Public Speaking

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Public Speaking for Everyone

Created byThe University of the Commonwealth Caribbean -

Last updated 12/2019

English

What you'll learn

Discuss the relationship between public speaking and audience response
Discuss the role of the speaker in eliciting active listening
Apply skills in speech preparation and delivery to enhance listening
Assess personal “speech anxiety” and use appropriate reduction technique

Course content

5 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 33m total length

Unit 1 : Introduction to Public Relations2:04
Listening Skills3:20
Explore the interrelatedness of speaking and listening and develop active listening to enhance personal and public communication. Identify listening types: pleasure, empathetic, comprehensive, and critical—and apply note-taking and focused listening.
Ethics in Public Speaking3:33
Explain ethics in public speaking by applying standards to decide right from wrong and select topics that promote positive values. Use truthful, properly attributed materials and avoid plagiarism and defamation.
Public Speaking vs Conversation9:48

Selecting a Topic and Purpose Video7:05
Brainstorm topics freely, then select one with a clear purpose by answering four questions about audience, occasion, and research, using a full infinitive and one distinct idea.
Generating Speech Materials7:44
Discover how to generate speech materials through library and internet research, evaluate sources, and use examples, definitions, statistics, and testimony to craft credible, well-supported speeches.
Supporting Main Ideas5:47

Principles of Organization and Purpose4:01
Organizing Speech with Order7:13
Learn to organize your speech with order to achieve a specific audience goal, using chronological order, special order, cause-effect order, topical order, signposts, and transitions.
Introducing and Concluding Speech2:48
Master introductions that grab attention with questions, build credibility and goodwill, and offer a concise preview, then conclude by summarizing key points and delivering a dramatic closing with two questions.
Preparing an Outline3:06
Define the speech purpose and central idea, then structure introduction, main points, subpoints, and conclusion with symbolization, indentation, transitions, and bibliography, plus delivery cues.

Guidelines to Using Visual Aids5:29
Discover how to select and use visual aids—objects, photos, graphs, charts, and videos—to boost clarity, retention, credibility, and persuasiveness, while coordinating action and checking equipment.
Language Usage5:51
Explore precise, inclusive language for clear speech, using concrete terms, imagery, and figures of speech like simile and metaphor, while avoiding jargon and gender bias.

Guidelines for Speaking to Inform6:26
Explore guidelines for informative speaking, focusing on purpose, central ideas, and organizational styles: object, process, event, and concept, with examples like the Mississippi River and Mardi Gras to engage audiences.
Guidelines for Speaking to Promote9:07
Persuade with credibility through evidence, reasoning, and emotion, and establish audience trust before and during your speech. Apply specific instance, principle, causal, and logical reasoning, and avoid common fallacies.
Speaking to Persuade8:15
Learn to persuade ethically by crafting speeches that address fact, value, and policy, engage a target audience, and leverage Monroe's motivated sequence for action.
Speeches of Introduction, Presentation, Acceptance1:47
Explore how to craft introduction, presentation, acceptance, and commemoration speeches with guidelines to be brief and accurate, adapt to occasion and audience, and build anticipation.

Requirements

ENG109 ACADEMIC WRITING 1

Description

RATIONALE

Professionals and persons employed in certain jobs are expected to be able to speak in public or make professional oral presentations in a formal context, which often necessitates the use of English. Such exposure is necessary in order for them to deliver themselves confidently and competently in their daily professional lives. This course is designed to give students advanced communication skills which will enable them to present well-researched speeches, and to develop the art of speaking in public.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The course is designed to integrate theory and practice in preparing professionals for public speaking assignments. Participants will be provided with the opportunity to develop skills in the preparation and delivery of speeches for specific types of professional occasions.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

Understand the requirements for effective public speaking
Learn the factors involved in listening to a speech
Be sensitive to the inter-relatedness of speaking and active listening
Understand how to analyze and adapt style, materials and mode to an audience or occasion
Demonstrate effective planning and presenting of specific speeches
Develop confidence in professional public speaking

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

On successful completion of this course the participants should be able to:

1. Discuss the relationship between public speaking and audience response

2. Discuss the role of the speaker in eliciting active listening

Who this course is for:

Professionals and persons employed in certain jobs are expected to be able to speak in public or make professional oral presentations in a formal context, which often necessitates the use of English.

Public Speaking

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Course content

Introduction to Public Relations4 lectures • 19min

Unit 2: Speech Planning3 lectures • 21min

Unit 3: Developing the Speech4 lectures • 17min

Unit 4: Presenting the Speech2 lectures • 11min

Unit 5: Adapting to Special Occasions4 lectures • 26min

Requirements

Description

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