Topic outline

  • Welcome to LC-1120 Online Persuasive Presentations for Engineers (1 ECTS)!

    Instructor: Nanna Qvist nanna.qvist@aalto.fi
                           Aalto University Language Centre, Otakaari 1.

    Workload
    27 h (independent online study 25 h, small group meetings 2 h (face to face)

    During this course, you will construct and deliver one specific type of persuasive presentation in English, an elevator pitch (EP).  The 1-2-minute talk will be on a topic related to your field of study and aimed at non-expert audiences of a client or funding organisation.  The course familiarises you with the elements of persuasion, and you will practise your talk in small groups, giving and receiving constructive feedback, before creating the final version of the pitch.

    You will progress through the course by working mainly independently and online on weekly assignments, which are to be completed by the deadline posted. As we apply a process approach to learning,  it is important that you commit to working regularly and reserve enough time for completing the assignments on schedule each week.

    In addition,  you will participate in two face-to-face meetings: a practice session, where you practise the pitches, giving and receiving feedback; and one pitching session, where you present the final version of the elevator pitch to a small audience.                                 

    1) Practice sessions at Otakaari 1, Room U504, Otaniemi campus. Each student participates in one session only: 
                                                         
                                               Thu 31 Jan, 12.00-13.00 or 15.00-16.00

    2) Final pitching sessions at Otakaari 1, Room U504. Otaniemi campus. Each student participates in one session only:    

                                               Thu 14 Feb,  14.00-15.00

    A more detailed schedule will be confirmed later for each student: the final number of practice sessions and pitching sessions will depend on the total number of course participants.

    See also Syllabus for course description and learning outcomes.