UHE3132 PUBLIC SPEAKING
SEMESTER 1 2013/2014
WEEK
1
2
3
MEETING
Introduction and
Course Overview
(9 SEP -13 SEP)
1.1. Introduction to the course
i) Icebreaking
ii) Introduction to the course
1.2. Human communication process
1.3. Ethical principles to public speaking
1.4. Ways to overcome public speaking anxiety
Speech Planning
Process
(16 SEP – 20 SEP)
1.5. Speech Planning Process
i) Select speech goal and topic
ii) Analyse the audience
iii) Gather and evaluate information
iv) Organise and develop ideas into a well-structured
outline
v) Choose, prepare and use appropriate presentational
aid
vi) Practice oral language and delivery style
Persuasive Speech
(23 SEP – 27 SEP)
1.6. Speaking to persuade
i) Types of persuasive speeches (questions of fact,
value and policy)
ii) Organization of speeches on questions of fact –
chronological, spatial and topical
iii) Organization of speeches on questions of value chronological, spatial and topical
iv) Organization of speeches on questions of policy –
problem-solution organization, problem-causesolution organization, causal organization, narrative
organization, comparative advantages organization,
Monroe’s motivated sequence
Assessment 1: Video Introduction – Me, Myself & I (20%)
1.7
4
Persuasive Speech
(30 SEP – 4 OCT)
Reasoning and persuasion
i) The nature of persuasion – Logos, Ethos, Pathos
ii) Evidence and persuasion
iii) Credibility and persuasion
iv) Emotion and persuasion
5
6
Persuasive Speech
(7 OCT – 11 OCT)
Effective Delivery
Strategies
(14 OCT – 18 OCT)
1.8
Reasoning and persuasion
i) Language of persuasion
ii) Fallacies
1.9
Effective Delivery Strategies
i) Verbal components of delivery (volume, rate, pitch
and inflection, pauses, articulation, pronunciation
and dialect)
ii) Non-verbal communication (personal appearance,
eye contact, facial expression, posture, gestures and
proxemics)
iii) Use of props and visual aids
Assessment 2: Quiz (10%)
7
8
1.10 Delivery methods
Effective Delivery
i) Extemporaneous Delivery
Strategies
ii) Impromptu Delivery
(21 OCT – 25 OCT)
iii) Manuscript Delivery
iv) Memorized Delivery
Informative
Speech
(28 OCT – 1 NOV)
1.11 Speaking to Inform
i) Speeches about objects – places, structures, animals
ii) Speeches about processes – explain how something is
made, how something is done or how something works
iii) Speeches about events – explain origins, causes, effects,
implications
Speeches about concepts – beliefs, theories, ideas and
principles
Assessment 3: Impromptu Speech (10%)
MID–SEMESTER BREAK (4 – 8 NOV)
9
(11 NOV – 15
NOV)
Assessment 4: Persuasive Speech (30%)
10
(18 NOV – 22
NOV)
Assessment 4: Persuasive Speech (30%)
Informative
Speech
(25 NOV – 29
NOV)
1.12 Speech Organization for Informative Speech
i) Organizational Outline
ii) 3 elements – main points, supporting points and
connectives
iii) Organizational Pattern: Chronological order, Spatial
order, Causal order and Topical order
12
Informative
Speech
(2 DEC – 6 DEC)
MAY)
Speech Organization for Informative Speech
i) Supporting Points
ii) Gathering materials – own knowledge, experience,
interview, research
iii) Connectives
iv) Conclusion
v) Guidelines and template for the preparation outline
13
Informative
Speech
(9 DEC – 13 DEC)
Assessment 5: Virtual Informative Speech (30%)
14
Informative
Speech
(16 DEC – 20 DEC)
Assessment 5: Virtual Informative Speech (30%)
11
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENTS
Assessment 1: Me, Myself & I (20% - Week 3)
Assessment 2: Quiz (10% - Week 5)
Assessment 3: Impromptu Speech (10% - Week 2 - 8)
Assessment 4: Persuasive Speech (30% - Week 9 & 10)
Assessment 5: Informative Speech (30% - Week 13 & 14)