Academic Oral Presentation Skills

2005-2006
The course aims at developing oral presentation skills. To this end, students are engaged in classroom discussions following advanced reading texts on a variety of topics. In the course students study effective presentation techniques, do extensive reading and carry out research to give presentations of different functions with mature content and topical vocabulary.

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Citation Formats
S. Balbay, “Academic Oral Presentation Skills,” 00, 2005, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://ocw.metu.edu.tr/course/view.php?id=252.