Social and Professional Interaction in English: face-to-face Communication at Conferences and Events (pendant les intersemestres)

This module is for doctoral students, researchers and teachers in all disciplines

Would you like to feel more confident when interacting in English in social and professional situations? This one-day workshop gives you the language skills to improve your social interaction in English.

Establishing and maintaining a professional network is essential for doctoral candidates not only while studying, but also in their professional lives, for developing their career and establishing cooperative partnerships. Striking up and maintaining a conversation is not always easy but there are tools that can help you.

Use communication and social skills (in English) to interact effectively in an international academic context, namely:

• Greeting and introductions (formal and informal)
• Initiate, maintain and conclude a conversation, and then move on
• Talk concisely and effectively about your research
• Ask effective questions and respond to questions (formal and informal)
• Invite and accept/decline an invitation
• Express opinions
• Tell stories
• Make a good impression
• Understand verbal and visual clues (e.g., body language)
• Maintain relationships

Theory and interactive workshop, followed by role-plays and discussions. The focus is on interacting in conference and professional event situations.