English Public Speaking

Introduction to the Course

复旦大学《英语公众演说》教学团队

Objectives of the Course English Public Speaking (EPS) is an ESL practice-

oriented course, which aims to develop students’ following skills:

1. To build your self-confidence in EPS and communication;

2. To develop your ability to write effective English public speeches;

3. To develop your ability to effectively deliver English public speeches;

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4. To develop your critical thinking skills, research skills, and cooperation skills;

5. To develop your speaker responsibility and skills, ie, your intercultural communicative competence, your credibility, your respect to your audience and the occasion, etc;

6. To develop your listener responsibility and skills, ie, your ability to listen effectively and critically to public speeches;

7. To help you make a bunch of new friends.

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Study Materials, Textbooks, and

Reference Books • Instructor’s Handouts.

• Carnegie, Dale. Public Speaking for Success. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. 2005.

• Kay, Sue. A Simple Guide to the Art of Debate in English. FLTRP. 2006.

• Lucas, Stephen E. The Art of Public Speaking (10th). FLTRP. 2010. (Textbook)

• O’Hair, Dan. A Pocket Guide to Public Speaking. Bedford/St. Martins.

• 崔琳琳等，《大学英语演讲教程》，外文出版社，2004年。

• 祝蔚红，《实用英语演讲教程》，南京大学出版社， 2007年。

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Online Resources

• elearning.fudan.edu.cn

• http://jpkc.fudan.edu.cn/s/184/main.htm

• http://www.history.com/speeches

• http://www.americanrhetoric.com

• http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/speeches/index.html

• http://www.ted.com/

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• Office:

Rm 533, Humanities Building

• Office Hour:

TU 13:00-15:00

• Contact:

jiangbowan@163.com

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Grading Policy

• Speeches and Discussions 50%

• Quiz 10%

• Attendance and Classroom participation 10%

• Final Exam 30%

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Assignments • Self-introductory speech;

• Informative speech;

• Persuasive speech;

• Group discussion;

• Speech writing;

• Recitation;

• Self-assessment.

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Classroom Norms -1 • Previewing plays an important part in your skills development.

Make sure you have completed the reading assignment each week before you attend class.

• Time constraints dictate that we adhere to a strict schedule. Speeches must be delivered on the assigned date. Failure to appear and deliver will result in an automatic “F”.

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Classroom Norms -2 • Observe time limit assigned to each task.

• If you are late for class during speech presentations, please wait outside the door until you hear applause.

• Cell phones must be turned off or silenced.

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Reading Assignment

for Week 2

• Read APS from p1-31:

Chapter 1 Speaking in Public

Chapter 2 Speaking Confidently and Ethically

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Bibliography 1. Brydon, Steven R. 等，《演讲的艺术与科学》，北京：中国人民大学出版社，2006。

2. Johnson, Steven. Winning Debate. Beijing: FLTRP. 2010.

3. Lucas, Stephen E. The Art of Public Speaking. Beijing: FLTRP. 2004, 2010.

4. Maslow, Abraham H. Motivation and Personality (2nd ed). New York: Harper & Row, 1970)

5. 安秉哲，《怎样进行国际学术演讲》，哈尔滨：哈尔滨工业大学出版社，2009年。

6. 申文，1999，英语口语教学的五个阶段，《北京邮电大学学报(社会科学版)》(3): 57-60.

7. 万江波，非英语专业英语公众演说课的课程设置，《中国外语教育》，2009（3）。

8. 万江波，Group Work in the Classroom of English Public Speaking，第二届全国英语演讲教学与研究学术研讨会，北京：外研社，2009。

9. 万江波，2011，“高校英语演讲课的课程设计及教学方法”[R]，外研社：全国高等学校大学英语教学研修班（7月25日，南昌）。

10. 祝蔚红，《实用英语演讲教程》，南京：南京大学出版社，2007年。

11. Workshop Book. “Workshop on Teaching Public Speaking to College Students” (May 29-30, Nanjing). FLTRP.

12. http://www.shortfun.com/michelle-obama-2-5117

13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/ps/sites/roughguide/hall_of_fame/pages/david_cameron.shtml

14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response

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