Transcript What consists public speaking?

Public Speaking
外语学院 张舒婷
• Watch the speech made by President Obama, My
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 to
a group 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?
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Thought
Language
Voice
Bodily action
Four factors to pay attention to
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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 between you and your audience.
• Primary concern for reading aloud is to convey
the message of the 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 competence: fluent, eloquent, composed
and effective
• Academic benefit: present yourself orally
• Professional benefit: job interview, work
performance and team project; improve your
chances to be appreciated, hired and promoted
• Social 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.