Course Requirements
Dear Student,
Because of the nature of the course, attendance is very important. Regular attendance is required to improve as a speaker. Moreover, a consistent audience is essential for presentations and the course as a whole to run smoothly. Please study the Course Outline.
Students are expected to speak frequently: give public speeches, ask questions, and participate in small group discussions and debates.
Speech Outline
An outline of the presentation (speech outline) must be handed in to the teacher in advance or immediately before giving a presentation. The outline of the presentation must be printed on one A4 size page (one page only) and must contain the student's name and ID number, the title of the topic, and the basic points of the presentation. The font size must be either Times New Roman 12 or Areal 10. Spaces between the lines 1.15 . The font size of the title: Times New Roman 14, Bold. Here is an example of speech outline.
Late Submission of an Assignment / Giving a Presentation Later than Scheduled
In order to be fair to students who have submitted their assignments or gave their presentations on time and to encourage effective time-management skills, late submission of an assignment will receive the following penalties:
- work submitted 1 working day late will be deducted 10%
- work submitted 2 working days late will be deducted 20%
- work submitted 3 working days late will be deducted 30%
- any work submitted more than 3 days late will get a zero mark.
Rules of Behavior
Students are not allowed to walk in the classroom or to chat loudly unless permitted by the teacher. If a student ignores the teacher's remarks, uses offensive vocabulary or offensive body language, leaves the classroom early and without the teacher’s permission, insults other students or behaves in any other inappropriate way, the student will be punished in accordance with College regulations.
Course Description
This course focuses on the use of spoken English in academic and professional contexts. It will help you to improve your face-to-face communication and public speaking skills.
Course Content
- Understanding verbal and non-verbal communication
- Note taking strategies in lectures and seminars
- Face-to-face communication: developing interview skills
- Classroom presentations: impromptu speeches, demonstration speeches, informative speeches, and persuasion speeches
- Designing effective outlines of speeches and PowerPoint presentations
Course Objectives
- Develop verbal and non-verbal public presentation skills which are needed in academic environment by practicing methods and techniques used in the following forms of oral discourse: impromptu speech, demonstration speech, informative speech, and persuasion speech
- Develop library and Internet research skills to select a topic and prepare an effective public speech
- Learn how to prepare a public speech outline and give an effective public speech
- Develop critical listening skills
- Design effective PowerPoint presentations
- Develop face-to-face-communication skills and learn how to work effectively in small groups.
Course Outcomes
- Use English effectively in verbal and non-verbal communication; understand the main ideas in extended formal speech, including complex lines of argument, when the topic is reasonably familiar.
- Extract information from a clearly structured mini-lecture and record sufficient details.
- Take an active part in face-to-face semi-formal discussions and problem-solving activities, being able to present his or her views clearly in accurate English with few hesitations, and to handle turn-taking conventions smoothly. The required level is about CEFR B2+.
- Give a clear, systematically developed presentation, highlighting significant points and supporting detail. Handle questions from an audience in a professional manner.
- Prepare effective public speeches and use language with a high level of clarity and fluency.
- Take part in an interview as either interviewer or interviewee, following up ideas and spontaneous questions as well as more structured ones.
