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The purpose of this course is to systematically examine the elements and factors which result in an effective speech. The textbook and associated lectures present an element-by-element examination of the essentials of public speaking
while also identifying traits of the individual speaker and how they impact preparation and presentation. In addition to these resources, a comprehensive series of brief videos demonstrate specific, performance-oriented aspects of public speaking. Tying
each of these course elements together are the themes of information and ethics, emphasized in each resource because they are becoming increasingly important to all communicators. For example, the textbook constantly returns to the discussion of society’s
ever-increasing access to information and the demands on the individual to use it effectively and ethically. The authors note that “the New York Times has more information in one week than individuals in the 1800s would encounter in
a lifetime,” which illustrates the challenges speakers face beyond the ready-made burden of coping with the inevitable anxieties of speaking to the public. In spite of that environment, ethical communication means not only accepting responsibility for the
information one presents, but also speaking up when others abuse their information platforms.
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Course Requirements
- Resolve ethical issues involving speech preparation and presentation.
- Recommend techniques for resolving issues, which may interfere with active listening.
- Identify the most effective speech topics, qualities, content, and delivery techniques based on the specific characteristics of an audience.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of speeches for different types of audiences.
- Use online and library-based research to find and critique the credibility of sources of information.
- Cite sources of information appropriately, accurately, and clearly in both spoken and written contexts.
- Choose the most effective pattern of organization for presenting different types of information to a listening audience.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of supporting details or evidence based on the main ideas or arguments they are used to support.
- Choose the most appropriate pattern for organizing a persuasive speech, based on the relationship between arguments and evidence or the relationship between the topic and the audience.
- Identify whether the functions of an introduction or conclusion have been fulfilled and will be effective when presented to a specific type of audience.
- Create keyword and sentence outlines for informative and persuasive speeches.
- Revise a passage written for readers so that it can be delivered effectively and engagingly to listeners.
- Identify and use techniques to improve the fluidity and clarity of verbal delivery.
- Recognize non-verbal techniques that communicate the speaker’s confidence and credibility in a sample speech.
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of effective, ethical public speaking by accurately and thoroughly assessing the qualities of entire informative, persuasive, and special occasion speeches.
In order to take this course, you must:
√ Have access to a computer.
√ Have continuous broadband Internet access.
√ Have the ability/permission to install plug-ins or software (e.g. Adobe Reader or Flash).
√ Have the ability to download and save files and documents to a computer.
√ Have the ability to open Microsoft files and documents (.doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.).
√ Have competency in the English language.
√ Have the ability to play a YouTube video from a precise timing point in a recording.
√ Have read the Saylor Student Handbook.
√ Have access to a computer.
√ Have continuous broadband Internet access.
√ Have the ability/permission to install plug-ins or software (e.g. Adobe Reader or Flash).
√ Have the ability to download and save files and documents to a computer.
√ Have the ability to open Microsoft files and documents (.doc, .ppt, .xls, etc.).
√ Have competency in the English language.
√ Have the ability to play a YouTube video from a precise timing point in a recording.
√ Have read the Saylor Student Handbook.
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