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The aim of this paper is to introduce the seminar Rhetoric and presentation for first year students of Social pedagogy at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. The emphasis is on a new conception of the subject including the elements from psychosomatic disciplines (inspiration from Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – Department of authorship and pedagogy and Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno – Drama Education). The paper aims to introduce the problems and results of implementation of the subject. The main questions are: how to include psychosomatic elements in the communication preparation in social peda-gogy and how to evaluate effectiveness of this subject.