DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS
PROGRAMA ANALÍTICO
MATERIA
SPEECH
CODIGO
LNG 415
1. DESCRIPTION:
This is an intensive eight-week course in which students will be given the
opportunity to enhance and improve their oral skills. Students will engage in a
number of activities designed to put into practice and build the critical thinking
skills they have, and improve oral competencies. Students will utilize these skills
in Informal and formal presentations and debates. The objective will be to
increase student confidence and prepare them to present ideas and opinions in
a professional manner.
2. OBJECTIVES:
2.1 GENERAL:
To facilitate the development of communicative competency in order to provide
students a strong foundation for further development of oral competencies.
2.2 SPECIFIC:
1. To facilitate proficiency in communication skills through discourse
competence (ability to interact with native speakers)
2. To facilitate the development of sociolinguistic skills (ability to interact
in different professional situations)
3. To facilitate the mastery of linguistic skills (the ability to choose the correct
forms and structures in order to express a specific meaning.
4. To transmit and encourage the growth of linguistic knowledge through a
positive classroom atmosphere in which activities represent the students reality
and that of people living in English-speaking cultures.
3. COMPETENCIES:
A. Produce clear, smoothly flowing, well-structures speech with an effective
logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant
points.
B. Give clear and detailed descriptions and presentations on complex subjects,
integrating sub-themes, developing particular points and utilizing appropriate
conclusions.
C. Develop an argument systematically with appropriate highlighting and
support of significant points.
D. Give a clear, well-structured presentation of a complex subject, expanding
and supporting points of view in detail.
E. Be able to depart spontaneously from a prepared text and follow up
interesting points raised by members of the audience often showing good
fluency and ease of expression.
F. To be able to present professionally and in a persuasive manner ideas and
opinions
4. COURSE CONTENT

The importance of using persuasive speech

Using English Speech n business Environments
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Using Speeches to Inform or Persuade
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What Makes a Successful Speech
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How to Prepare a Speech
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Power Points
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Personal Presentations
5. METHODOLOGY
A. Students are exposed to a variety of tools, including giving them the
foundation to be able to create and present speeches in professional
environments
B. Students are given the opportunity to speak and develop oral skills, including
tone, modulation, and volume, through a variety of presentation opportunities,
and self and peer evaluation. They also practice and develop their speaking
presence, including areas such as professional dress and body language. They
also are provided opportunities to speak in front of peers regularly to help
overcome the nervousness of speaking in public.
6. EVALUATION
QUIZ I
QUIZ II
FINAL EXAM
ACTIVITIES
15/100
15/100
40/100
30/100
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dynamic Presentations – Mark Powell – Cambridge Business Skills
8. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Communicating Across Cultures – Bob Dignen – Cambridge University
Press
Elaborado por:
Reinaldo Córdova
Director of Language Department
2014