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Presentation courses

English 711


Facilitation & Presentation Skills 

STG PLFs 

 

 

 

Time


February 2025

 

 

 

Place & Instructor


Buontalenti

TBA

Katie Fry

 

 

Teacher's bio

Katie Fry is a teacher of academic communication and English for Academic Purposes. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto (2017), an MA in English from York University (2009), a BA Honours in English from Simon Fraser University (2004), and a Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2010). She has published research articles in academic journals and collected volumes as well as several literary translations (Spanish to English). Before joining the Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages (CALL) at EUI, she taught academic writing and speaking at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for Academic Communication.  

 

 

Course Description


You know your topic inside and out, but are not sure that the main message is always clear to your audience. You know what to say, but are not always sure how to say it. You would like to feel more confident about presenting in public. Perhaps you have been asked to facilitate a seminar, conference, or talk, but you are not sure what types or questions to ask to get the conversation rolling. 

In this series of workshops, we will focus on facilitation and presentation skills. 

Materials: To be provided by the instructor

English 712


STG Talks

Time


January-March 2025

TBA

 

 

 

 

Place & Instructor


Buontalenti

BTC104 / BTA116 /  Hannah Arendt Room

Katie Fry

Benjamin Carver

Mary Greenshields

 

Course Description


This course offers you the opportunity to perfect your STG Talk in a “dry run” before the main event. The instructor and members of the PLF team will offer suggestions and advice to polish your STG Talk. We will address any questions you might have and offer solutions to any issues you may foresee for your presentation. 

We will also attend your PLF Talk and provide you with written feedback. 

Materials: provided by the instructors 

Teacher's bio

Katie Fry is a teacher of academic communication and English for Academic Purposes. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto (2017), an MA in English from York University (2009), a BA Honours in English from Simon Fraser University (2004), and a Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2010). She has published research articles in academic journals and collected volumes as well as several literary translations (Spanish to English). Before joining the Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages (CALL) at EUI, she taught academic writing and speaking at the University of Toronto’s Graduate Centre for Academic Communication.  

Ben Carver teaches English research writing and communication at the EUI Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages (CALL). His PhD in literary history was awarded in 2012 (University of Exeter) and appeared as a monograph in 2017 (Palgrave). Since then he has published research articles, edited a volume of essays on literature and conspiracy culture (Routledge), and published pieces for a broad readership on television programmes, science fiction, and music. He is interested in supporting early-career academics’ ability to write and publish in a range of formats, for audiences within and beyond the academy. 

Mary Greenshields is a teacher of English for Academic Purposes and Coordinator of the Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages at the EUI. An experienced academic librarian (MLIS, University of Alberta) and post-secondary instructor, she also holds an MA in English (University of Lethbridge), and is a current doctoral candidate (RMIT). She has published articles, edited monographs, and non-academic writing, and enjoys working with writers to hone their skills and allow their voices to shine through. 

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