Public Speaking

外语学院 张舒婷

• Watch the speech made by President Obama, My education, my futureMy education, my future.

• Do you think it is a successful speech? Why?

Introduction

Why do we need to train our public speaking skills?

What consists public speaking? Public Speaking & Conversation & Reading

Aloud Types of public speaking How to be a good public speaker?

Why public speaking training?

• Public speaking : an act of speaking by one person one person to a groupgroup of people, large or small.

• 21st century :“competition through communication and communication through competition”

• The best way to communicate – Speaking

• We speak much more than we write!

What consists public speaking?

• Thought• Language • Voice• Bodily action

Four factors to pay attention to

• The speaker• The audience• The speech itself• The setting or situation

Public Speaking VS Conversation

• A public speech is usually directed at more listeners.

• Public speaking is relatively uninterrupted discourse.

• Public speaking requires intensified volume of voice and bodily action.

• Public speeches are mostly prepared ones.

Public Speaking VS Reading Aloud

• Primary concern for public speaking is communication communication between you and your audiencebetween you and your audience.

• Primary concern for reading aloud is to convey the message of the the author author to the audience.

• Public speaker gets the right to choose (words, sentences, voice, pace and body action).

Types of Public Speaking

• Speaking to inform (objects, processes, events, concepts) (D2_07)

• Speaking to persuade (on issue of fact, value, policy) (D2_10)

• Speaking for special occasions (Ceremonial: weddings, funerals, graduations, farewell parties, opening and closing ceremonies. )

How to be a good public speaker in English?

• Learn to speak English fluently• Learn to write well• Remember that public speaking is

a two-way communication!

What benefits can Public Speaking bring to us?

• Language competenceLanguage competence: fluent, eloquent, composed and effective

• Academic benefitAcademic benefit: present yourself orally• Professional benefitProfessional benefit: job interview, work

performance and team project; improve your chances to be appreciated, hired and promoted

• Social benefitSocial benefit: good relationship with people around you

How to learn this course

• In-class activity a. lecture + discussion b. video watching + discussion + comments c. speech-making + comments• Out-of-class activity English corners, speaking competitions, clubs, etc.• Practice oriented: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

Assessment methods

• Attendance (10%)• Class involvement (10%)• Speech Imitation (30%)• In-class speech-making (50%)You will get extra scores by attending speech competitions (10 scores

each time); or making more speeches in class (5 scores

each time).

One-minute speech

• Do you think people can learn as much on the internet as they can by reading books? Which method do you prefer?

Homework_3 mins talk• With new college students starting

their new life, many parents are buying them not just high end cameras, phones, PCs, but even some are offering their kids cars as presents for them to drive in school. What do you think of this phenomenon.