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Preparing to talk on your intellectual work
This training manual is addressed to students of higher education institutions, whose level of English is B2 – C1 according to CEFR and whose course of studies requires writing and defending Research Project Proposal in English. The book is aimed at building and development of Academic skills in oral speech considered necessary for the defense of the Project Proposal of Graduate Qualification Work. Specific feature of the manual is considering new forms of communication, namely giving presentation speech in English. The texts and tasks of the manual envisages forming the skills of designing and performing academic presentations on professinal topics as well as developing soft skills, which are recognised as a significant constituent of graduates' professional competency. The training guide contains exercises for both inclass and out-of- class work, including the use of the Internet.