Spring 2027

Academic Presentations and Discussion

Develops oral communication and presentation skills for seminars and conferences, covering audience engagement, verbal/nonverbal delivery, visual aids, and Q&A facilitation.

offering recorded2–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Engage the audience appropriately.

  • Organize content logically and use effective transitions.

  • Demonstrate effective verbal (volume, pace, pronunciation) communication skills.

  • Demonstrate effective nonverbal (gestures, eye contact, posture) communication skills.

  • Create and utilize visual aids effectively.

  • Lead question and answer sessions and to respond to questions appropriately.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ESL 344

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Spring 2027

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Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 150
LEC 003Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Oral communication and presentation skills essential for participation in seminars, conferences, and other academic and professional settings. Not open to auditors

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Topics

  • Academic and professional seminar and conference participation
  • Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
  • Visual aid creation and utilization
  • Question and answer session management

Skills

  • Audience engagement and logical content organization with effective transitions
  • Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques including volume, pace, pronunciation, gestures, and posture
  • Creation of visual aids and facilitation of question and answer sessions

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ESL 344 · Spring 2027

Academic Presentations and Discussion

Recorded 2026-10-14
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    "typically_offered": "Fall, Spring, Summer"
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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