Avsiukevych I. Teaching presentation skills to students of Business English.

The thesis is devoted to the problem of teaching presentation skills to students of Business English. In the thesis a business presentation is considered as a business discourse genre. The teaching objectives and teaching aids were defined. Business presentation has been analyzed within communication theory and linguistics. Business presentation teaching content and teaching principles were defined. The principles and the model of teaching presentation skills to students of Business English developed on the basis of the genre and process approaches were the foundation for developing the complex of exercises. The goal pursued is not only to teach students how to make concise, logical and coherent business presentations in English but also to teach them how to make those presentations culturally and socially acceptable to their listeners. The effectiveness and validity of the suggested exercise complex were verified and confirmed dur-ing experimental teaching. Practical recommendations on how to organize teaching business presentation in English to students of Business English have been suggested and applied in practical class work in three higher institutions in Ukraine.