A course in the basic principles of effective oral communication. Emphasis is placed upon speeches used in business, educational, and political activities.
Special attention is given to informative and persuasive extemporaneous speeches.
This unit will emphasize both verbal and non-verbal cues that influence an audience by controlling and integrating physical behavior and vocal variety. This unit will emphasize introducing, organizing and concluding a speech. Special attention will be paid to those factors that make a speech interesting. Impromptu Speaking A unit on preparing and presenting a speech in a short period of time. Logic and Evidence A unit dealing with reasoning and the use of evidence.