Diğer Ülkelerdeki Kamu Kurumları Tarafından Desteklenmiş Proje, 2023 - 2024
The needs analysis conducted by the project team revealed that researchers (professors,
lecturers, research assistants and graduate students) with a lower speaking proficiency due to
lack of knowledge or inexperience have faced such problems as addressing people, greeting the
audience, initiating their speech / presentation, engaging in a discussion, having chat with other
participants during breaks and therefore building network. In this context, the aim of this project
is to provide the necessary knowledge which academicians may need in academic meetings and
to improve their speaking skills to initiate, maintain, and end a presentation, conversation, or
discussion in different roles like a presenter, moderator, or listener.
This project is composed of two main phases. In the first phase, a training program will
be developed, and a guide (e-booklet) will be prepared following a document analysis of the
curricula of the relevant courses like “Academic English”, “Academic Speaking”, and
“Academic English Skills” at leading institutions and universities. In the second phase, online
lectures will be provided through a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The content of the
course will be based on actual needs in a realistic academic event in three parts. The training
starts with the basic features of academic meetings and speaking. In the second part, managing
an academic presentation; in other words, the stages (i.e. how to greet audience) of an academic
event are depicted and the possible conversation or speech models (i.e. how to raise a question
or make a comment as a listener in public) are presented to the trainees. In the last part, the
training focuses on academic speaking in social programs (i.e. how to develop network). Thus,
the trainees will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills in an academic context.