Course Description

This is a course that teaches the art of public speaking. Students will be expected to practice speaking in front of the public throughout the semester. Each week students will be required to memorize and recite a bit of elegant speech of their own choice and all are required to perform up to the highest standard of presentation. In the meantime, students will be exposed to various tidbits of narratives presented in the audio-visual format to demonstrate narrative techniques. In class, we will go over some interesting pieces of reading to practice in detail. (Related readings are to be found on my website: http://sex.ncu.edu.tw/members/Ho/studyall.htm) One more area of expertise that we will work on in the second half of the semester: planning and organizing what you are going to present. Grades will be based upon an accumulation of the instructor's subjective observations and evaluation.

Tentative Schedule