Individual assistance from qualified speaking consultants

Specialized Speaking Consultations 

The English Speaking Consultants offer individual tutoring to international graduate students who need to improve their general English language skills or to prepare for specific communication tasks (e.g., conference presentations, department presentations, job talk, interpersonal interactions with various audiences, etc.).

Learn more about our different consultation types here.

The Interpersonal Communication Consultants work with all graduate students who need strategies for effective interpersonal interactions, e.g. handling important discussions with professors, peers, and others, making small talk in different settings, using appropriate verbal and nonverbal strategies, selecting best approaches for conflict management, and more.

Learn more about our different consultation types here.

The Public Speaking Consultants work with all graduate students to strengthen their public speaking and presentation skills, e.g., crafting compelling introductions and conclusions, organizing ideas clearly, delivering with confidence, and responding to audience questions effectively. Public speaking and presentation situations include 3-Minute Thesis and GPSS Conference Competitions, conference presentations, proposal, preliminary, and final oral exams, and more.

Learn more about our different consultation types here.

Non-Disclosure Agreements

To ensure the confidentiality of all graduate students and postdoc scholars, all CCE consultants sign non-disclosure agreements agreeing to keep private all information and results they view in a consultation.