Oral Communication Skills & Presentations, BBA 4th

This course aims at helping students develop skills and confidence needed to respond to university lectures and daily life conversations in English. A large portion of class time will be devoted to improving students’ fluency, listening & speaking, and critical thinking, covering various topics. Students will listen to different native speakers as well as foreign accents and develop speaking strategies, functional use of language, idiomatic language, pronunciation, and intercultural awareness.

Objectives:

The students will be able to:

  • Speak objectively
  • Develop oral presentation
  • Deliver Speech
  • Listen with a purpose
  • Speak persuasively
  • Decipher verbal and non-verbal messages
  • Develop and maintain the sense of confidence and self-worth
  • Objective participation in meetings
  • Develop skills to face media

Class Timings:

Wednesday / Thursday 8:00am - 9:30am

READINGS:

Recommended Textbooks

  1. Stuart Sillar (1988) Success in Communication, Jhon Murray Publishers

Additional Readings

  1. Murphy & Hildebrant (1991) Effective Business Communication, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill
  2. Raymond V. Lesikar (1996) Business Communication, Richard D. Irwin, Inc.
  3. Bovee & Thill (1995) Business Communication Today, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill
  4. Shirley Taylor (1994) Communication for Business-A Practical Approach 2nd Edition, Pitman Publishing
  5. Instructors notes handed out in class

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week

Topics and Readings

Dates

1.

1. Introduction/Course Overview:

Understand what aspects of communication are necessary for graduates Overview of policies, instruments and grading for the course. Overview of expectations from both instructor and students.

 

2. Forms of oral communication

 

2.

3. Importance of oral communication

 

4. Oral and written communication (a comparison)

 

3.

5. Barriers in oral communication

 

6. Oral communication in business

 

4.

7. Oral communication in practice

 

8. Oral Communication in committee

 

5.

9. Oral communication in e-mail and on internet

 

10. Analyze your organization and Environment

 

6.

11. Presentation Skills-I :

Selecting content, storyboarding it and transferring it to an effective and aesthetically pleasing form using visual aids and technology.

 

12. Presentation Skills-II:

Delivery style with a focus on engaging the audience and handle Q&A and controlling of stage fright. (Body Posture, Body Language, Proximity to audience)

 

7.

13. Presentation Skills-III:

Using Microsoft PowerPoint for presentations

 

14. Line graphs-Bar graphs Pie charts etc.

(Quiz of previous Study and Allocation of individual presentations)

 

8.

Individual Student Presentations 1

 

Individual Student Presentations 2

 

                                                                                                                                                             Mid Term

9.

15. Knowing the Audience:

  1. Analyzing and Motivating the audience
  2. Character and Personality traits of audience

 

15. Knowing the Audience:

Internal and External audience

 

10.

16. Planning and Conducting an Interview

 

17. Planning and conducting meetings, symposia/workshops

 

11.

18. Importance and procedure of note – making

 

19. Facing media

 

12.

20. Communication in personal selling

 

21. Delivery of Speech:

Planning steps of a Message/Speech

 

13.

22. Persuasive Speaking

 

23. Scripted Speech

 

14.

24. Sales pitch

 

25. Discussion Session-I:

1. Previous study Quiz

2. Individual views regarding the internal and external environment

 

15.

26. Discussion Session-II:

A comprehensive group discussion on the current politics, policies and situation of the country.

 

27. Discussion on a TV/Film Scenes:

Will watch a business-themed movie/television clips and advertisements to understand how different concepts are presented.

 

16.

Group Presentations 1

 

Group Presentations 2

 
 

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations are expected to be properly prepared by the students. Appearance (dressing), speaking skills (Vocabulary), active participation, use of graphical and visual instruments and programs for presentations will reflect its quality.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Mid Term             : 30

Presentation      : 10

Participation       : 10

Final Term          : 50

RULES AND REGULATIONS

  • 80% class attendance should be met for every student, otherwise the student will not be allowed to sit in the examination.
  • Class participation carries 10 marks and it is a priority for every student, as it would reflect his grades at the end of the semester.
  • Demonstrated leadership assessment is more effective than a general "class participation" grade. As you perform specific tasks, you show the instructor and the class that you are thinking like a professional and improving your understanding of the discipline.
  • Quizzes taken in class will be non-credit but it will show your participation and willingness to prevail in the class and for that reason it may have an impact on your grades.
  • Students are strictly advised to follow the dress code that has been described by department. Only formal dress should be worn, no-one is allowed to wear jeans, t-shirts, joggers, sandals, etc.
  • Students are to provide a proper leave application for every absence in the class, describing the reason for his absence.

Course Material

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