

Learning outcome

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Recognize and identify features of Public speaking, and structure and deliver a presentation in strong and confident manner
• Construct and illustrate complex ideas with clear explanations and dynamic slides
• Develop solid arguments and persuasive language
• Design meaningful and informative speeches

Course content

Day	Content/Activities
1	Overview Parts of a speech Types of speech
2	How to write a speech How to Outline, Draft and Edit Understanding flow and arranging your ideas
3	Using examples, metaphors and similes How to emphasise your points Using illustrations, graphics and images
4	Designing attention getters Outlining and introducing Summarising your speech
5	Designing powerpoint slides Font, spacing and size –how to emphasise
6	Effective body language Principles of eye contact Modulating and projecting your voice
7	Reducing fillers Using emotive language Preparing and answering Q&A’s
8	Mock Presentation Assessment

Trainer information

– Trainer information.

Hugh Leong graduated from University of Malaya (UM) with Honours in Bachelor of Education, majoring in TESOL in 2009. He completed a Masters in International Education from University of Manchester, United Kingdom in 2010. He is currently the Course Director of the MA TESOL program, in the Faculty of Business, Design and Arts in Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia. Hugh is an international recognised debater, adjudicator and coach and is a two-time, Malaysian national intervarsity debating champion adn was awarded the Best Varsity Speaker of Malaysia in 2009. He is also a licensed Train the Trainer, and has conducted numerous professional development programs across Asia. His research interests include assessment for learning, student engagement and teacher education.

How to register

– Application process.

Application process

To apply for this course, please fill in this online registration form.

Contact person: Ms Bella Liu
Phone: +60 82 260 636 (ext. 7636)
Email: bkwliu@swinburne.edu.my

Fees & scholarships

Fee*

* The indicative course fees shown here applies to students studying on-campus in Malaysia for the relevant year only. They are based on a standard study load per year. However, please note that fees are assessed according to a student’s study load in each semester, and variation to study load will result in an adjustment to tuition fees. All fees are subject to annual review and may be adjusted.

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