| Year Level: 2 | ||
| Equivalent GE Area(s) in 2011/2012 Model: |
Area 3 – Communication | |
The course aims to provide students with an introduction to the skills and practices of public speaking: this will be contextualized across the different socio-cultural and work situations in which they are likely to be required to speak, and with regard to the different groups they will have to address. The emphasis will be on seven main areas:
1. speaking as a form of communication
2. the techniques of public speaking
3. understanding & addressing different kinds of audiences
4. researching the material to be dealt with in the speech
5. organizing the talk
6. using A/V aids
7. dealing with questions