Tuesday, August 28, 2007

PRES. Aug. 29th

Hello All,
I hope you will find this blog helpful. Stop by before each class to see if there's anything new and exciting going on.

Today, you'll find below:

COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS SHEET
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COURSE SYLLABUS

Textbook: Express Yourself. Publisher: LIS KOREA

Contact Details: biancatur@rocketmail.com///MSN: biancatur2@hotmail.com
Telephone: 760-4398 /// Cell: (011) 1762-1967 /// Office: Professors’ Building, #824

This course is designed for advanced learners of English who want to improve their group discussion and public presentation skills. Hence, roughly one half the activities we do are focused on learning and applying discussion strategies, the other half on skills necessary for giving good public presentations and speeches.

In the process of discussing a topic from your book you will learn/review review rejoinders, follow-up questions, clarifications, comprehension checks, interruptions, etc. Expect to work with a partner, in a smaller group or participate in a whole-class activity.
You will learn (more) about effective public speaking which is a complex process that encompasses many aspects such as delivery, content and effectiveness. Delivery is the way you speak in front of a group of people. It includes voice control (projection, pace, intonation, diction), and body language (posture, eye contact, gestures). Also, it includes the use of visual aid, i.e. Power Point, posters, props, board, etc. Content pertains to your topic and the way it is organized in a speech (introduction, body, conclusion). Effectiveness concerns your topic (is it relevant to your audience), language use (the variety of vocabulary and sentences), and purpose (meeting the purpose of your speech – does it have enough details, is it informative/ persuasive).
Official university grading policy changes from semester to semester. Whether the bell curve (30-40-30) will be applied or not is decided by the university, not me.

In class grading will be as follows:

Attendance: 10 %
Participation = 20%
1st Presentation: Demonstrative Speech, 20 % (Speech Draft Oct. 10, Delivery Oct. 17 )
2nd Oral Presentation: Informative Speech, 20% (Speech Draft Nov. 7, Delivery Nov. 14))
3rd Oral Presentation: Persuasive Speech, 30% (Speech Draft Dec. 5th,Delivery Dec. 10) )

ATTANDANCE POLICY:

The rule is very simple: your regular and on-time attendance is a must. Two lates count for one absent; five absents will land you the final grade D, regardless of your performance in any other aspect of this course; more than 5 absents will result in an automatic failing grade F. You will be excused for illness or family emergency in which case you need to call me in advance and later submit a written proof (a doctor’s note or a signed letter from a parent or guardian). Bear in mind that attendance and participation go hand-in-hand and combined they count for 30% of your final grade.
Another way to get an A (A= Absent) is when you either use your cell phone or speak in Korean twice: C + C = A, and K + K = A.
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OUTLINE


Week 1, Aug. 29
General Introduction to the Course

Week 2, Sept 5
Understand your audience. Overcome nervousness.
Types of speeches. Delivery: posture, body language, voice volume, eye contact.
Discussion strategy: Stress (Issue 27)

Week 3, Sept.12
Speech Structure, Effectiveness and Purpose.
Discussion strategy: Generation Gap (Issue 28)

Week 4, Sept. 19
Introduction to Demonstrative Speeches.
Discussion Strategy: Prejudice (Issue 35)

Week 5, Sept. 26
Chusseok Holiday; No classes

Week 6, Oct. 3
Holiday. No class.

Week 7, Oct. 10
Speech Draft.
Peer editing and discussion of your delivery style.
Discussion Strategy: Optimism and Pessimism (Issue 37)

Week 8, Oct. 17
Speech Delivery.

Week 9, Oct. 24
Introduction to Informative Speeches
Discussion strategy: Studying English (40)

Week 10, Oct. 31
More on informative Speeches.
Discussion strategy: Marriage and Divorce (41)

Week 11, Nov. 7
Speech Draft.
Peer editing and discussion of your delivery style.
Discussion Strategy: Morality (45)


Week 12, Nov. 14
Speech Delivery

Week 13, Nov. 21
Introduction to Persuasive Speeches.
Discussion strategy: Successful life (46)

Week 14, Nov. 28
More on Persuasive Speeches.
Discussion Strategies: Is life fair (48)

Week 15, Dec. 5
Speech Draft .
Peer editing and discussion of your delivery style.
Discussion Strategy: Lessons in practical happiness

Week 16, Dec. 12
Speech Delievery


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ASSIGNMENTS

Each student in the Presentation Class has to deliver three speeches on the following dates:

1st Speech (Demonstrative), 20%- 5 min: Oct. 17th
2nd Speech (Informative), 20% 5-7 min: Nov. 14
3rd Speech (Persuasive), 30%, 10min, Dec. 13th

1st Speech (Demonstrative), 20%- 5 min: Oct. 17th

Demonstrative speech is a speech in your explain (and show) how to do something. Topics for this assignment should be kept simple, as simple as, for example, demonstrating how to brush your teeth properly, or how to make simple meal, like scrambled eggs.


2nd Speech (Informative), 20% 5-7 min: Nov. 14

Informational speeches are speeches in which the speaker simply introduces a topic, assuming that the audience does not know anything or very little about it. Such a speech may cover a variety of areas like education, politics, current issues, controversies, inventions, etc. For example, you may choose to introduce the issues in FTA or hostage crisis, electric cars, historical events, etc.



3rd Speech (Persuasive), 30%, 10min, Dec. 13th

A persuasive speech is different from an informative speech in that the speaker decides on his or her point of view regarding a topic and attempts to convince the audience that that view is the correct and logical one. For example, you may decide to write about quitting smoking, plastic surgery, dieting and eating disorders, unifications of the two Koreas, etc.
For each speech you will be given a rubric (a set of criteria that will have to be met in each speech) which will help you prepare better and help me grade you more objectively.
You will also get a rubric for peer editing.


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HOMEWORK: Write a one page introduction of yourself in which you will include your full name, tel. number and email. What else to write about? Where you live/hang out; your free time; your taste in movies, books, music; your family; your travel; your personal characteristc; the most amazing thing about yourself. Basically, anything that will help your classmates to get to know your better.




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