English Rhetoric - Essential skills from A to Z for every presenter
English Rhetoric - Essential skills from A to Z for every presenter
7-week seminar that enables you to practise and rehearse your speech
Have you ever wondered how to design your English presentation more effectively? Perhaps you belong among people who are confronted with this challenge and you are wondering how to get ready for your presentation. Our 7-week seminar will carefully guide you step by step on your path to obtain a valuable set of skills and exercises that will help you to find your inner eloquent rhetorician.
What’s more, you will have a chance to practise and rehearse your presentation in front of your fellow trainees. And we will also help you by 2 video-feedback sessions. The instructor will also provide support and advice when you develop your visual aids and slides. This gradual laddering process enables you to gain your confidence and firm ground under your feet. And finally, at the end of your 7-week journey you get to perform in front of new audience that will consist of random guests, relatives, and friends of the fellow participants.
Is this course really for me? Can you identify with any of the following statements?
‘I want to be able to express my opinion clearly.’
‘I don’t know how to begin my speeches and how structure my presentation.’
‘I feel too much tension before my speeches and I want to find new ways to optimize it.’
‘I want to look more professional and speak engagingly.’
‘I want to be confident while presenting in English’
‘I want to speak more clearly and articulate well.’
‘I always talk too much and my boss tells me to cut to the point.’
‘I want to finish my presentation effectively and with style.’
If you can relate to some of the statements, then the course of English Rhetoric is for you. It will help you to enhance your public speaking skills. You will be provided the ‘hands on’ experience before you step into the ‘real world’. We designed a course according to your needs, which will help you to step into the flow of your inner potential and handle any kind of second thoughts and insecurities through extensive practice.
Level of English needed:
Upper-Intermediate (B2) and more experienced
What we will learn
How to define goal of the presentation and structure it accordingly
How to set up your inner GPS/cognitive map in alignment with your rhetoric goal
How to apply effective principles of NLP and Positive Psychology into your speeches
How to establish rapport with your audience
How to optimize the bodily tension before and during your presentations
How to use diaphragmatic breathing in order to maximize the potential of your voice
How to articulate clearly and add colour to your voice
How to move and position yourself during your presentations
How to use illustrative gestures to emphasize the meaning of my messages
How to prepare your slides and visual aids
How to use English idioms and sayings effectively
Course Syllabus in 8 sessions
Essential Skills of Every Rhetorician (1 - 3 sessions)
optimize bodily tension and adopt attitudes of master presenters
use diaphragmatic breathing to maximize the potential of your voice
use your gestures and non-verbal communication
establish rapport with your audience
Video-feedback training
Format of Your Presentation (4 – 6 sessions)
have a strong introduction and start with a rhetorical question
defining your goal and structuring the corpus of the presentation
use personalized story-telling and take your listeners on a journey
rhetorician’s well-being: exercises, mindfulness, psychology
Fine-tune Your Speech Technically (session 7)
develop your slides and visual aids
proxemics - set up rhetoric space
develop a strong conclusion
The Final Presentation
Video-feedback training
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| Course starts: | 9. 1. 2025 |
| Course ends: | 20. 2. 2025 |
| Day of the lessons: | Čtvrtek |
| Time of the lessons: | 18.00 - 20.00 |
| Number of lectures / hours: | 7/14 |
| Course capacity: | 5 - 10 students vacancy |
| Place: | Klimentská 50, Praha 1 |
Price: 6 680 CZK with VAT
Course lecturer
Karel Wichterle, M.A.
In his classes Karel puts a lot of emphasis on the structure of the presentation, defining a specific goal of the speech, establishing rapport with the audience, building the capacity for an effective self-reflection, using appropriate colours and pitch of your voice, mastering illustrative gestures, and using common English sayings and idioms. His course is also enriched by many interactive exercises, which are especially focused on diaphragmatic breathing, articulation, and relaxation.
In his sessions Karel draws on his educational background. He studied psychology (Empire State University/UNYP) and completed Master’s degree in Drama-therapy at Roehampton University in London. Mr Wichterle employs a student-centred approach and believes that each student has an individual authentic path towards betterment. Nevertheless, Karel is very persistent in building team-spirited and cooperative atmosphere among his students.
Karel has been teaching at our school since 2010.
