Storytelling as a Persuasive Tool seminar In brief Date - 27 May 2026Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Ana Barazal Barreira (University of St Andrews)Title - Transferable skills for the workplace and community participation: storytelling as a persuasive tool About the eventTransferable skills for the workplace and community participation: storytelling as a persuasive toolPublic speaking and persuasive communication are important employability skills for our students. In the foreign language classroom, storytelling is commonly used both as a tool for language learning and as an end in itself, but it has also become an increasingly prominent strategy in contemporary entrepreneurial communication. This seminar explores how storytelling activities can be reframed as opportunities to develop persuasive communication skills that are valuable in both civic and professional contexts.We will offer practical advice, activities and modern techniques for effective, persuasive, and memorable storytelling. This approach is part of a broader effort to equip our language students with the communicative competencies required of engaged citizens and professionals, independently of the career path they might choose.About the speakerAna Barazal Barreira is a Lecturer in the Department of Spanish, School of Modern Languages in the University of St Andrews.How to attendThis event is open to all, and free to attend. Registration is not necessary, simply turn up on the day!Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality.Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and languages. Find out more about DELC at Edinburgh Tags European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies German Italian Russian Scandinavian Studies Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies May 27 2026 16.00 - 17.00 Storytelling as a Persuasive Tool seminar A research seminar by Ana Barazal Barreira (University of St Andrews) exploring how storytelling activities can be reframed as opportunities to develop persuasive communication skills that are valuable in both civic and professional contexts. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Storytelling as a Persuasive Tool seminar In brief Date - 27 May 2026Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Ana Barazal Barreira (University of St Andrews)Title - Transferable skills for the workplace and community participation: storytelling as a persuasive tool About the eventTransferable skills for the workplace and community participation: storytelling as a persuasive toolPublic speaking and persuasive communication are important employability skills for our students. In the foreign language classroom, storytelling is commonly used both as a tool for language learning and as an end in itself, but it has also become an increasingly prominent strategy in contemporary entrepreneurial communication. This seminar explores how storytelling activities can be reframed as opportunities to develop persuasive communication skills that are valuable in both civic and professional contexts.We will offer practical advice, activities and modern techniques for effective, persuasive, and memorable storytelling. This approach is part of a broader effort to equip our language students with the communicative competencies required of engaged citizens and professionals, independently of the career path they might choose.About the speakerAna Barazal Barreira is a Lecturer in the Department of Spanish, School of Modern Languages in the University of St Andrews.How to attendThis event is open to all, and free to attend. Registration is not necessary, simply turn up on the day!Are you interested in studying European Languages and Cultures?Our interdisciplinary environment brings together specialists in nine European languages, and the many cultures worldwide in which they're spoken, with experts in film, literature, theatre, translation and intermediality.Working with colleagues elsewhere in LLC, and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and languages. Find out more about DELC at Edinburgh Tags European Languages and Cultures French and Francophone Studies German Italian Russian Scandinavian Studies Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies May 27 2026 16.00 - 17.00 Storytelling as a Persuasive Tool seminar A research seminar by Ana Barazal Barreira (University of St Andrews) exploring how storytelling activities can be reframed as opportunities to develop persuasive communication skills that are valuable in both civic and professional contexts. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
May 27 2026 16.00 - 17.00 Storytelling as a Persuasive Tool seminar A research seminar by Ana Barazal Barreira (University of St Andrews) exploring how storytelling activities can be reframed as opportunities to develop persuasive communication skills that are valuable in both civic and professional contexts.
