Course Details
Communication and Rhetoric
Academic Year 2024/25
BZB006 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-GK Winter Semester 3rd year
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
2 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Introduction to social sciences studies. Importance for theory and praxis in civil engineering. Contribution of subject "Communication and Rhetoric" for a student of Faculty of Civil Engineering.
2. Social psychology and its place in personal life. Psychological terminology. Memory, speech and mind.
3. Methods of a psychological and communication research. Dialog, questionnaire, anamnesis. Personality formation in environment.
4. Personality and its structure. Temperament and character. Personality types. Age periods of the personality development. Biological and sociological determination of the personality.
5. Nonverbal communication and its types. Gestures, facial expressions, eye glances, haptics, proxemics. Nonverbal expressions and speaker's personality.
6. Communication and rhetoric nowadays, its usage in professional praxis and personal life.
7. Principles of a quality public speech. Diction, respiration, phonation and articulation. Preparation of the content and form of the speech. Communication among people.
8. The types of presentation (informational, persuasive and improvised). Software support of presentations. Visual aids, optimal work with them.
9. Linguistic and stylistic means. Speaker's personality. Czech language in speeches. Presentation academic language.
10. Segmentation of a speech. Quality of public speeches. Effective introduction and conclusion. Ways to stress-coping.
11. Assertiveness. Effective communication. Communication at high standard. Preparing for a job interview.
12. The most common types of public, monologue and dialogic speeches in practical life. Presentation of results for professionals and general public.
13. Practical usage of gained knowledge and skills by means of self-reflexion test and public speeches with using a video.