Platform - oral communication

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This platform, directed towards teachers, provides practical resources to mingle with the course to help students ameliorate the transversal skill of

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oral presentation

Getting students to practiceIdeas to be implementedwithin or outside the lecture

« Everyone can become good at it, but not just like that, things have to be put in place to develop this skill »

A teacher from theFaculty of medicine

Getting students to improveGuide, ready to be passed onObservation criterias to pick

Confronted with people that are not convinced to work on this ? Justification for :

Teachers

Students

Pôle de soutien à l'enseignement et l'apprentissage

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Getting students to practice

Tackle the skill of oral presentation

• in its various components
• in ways merged with the disciplinary content

You are already doing it, even when that's not explicit yet in your learning objectives and evaluation procedures Inspirations for all audience sizes :

Outside lecture

Within lecture

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Ideas ouside lecture

Within lecture

16 ideas, for active students

Paying attention to the audience

Peers talking

Student(s) making a speech

Closing

Reviewing

Activating prior knowledge

Questions -answers

Brainstorming

Important characteristics

Discussing

Sharing

Rephrasing

Improving the notes

Non-verbal signals

Displaying

Illustrating

Role playing

Presenting

Spotting

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Outside lecture

Ideas within lecture

20 ideas of assignments to ask/collect/share

Course content

Oral practice

Visual information

Reading aloud

Goose game

Reading groups

Consultation

Titles

Sequence

Tongue twister

Skeleton

Speech observation

Central message

Video clip

Exercice de mise en lien

Reinforcing material

Connections

Vulgarization

Interview

Descriptors of comptence

Technical terms' definition

Final project

Benefits

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Getting students to improve

• A guide for your students

A theoretical support (in French) that you can offer

• An adaptable observation grid

-> to provide for self-observation -> to fill out (by you/students) when there's an oral presentation in your class You can also include the aspects you consider most important into your evaluation

Extra : how to give feedback

Contacts for technical problems

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Some references and acknowledgements

Pôle de soutien à l'enseignement et l'apprentissage

Oral communication

« it's on this basis that individuals are most often evaluated »

An essential assetBeyond academic success, it's a skill that is highly valued in the professional sector

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to work onPublic speaking is the most spread common fear and there are many aspects to master in order to be convincing

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Ceci est un paragraphe prêt à contenir créativité, expériences et histoires

But it is not impossible to get on top of the game, the more you practice the more you gain in confidence and quality so make the most out ot the opportunities you get !

To generate more: delphine.rinaldi@unige.ch, pedagogical consultant, SEA division

Work on oral communication

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A requirement : learning outcome formally part of the university objectives ; and expertise to address to promote equal opportunity useful : « The oral presentation, from the various stages of preparation to presentation in class, constitutes a pedagogically relevant task in the light of prevailing learning theories » & necessary : self-perceived struggle in this area, from the beginning to the end of studies. Former students assessed that the university of Geneva did not support them developing this ability, considered essential in their profession

So, are you ready to make this skill part of your course ?

sources

A selection

Bernard, S., Herrera, B., Socquet, J. (2019). Comment se préparer à une présentation orale?, Revue Medicale Suisse, 15(664), 1711–1713.

McKeachie, W. (2002). Activités pour encourager l’apprentissage actif durant les cours. Revue des Sciences de L'éducation, 32(8).

Peffer, M. (2021). Science communication via oral presentation [vidéo]. Coursera.

Platow, M. J. (2012). Giving Professional Presentations in the Behavioral Sciences and Related Fields: A Practical Guide for Novice, the Nervous and the Nonchalant. Psychology Press.

Tairraz, P. (2008). Comment réussir une présentation orale?. Urgences, 1017-1025.

Internal resources of the SEA division

This activity requires additionnal preparation It seems practical to target the visual support e.g. font too small (and ask a student to read, in the first weeks); include superfluous information then survey whether students focused on it rather than listening to the speech; include spelling mistakes; too many colours; disconnected timing in between what appears on the slide and what is said ; no caption/bibliography (in the last weeks)But you can also e.g. read your notes in a monotone way until you are interrupted ; not speak loud enough ; ... Get inspiration from the student's guide if needed

After a presentation :

➥ To open with, ask reaction from the presenter ➥ Specify the commentary adresses this one performance ➥ Start sentences with "I" (taking responsibility for your opinion) ➥ Structure the feedback with the grid

• First, the positive, what was successful
• Be specific and precise (describe observable behaviour)
• Limit points to improve to a few elements that stand out (2-3)
• Clarify what a good performance looks like (refer back to the criteria),

suggest practical actions

• Let them ask for clarification or rephrase the comments (check understanding)

• End with an encouragement

➥ Stay avalaible to share further, especially if the presenter seems loaded