| Event: |
ELP Practice Group for Instructors Fall 2026 (Session 4): Comprehension Checks, Body Language, and |
| Starts: |
Friday 10/2/2026 03:30 PM |
| Ends: |
Friday 10/2/2026 04:30 PM |
| Location: |
Zoom (link will be emailed from cte-elp@tamu.edu)
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| Presenters: |
Ginessa Payne, Center for Teaching Excellence |
| Hosted By: |
CTE - English Language Proficiency |
| Contact Information: |
cte-elp@tamu.edu |
| Description: |
Fourth in a series of workshops for graduate students, post-docs, and visiting scholars whose primary language is not English. This interactive workshop demonstrates comprehension checks and body language that reinforces the speaker's message. It promotes comprehensible speech with pauses at appropriate places.
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to...
1.Brainstorm some ways to check for audience comprehension.
2.Identify gestures that reinforce the speaker's message.
3.Select appropriate places to pause in a text, based on grammatical structure |