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Title

Social and Professional Interaction in English: Face-to-Face Communication at Conferences and Events (110)

Dates

4th November 2019

Lang EN Workshop language is English
Organizer(s)
Speakers

Ann Humphry Baker

Description

Would you like to feel more confident when interacting in English in social and professional situations? This workshop gives you the language skills to improve your social interaction in English.

Establishing and maintaining a professional network is essential for doctoral candidates not only while studying, but also in their professional lives for developing their career and establishing cooperative partnerships. Striking up and maintaining a conversation is not always easy but there are tools that can help you.

We will be looking at the linguistic and communicative skills you need for interacting at conferences and other professional events.

We will focus on the following topics:

  • greetings and introductions (formal and informal)
  • initiating and maintaining a conversation
  • talking concisely and effectively about your research
  • asking effective questions and responding to questions (formal and informal)
  • inviting and accepting/declining
  • expressing opinions
  • telling stories
  • making a good impression
  • listening for verbal signs or watching for physical cues
  • concluding the conversation and moving on
  • maintaining relationships.

 

Learning outcomes:

The doctoral candidate should have the communicative, linguistic and social skills to help them conduct effective social and professional interaction in an international (English-speaking) academic environment.

 

Pedagogical methods:

An interactive workshop with theoretical and linguistic input followed by role play and discussion.

 

Intended Audience:

Doctoral candidates from all disciplinary backgrounds with English level from B1-B2

(Please evaluate your level of English using the Council of Europe's self-evaluation grid, which you will find here. The training will be given in English.)

 

Location

University of Neuchâtel

Information

Date: Monday, 4th November 2019

Schedule: 9.15 am to 5.15 pm

Location: University of Neuchâtel

 

Trainer:

Ann Humphry-Baker has taught English for the last 40 years and specialises in English for Academic Purposes. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and holds an Honours Degree in English and French from the University of Southampton and a Master's in Education from the University of Manchester. She taught at the Centre de Langues at the University of Lausanne and the HEIG-VD in Yverdon-les-Bains.

Expenses

Participants are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train between the city of their university and the location of the workshop (half-fare card, 2nd class).

Places

15

Deadline for registration 28.10.2019
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