Public Speaking

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this course is to inform the rhetoric theories and provide training on the practical skills of public speaking.  It covers all major steps of speech preparation and presentations.  During the first semester, the content will focus on informative speech, delivering and listening skills.  It aims to reduce students' anxiety in public presentation, build up confidence by learning the skills and techniques in public speaking, and improve students' oral ability in making different types of presentation, including informative, persuasive, and other genres of speeches for various purposes.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Introductions Extemporaneous Speech:  A 2-3 minute speech of Self-Introduction. Basic Principles of Speech Communication. Introductory Speeches Ethics in Public Speaking Speaking to inform Selecting a Topic and Purpose Analyzing the Audience Organizing the Body of the Speech Outlining the Speech Beginning and Ending the Speech Delivering the Speech Using Visual Aids Informative Speech Persuasive Speech Process Speech Discuss course progression

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14 Session 15 Session 16

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After taking this course, students will be able to: 1.  comprehend the rhetoric theories by examples of videos. 2.  learn how to be a good listener of a speech by analyzing speeches online. 3.  present a speech by practicing during the online session with the instructor. 4.  learn some techniques on reducing anxiety in public presentation and build up confidence.

REFERENCES

Course Online Learning Center - find chapter summaries, test questions, vocabulary flashcards, etc. Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century - Listen to speeches online Advanced Public Speaking Institute The History Channel