1. Introduction to the topic of presentation skills. Selection of a theme of spoken presentation. 2. Assessment criteria for the presentations. Evaluation reports. Stage fright and relaxation techniques. Coping of presentation nervousness. 3. Emotional intelligence. Empathy and its importance in interpersonal and presentation communication. Working with the audience. 4. The role of self-knowledge and self-monitoring in communication. Critics and praise in communication. Grammar exercises. 5. Basics of nonverbal communication and presentation preparation. Analysis of the most common mistakes in speech in terms of nonverbal communication. 6. Beginning with the presentation. Effective introduction and conclusion. 7. Basics of verbal communication. Voice preparation and rhetoric. Czech in the speech. Presentation academic language. 8. Types of presentations (informative, persuasive and improvising) and their specifics. The presentation of results for the professionals and general public. 9. Software support of presentations. Presentation tools and their appropriate using. Visual aids, optimal work with them. 10. Ethics and etiquette from the view of presentation situations. Becoming a better presenter. 11. Specifics of presentations of civil engineering disciplines. Tips for a proper presentation. The rhetorical triangle. 12. Specifics of team presentations. The role of the individual in a presenting group. 13. Presentation of printed material. Summary of knowledge.

1. Communication and rhetoric at present, its usage in professional praxis and personal life. 2. Principles of empathy in communication. Social stereotypes and particularly the effect of the first impression, group activity. 3. The principles of good public speech. Diction, respiration, phonation and articulation. 4. Preparation of content and form of speech. Principles of communication among people. 5. Linguistic and stylistic aids. Speaker's personality. Czech language in speeches. 6. Nonverbal means and speaker's celebrity. 7. Structuring the construction of rhetorical speech. Quality of public speeches. Individual types of public, monologues and dialogic speeches in praxis. 8. Trial of acquired knowledge and skills by the test of rhetorical self-reflection and public speeches (using a video). Public presentation of students. 9. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 10. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 11. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 12. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback. 13. Public presentations of students. Analysis of successes and failures, feedback.