Speaking Skills: Seminar Discussions
This workshop will help prepare you for active participation in seminar discussions.
This workshop will help prepare you for active participation in seminar discussions. It will focus on discourse markers and other communication signals to help you assert your ideas clearly and confidently. We will first look at elements of successful communication and social cues used in speaking and active listening. You will then have the opportunity to practice using common academic expressions and evidence to support your point. And we will also focus on interrupting, asking questions, concluding, and summarizing.