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Description
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UT-Austin's Culture of
Academic Communication course provides an opportunity for
graduate students whose native language is not English to
develop the types of oral communication skills commonly
practiced in their fields in the United States. Developing
practical skills in culturally-based academic communication
can be almost as important to one's future success in
professional and academic positions as expertise in the
discipline itself. For example, new professionals and new
assistant professors must be able to perform an array of
oral communication tasks that include research
presentations, leading and participating in group
discussions, brainstorming, panel presentations, giving and
receiving public feedback, participating with expert
research teams, teaching in a classroom, tutoring, and
leading team meetings.
As international students
explore American oral communication practices through the
course, they have opportunities to refine their speaking
skills and learn how to produce clear, well-organized, and
culturally appropriate presentations. Graduate students
analyze their own communication practices to diagnose
strengths and weaknesses and examine the active relationship
between oral and written communication in the professional
and academic arena.
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/grs/GRS389S.html
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