Course Description: This class will focus on developing essential public speaking skills primarily for graduate and post-graduate students and faculty. Participants will develop and practice speaking skills needed to be successful in an academic and professional environment. A variety of materials will give the students the opportunity to participate actively in exercises, improve their listening skills and their own public speaking delivery, and prepare academic presentations. The class is designed to meet the needs and demands placed on scholars and faculty to listen to and present formal, academic material.
Prerequisites:
Students who wish to enroll in this intensive,
- high-level critical thinking skills to comprehend, analyze, evaluate, and respond to academic lectures
- vocabulary knowledge and the ability to pick up context clues to make inferences
- understand the main ideas and details of complex academic listening sources
- take organized notes on academic lectures
- communicate accurately and fluently using effective presentation skills on academic topics and participate in active discussions