英语演讲的艺术-2020spring

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个人介绍

英语演讲的艺术-2020spring

主讲教师：张薇

学校：	首都经济贸易大学
开课院系：	华侨学院
专业大类：	通识选修
开课专业：	英语语言
课程英文名称：	The Art of English Public Speaking
课程编号：	GEE108
学分：	2
课时：	32

课程介绍

I. Course Objectives
This course aims to develop students' English public speaking skills thereby assisting their future study, passing speaking tests or delivering speeches in future jobs. The course involves a variety of oral activities which focuses on enhancing students’ mastery of public speaking skills, vocabulary and common expressions for current hot issues and topics, practicing pronunciation, structuring presentations and linking ideas together. Moreover, some useful knowledge on how to survive while staying in English-speaking countries will be discussed. The specific objectives are as follows,
1. To improve students’ ability and knowledge of delivering English speeches in terms of organizing speeches, linking ideas, expressing oneself in a decent way. Students will also be able to use appropriate vocabulary and vast variety of sentence structure to express themselves.
2. To facilitate students’ preparation for international English-language exams, such as IELTS, TOFEL and GRE, thus helping them feel confident to demonstrate their skills and competence in the test situation.  
3. To improve their practical application of speaking skills. This will help with job applications and presentation in their future career.

教学方法

The instructed parts will be carried out in various methods: flipped class, lectures, activities, discussions, presentations, debates, role plays, etc.

As for the self-study units, students will be advised to look for a chance to apply their oral skills in real life; for example, joining English speaking club, working with foreigners, assisting tourists in Beijing, etc.

教学评价

Component	Weight	Description
Final Exam	20%	A cumulative final examination will be given based on all of the contents of the class. The exam may be composed of oral delivery, speech outlines and speech script. Students should rely primarily on homework assignments to give them a sense of what they may see for material on exams.
Mid-Term Test	20%	A cumulative midterm test will be given based on all of the contents that have been taught in class. The test may be mainly composed of a speech outline, and an independent English speech delivery in class.
Online Learning	15%	Most of the assigned homework is about the online-learning of the course videos, and the exercises related to the videos. Students are required to finish the homework on time. The graded assignments will be kept online, thus be used for reference.
Quizzes	15%	There will be at least 2 quizzes during the semester. Quizzes may or may not be announced in advance. It may also be used as a way to check the attendance. Quizzes will test students’ knowledge of both concepts and the application of those concepts.
Presentation	10%	The students will be divided into several groups to prepare a presentation. Each student is required to be involved in the presentation. The topics can be selected from the textbook or lectures. Each group need to finish a PPT related to the topic which is given and hand in the related resources to the teacher before the presentation.
Participation	10%	Individuals will be asked to participate individually in a question and answer at least 5 times during the semester. The performances should be counted in their participation.

Attendance	10%	Refer to attendance policy listed below
Total	100%

Detailed Grade Computation

	Before Midterm	After Midterm
Attendance	5%	5%
Participation	5%	5%
Homework/Online Learning	5%	10%
Quizzes	5%	10%
Presentation		10%
Midterm test	20%
Final exam		20%
Total	40%	60%

Grading Policy

A+ 97-100 A 93-96 A- 90–92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80–82

C+ 75-79 C 70-74 C- 67–69 D+ 63–66 D 62-60 F 0- 59

教学效果

After completing this course, students will be able to:

s master the basic English public speaking skills;

s speak English with proper stress and intonation;

s build fluency and coherence when discussing current social topics;

s express personal ideas in a speech;

s improve oral English expression in verbal and non-verbal ways.

参考教材

《The Art of Public Speaking》Tenth Edition, Stephen E. Lucas, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press；ISBN：978-7-5600-9239-3;

演说之禅-职场必知的幻灯片秘技, Garr Reynolds 著电子工业出版社 ISBN 978-7-121-19984-4

英语演讲实训指南, Connie Gibson 著外语教学与研究出版社 ISBN 978-7-5600-7477-1

How to develop self-confidence and influence people by Public Speaking, Carnegie D. ISBN 978-7-5117-1202-8

课程评价

教学资源

课程章节资源

课程章节	\| 文件类型		\| 修改时间	\| 大小	\| 备注
1.1 Course orientation		视频 .mp4	2020-02-24	392.75MB
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2.1 How to choose an interesting topic?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-06	351.61MB
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3.1 How to analyze the audience		视频 .mp4	2020-03-18	247.43MB
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4.1 How to organize the body		视频 .mp4	2020-03-25	449.59MB
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4.2 How to develop the main points		视频 .mp4	2020-03-25	338.05MB
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5.1 How to support ideas		视频 .mp4	2020-07-17	455.10MB
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6.1 How to connect parts and ideas in a speech		视频 .mp4	2020-03-24	351.20MB
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7.1 Should I tell a story		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	307.46MB
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8.1 How to begin a speech		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	373.20MB
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8.2 How to end a speech		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	333.65MB
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9.1 How to inform people?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	478.83MB
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10.1 How to persuade people?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	517.59MB
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11.1 What is the acceptable English in public speaking?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	389.16MB
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11.2 How to make my language powerful?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	474.44MB
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12.1 How to maintain positive connections with my audience?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	403.83MB
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12.2 How to manage the voice?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	316.84MB
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12.3 How to manage the body language?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	408.10MB
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13.1 How to prepare effective slides?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	344.90MB
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14.1 How to practice and rehearse effectively?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	433.33MB
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15.1 How to deal with nervousness?		视频 .mp4	2020-03-26	347.40MB
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