"English for International Academic Conference" is a course of "dual aims: to develop both English language skills and
communicative competences in international professional conference communication. The course attempts to equip
students with comprehensive skills of speech communication, especially the practical oral skills necessary for presenting
professional papers, raising and answering questions (oral defense), as well as chairing presentations and discussion
sections in international professional conferences and other academic settings. The course also aims to develop the
students' all-round ability of retrieving conference information, organizing conferences, chairing parallel sessions, and
communicating with international professionals of different cultural backgrounds, etc., and prepare the students to
participate in various international exchanges and cooperation.
By the end of this course, participants will:
Learn how to write academic conference papers
Learn the skills of changing an academic paper into a presentation script
Learn how to make a presentation at a conference
Learn how to ask and answer questions and some other basic skills in a conference
Learn how to chair a conference
课程内容及教学日历 (如授课语言以英文为主,则课程内容介绍可以用英文;如团队教学或模块教学,教学日历须注明
主讲人)
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)