13 hod., optionally

1. Introduction to the topic. Selection of a theme for spoken presentation. 2. Assessment criteria for the presentations. Stage fright and relaxation techniques. 3. Emotional intelligence. Empathy and its role in interpersonal communication. 4. The role of self-knowledge and self-monitoring in communication. Criticism and praise in communication. 5. Basics of the nonverbal communication. Principles of appropriate verbal and nonverbal expression. Beginning with the presentation. 6. Analysis of the most common mistakes in speech in terms of nonverbal communication . 7. Verbal communication, public speech. Rhetorics. Physiology of the speech act. Work and exercise with speech organs. 8. Types of presentations (informative, persuasing and improvised) and their specifics. Work with the audience. Presentation of the results on the professional and lay level. 9. Software support of presentations. Presentation tools and their appropriate use. 10. Ethics and etiquette in terms of presentation situations. 11. Specifics of presentations of civil engineering disciplines. 12. Specifics of team presentations. The role of the individual in the working group. 13. Presentation of printed materials. Written communication.