Public Speaking

Módule 1: What is Public Speaking? What are their benefits?

Learning objective:

This module includes a preview of the audience-centered speaking process to offer a more complete introduction to public speaking and its benefits. Participants will get to know each other and discuss about their expectations and needs.

Contents

• What is Public Speaking?

• What are their benefits?

• Speaking diagnostic activities

Module 2: Selecting the topic

Learning objective

This module allows participants to be effective listeners and listen critically. Participants will listen to speeches and identify elements present in successful speeches. Participants will start to think about a topic they want to develop in their final presentation. They will also identify and discuss about the purpose of their speeches.

Contents

• Effective listening

• Listening to speeches

• Determining the purpose of the speech

• Selecting the topic

Módulo 3: Analyzing the audience

Learning objective

During this module, participants will create and apply instruments to obtain information about the audience. They will also present their findings and discuss on how this information will be useful for the preparation of the presentation.

Contents

• Analyzing the audience

• Traits to know about the audience

• Creating instruments to obtain information

• Presenting their findings about the audience

Módulo 4: Starting your presentation and developing the central idea

Learning objective

Participants will identify different strategies to start a presentation effectively and in a non-traditional way. Participants will also present the first minutes of their presentation where they get the attention of the audience.

Contents

• Developing the central idea

• Generating main and secondary ideas

• Using strategies to start a presentation effectively

• Attracting the attention of the audience

Módulo 5: Organizing your presentation

Learning objectives

Participants will identify different options they have when organizing the information. They will also put into practice signposting expressions that can be used for each structure.

Contents

• Organizing your main ideas

• Structures of a presentation (topically, chronologically, spatially)

• Advantages and disadvantages of each structure.

• Developing signposts

Módulo 6: Gathering supporting material and using visual aids

Learning objectives

Participants will identify different sources of supporting materials and visual aids. Participants will also cite material orally and on the visual aids.

Contents

• Identifying different sources of supporting material

• Facts

• Definitions

• Testimony

• Examples

• Statistics

• Evaluating your supporting material

• Identifying different visual aids

• Citing materials orally and on the visual aids

Módulo 7: Using language effectively

Learning objectives

This module will allow participants to practice their language skills. Participants will identify verbal and non-verbal communication strategies. Participants will select formal vocabulary and structures according to the audience. In addition, participants will also select different options for signposting and small talk.

Contents

• Using language effectively

• Formal and informal language

• Nominalization

• Verbal and non-verbal communication

• Body language

• Signposting

• Pronunciation practice

• Claims versus arguments

Módulo 8: Concluding your presentation and rehearsing

Learning objectives

Participants will identify different strategies to conclude their presentation and attend questions from the audience.

Contents

• Concluding your presentation

• Summarizing

• Signaling the end of your presentation

• Attending questions from the audience

• Rehearsing the presentation

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Módulo 9: Delivering your presentation

Learning objectives

This module allows students to socialize their final presentations.

Contents

• Speaking in small groups

• Communicating in virtual environments

Módulo 10: Assessment

Learning oobjective

Particiants will ientify their strengths and opportunities to improve through self-evaluation, peer-evalaution and feedback from the teacher. Participants will reflect on the experience of the course.

Contents

• Self-evaluation

• Peer-evalaution

• Feedback

• Reflection on the course