Oral Skills

Dieses Modul schließt mit einer mündlichen Prüfung in Form einer 7-minütigen wissenschaftlichen Präsentation ab.

Sommersemester 2025

Prüfungstermine: 21.07.-24.07.2025

Anmeldezeitraum: tba

Die mündliche Prüfung “Oral Skills” melden Sie persönlich im Studierendenbüro der Anglistik/Amerikanistik innerhalb der Sprechzeiten des Studierendenbüros an. 

Dafür bringen Sie bitte Ihre HHU-Card mit!

Anschließend melden Sie die Prüfung im Studierendenportal an. Als Prüfer*in geben Sie Alexandra Habot an, auch wenn Sie die Seminare bei anderen Dozierenden belegt haben.

Task

Give a 7-minute presentation to a panel of two lecturers on an academic topic of your choice, either:

a) a topic you covered in a seminar of English literature, culture or linguistics, or your minor.
b) the broad theme of ‘Global English’

Outline

Students MUST submit a one-page outline and have it checked by their instructor a minimum 2 weeks prior to the exam. The final outline must be submitted shortly before the date of the exam. You will recieve instructions how to upload your outline (and optional one-page visual) once you have been registered for the exam on ILIAS in the final week of classes. (See below for further information and examples).

Pass/Fail Criteria:

All students MUST meet the following criteria.

• Speakers will be penalized if a presentation is shorter than 6.5 or longer than 8 minutes, and cut off if it is over 8.5 minutes. Students who speak for less than 5 minutes automatically fail.
• Failure to submit final documents (outline) could negatively impact the grade.
• The topic cannot be a topic used in a previous presentation class.

Plagiarism

Students MUST write their presentations in their own words. Presentations may be recorded to be checked for plagiarism. If the examiners suspect the wording of speech has been directly taken from another source, the student will receive a fail and may be further penalized.