Week 1:
Course syllabus / objectives; Self-introductions; ‘Getting to know you’ games; Introducing a classmate; Peer review and critique; What makes a great speech? Brainstorming; Basic rules of great speechmaking;
Class to read: http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/ethos-pathos-logos/;
Handouts: #1, 10 Tips for Public Speaking; #2, Know Your Audience; Ethos, Pathos, Logos: The Three Musketeers of Public Speaking. Handouts #3, Mary Beard / The Guardian; #4, Jay Heinrichs, Give a Great Speech; Informative Speech Guidelines
Tone: Paul Keating, funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier, 11 November 1993 (6 minutes + transcript)
Rowan Atkinson, Father of the Bride;
JK Rowling, Harvard Commencement, 2009 (23 minutes); critique and review of speech, class discussion
PREP: Informative Speech Guidelines
THURSDAY 28 MAY: SPEECH 1: Information / Explanation
Week 2
Critique and Class Discussion of Speech 1;
‘There goes the Fear: How to Combat Stage Fright’
Non-verbal communication; Improv Games.
Handouts #5, Joann McAbe, ‘The Fear of Public Speaking’ (PDF);
What is a pro / Con speech?
Various TED talks.
PREP: Pro and Con Speech Guidelines
THURSDAY 4 JUNE: SPEECH 2: Pro / Con
Week 3: Improv
Critique and Class Discussion of SPEECH 2;
Common Fallacies of Reasoning
Handouts: #6, Common Fallacies of Reasoning;
Speech 3: Mid-Term Exam Guidelines
Students to critique a famous speech of their choice, taken from
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm (due Week 4)
PREP: Pro and Con Speech Guidelines
THURSDAY 11 June: SPEECH 3: Mid-Term Exam
Week 4: Persuasive
Review and Critique of SPEECH 3
Students to present a famous speech from http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
How do we persuade?
Obama, ‘Philadelphia Speech’, Review and Critique;
Pathos: Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference vs Enoch Powell, Rivers of Blood
Martin Luther King, ‘I have a dream’ (1968);
Robert F Kennedy, ‘On the Assassination of Martin Luther King’
Ronald Regan: ‘Tear down this wall’
PREP: Persuasive Speech Guidelines
THURSDAY 18 JUNE: SPEECH 4: Persuasion
Week 5: Laudation
Review and Critique of SPEECH 4.
How do we praise?
Mike Myers – Sean Connery
The Graduation Rap
Mickey Mantle
PREP: Final Exam Speech, Commemorative / Laudatory
THURSDAY 25 JUNE: SPEECH 5: Commemorative / Laudatory
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