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Training and Practicing in English Public Speaking

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Training and Practicing in English Public Speaking

Instructor: 张春敏

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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8 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

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Professor Zhang is Central South University’s top training coach in English speaking and interpreting contests and has engaged in teaching and research on English speaking and interpreting as well as competition training for more than ten years.

This is a course which improves your comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking: you will overcome your bad listening habits and advance listening skills; you will correct your pronunciation and improve language quality and delivery; you will collect and analyze materials quickly and efficiently; you will enhance writing ability and complete speech writing independently; you will think more logically and communicate more easily. After finishing the course, the learners will be brave at speaking, happy to speaking and great at speaking; no matter in life, competition, study, work or on international stage, you can be a wise thinker, and more importantly, an active and confident speaker!

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4 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt

4 videosTotal 49 minutes

Public Speaking Makes You the Best of Yourself14 minutes
Do You Have Misunderstandings about English Public Speaking?14 minutes
Three Major Types of English Public Speaking13 minutes
What Is English Public Speaking?8 minutes

1 assignment

What Is English Public Speaking?0 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Discussion: Are you an effective speaker?10 minutes

What's included

2 videos1 assignment1 discussion prompt

What's included

5 videos1 assignment3 discussion prompts

5 videosTotal 46 minutes

Listening Is Very Hard?9 minutes
If You Want to be A Good Speaker, You Need to be A Good Listener9 minutes
Fighting Against the “7 Sins” of Poor Listening14 minutes
Audience-centered Presentation6 minutes
Audience Adaptation8 minutes

1 assignment

Preparing for Audience-Centered Speeches0 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Discussion: How are Your Listening Habits?10 minutes
Discussion: What interferes with good listening?10 minutes
Self Practice: Sell a lipstick to a young girl and a mid-aged male10 minutes

What's included

7 videos1 assignment8 discussion prompts

7 videosTotal 77 minutes

Why Is Delivery So Important?11 minutes
How to Speak With the Proper Volume9 minutes
Controlling Your Pace and Rhythm12 minutes
Controlling Your Pitch10 minutes
Don’t Let Pronunciation Get in Your Way of Speaking!10 minutes
Facial Expressions and Eye Contacts13 minutes
Hand Gestures and Language of Body12 minutes

1 assignment

Improving Your Delivery on the Stage0 minutes

8 discussion promptsTotal 80 minutes

Self Evaluation: What are your delivery problems?10 minutes
Self Practice: The Breathing Practice10 minutes
Self Practice: The Humming Practice10 minutes
Self Practice: The Truck Practice10 minutes
Self Practice: The Tapping Practice10 minutes
Self Practice: Say the same thing in different tones10 minutes
Are you satisfied with your pronunciation?10 minutes
Do you think delivery is more important than content? 10 minutes

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6 videos1 assignment5 discussion prompts

6 videosTotal 57 minutes

How to Select a Meaningful Topic10 minutes
How to Research on Your Topic10 minutes
Working Together Does Make Sense!10 minutes
How to Discuss Effectively10 minutes
How to Write an Outline7 minutes
The Language of English Public Speaking11 minutes

1 assignment

Preparing for Writing Speech Script0 minutes

5 discussion promptsTotal 50 minutes

Add a subtitle to the topic “Ocean Protection”10 minutes
What should we do if no one wants to be the group leader? 10 minutes
If someone in the group talks nonstop or keeps quiet all the time, what can we do?10 minutes
A Warm-up Exercise: Write an Outline for the Topic “Will AI Replace Humans?”10 minutes
Compare your outline with the sample given in the video.10 minutes