Oral Training for Sophomores (Fall, 2002)

Oral Training for Sophomores (Fall, 2002)
大二口語訓練
J. Ho (A212, Tu 2-5, or by appointment)

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:

09-11

	1-minute talk to qualify for the course; introduction to the course
homework	prepare recitation (this is required every week)

09-18

	recitations; articulation and clarity on the sentence level
in class	body image
in class	body odor

09-25

	recitations; pauses and flow
in class	forever young
in class	how to love your body

10-02

	recitations; using your voice to carry the message
in class	body piercing
	why do people do it
	the hole story

10-09

	recitations; choosing the right material
in class	dressing down is dressing good
in class	packaging for consumers

10-16

report	mid-term presentations
in class	teen horror
in class	kids and the media
homework	"There is something unique about (X)"

10-23

report

"There is something unique about (X)"

10-30

report	Watching the ads tells you something about our society
in class	generation X
in class	all hail the viagra generation
homework	"A dying Chinese custom"

11-06

report	A dying Chinese custom
in class	aging
in class	aging America
homework	"promoting a product of your choice"

11-13

	choosing an approach to a given topic-strategizing
report	Promoting a product of your choice
in class	jealousy
in class	jealousy definition
homework	Taiwanese Elections

11-20

11-20 no class (campus-wide athletic games)

11-27

	basic knowledge--study your society
report	Taiwanese Elections
in class	Jesus' Nationality
in class	M-commerce
homework	"recreation culture in Taiwan"

12-04

	making sense
report	Recreation culture in Taiwan
in class	Humans receive identification chips
homework	"Why are people crazy about Japanese-Korean stuff"

12-11

	sequencing
report	Why are people crazy about Japanese-Korean stuff
in class	Fever
homework	"telling about a complicated event"

12-18

	staging the effec
report	telling about a complicated event
homework	prepare for final 2-minute oral presentation

12-25

final presentations

01-01

no class (new year's day)

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