Week 1

Objectives:

  • To understand the foundational elements of speech
  • To understand the course requirements
  • To review syllabus

Agenda

  1. What’s Aristotelian triangle?
  2. Why is it important to understand the rhetorical triangle in speech making?
Rhetorical Triangle

3. Who is your favorite speaker? Why? Make a list of characteristics you admire in the speaker’s style.

4. Why do we need to gain public speaking skills in the 21st century?

6. What are the similarities and differences between public speaking and conversation?

7. How do we overcome nervousness? How do we use the power of visualization to help achieve the effect?

8. How do we deal with stage fright? Read and respond.

Activities:

  1. Give a Self-Introduction: you name, school attending, college goal, favorite TV show/movie/book, favorite sport, social media or any other aspect of your life you you would your audience to know
  2. Give a Career development speech
  3. Give a Self-Introduction: you name, school attending, college goal, favorite TV show/movie/book, favorite sport, social media or any other aspect of your life you you would your audience to know
  4. Give a Career development speech

3. Role play

4. Give a Self-Introduction: you name, school attending, college goal, favorite TV show/movie/book, favorite sport, social media or any other aspect of your life you you would your audience to know

5. Give a Career development speech

What are some of your career choices or your struggles making a choice? Make a 5-minute speech about why you have decided to pursue the career or not make a decision on any career. The focus of your speech is about your career goal. In addition to considering the following, what else would you include in the speech: inspiration, aspiration, an anecdote, a role model, a TV show, a book, a film, cultural background, a tragedy, etc.