Oral Communication Skills for Engineers

Description from DukeHub

Designed for graduate engineering students who are non-native English speakers. Gain the skills necessary to confidently navigate the use of oral English. Learn social and academic norms needed for academic success and build interactional competence. Learn to deliver a self-introduction, brief overview of research/degree program/professional experience, and navigate small talk and social interactions through the development of cultural contexts and an understanding of conversational mechanics. Build the skills needed to actively participate in classes, seek help from multiple sources, and navigate productive interactions with faculty. Open only to Pratt graduate students.

Skills

• public speakingtitle: "oral communication"

AI-resilient: 0 of 5 0/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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