| WEEK |
TOPIC
OUTLINE |
HANDOUTS/ASSIGNMENTS |
| Week 1
|
Introduction Outlines/Assignment Package
coping with Speech Anxiety-Types of Stress
Anxiety Factors/ Symptoms and Controlling Stress
What does appearance say?
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| Week 2
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Non- Verbal Communications/ Body Language
Speaker Credibility
Relaxation Techniques
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| Week 3
|
INTRODUCTION of
PARTNER SPEECHES |
- Speech of Introduction (10%)
-
Assignment 2: "What Bothers You" Speech: Prepare a 3-5 minute speech about one
issue/thing that bothers you-with
solutions--for next
class. (Due Week 4)
- What Bugs You Speech
- Chapter 5, Rolls. "Organizing
the Speech"
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| Week 4
|
"WHAT BOTHERS YOU?" SPEECHES
Learning Styles and How to Present to Different Types of Learners
Persuasion/Fallacies of Reasoning
Discuss first major speech (due Week 9, week 10, and week
11) and discuss MID TERM Group Impromptu (due in Week 7)
|
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| Week 5
|
Remaining "WHAT BOTHERS YOU?"
speeches (by special appointment only)
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- Also use time to choose topic for major
speech and do research
- Confirm topics
- Chapter 10, Rolls. "Group
Presentations"
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| Week 6
|
Videos:
Martin Luther King ("I Have a Dream")
Julius Caesar: Brutus vs. Antonius
Review speeches so far
Evaluating Speeches
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| Week 7
|
MID TERM IMPROMPTU
***ATTENDANCE NECESSARY!!
Students will have chosen a topic and date for major speech by this class. |
MID TERM IMPROMPTU (15%) |
| Week 8
|
INTERSESSION WEEK |
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| Week 9
|
MAJOR PERSUASIVE SPEECHES |
- Re-read: Rolls, Chapters 4.
"Researching the Speech"
- Rolls, Chapter 5. "Organizing
the Speech"
- Rolls, Chapter 8. "Informative
& Persuasive Speeches"
- First Major Speech (20%)
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| Week 10
|
MAJOR PERSUASIVE SPEECHES |
NOTE: There is no Friday class offered
on March 19... see Major Speech
page for rescheduling of speeches, as discussed in class on February 19) |
| Week 11
|
MAJOR PERSUASIVE SPEECHES
Begin to prepare for Group Panel discussion
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| Week 12
|
Group Behaviour/Organizing a Panel
Discussion
Group Panel: preparation
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Re-read Chapter 10, Rolls.
"Group Presentations"
NOTE: APRIL 2 is GOOD FRIDAY.... No class on that day.
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| Week 13
|
GROUP PANEL DISCUSSIONS
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Group
Panel Discussions (20%) |
| Week 14
|
Preparation for
Two-Minute Pitch
(precise instructions and advice on the correct execution of this
assignment)
Final lecture on "The Power of Positivity"
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| Week 15
|
TWO-MINUTE PITCH Attendance is necessary!
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TWO-MINUTE PITCH (15%) |
