Unit 3: Preparation part 1

Topic outline

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  BADGE – Becoming a Digital Global Engineer

  
  

  • MODULE: Public speaking
    

    Unit 3. Preparation part 1

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  Objectives

  • After studying this unit you will be able to:

    1. identify what you need to take into consideration before you choose the topic of your speech,
    2. understand your audience,
    3. narrow down the topic to fit the time allowed for your speech.

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  Discussion questions

  • 1. Do you enjoy speaking in public? Why? Why not?
    2. Do you think it is possible for a person to improve his or her speaking skills? What do you think is the best method to do that?
    3. Have you ever found yourself in a situation after a lecture when you were too embarrassed to ask the professor to explain or repeat the parts you did not understand? Do you think your problems were the result of your poor listening skills, or was it the professor’s poor presentation?

    
    

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  Did you know?

  • 1. Around 2100 B.C., two ancient Egyptian viziers (the highest officials serving the pharaoh) called Ke’gemni and Ptah-hotep advised young students, “Avoid speech subjects of which you know nothing”. (The precepts of Ke’gemni and Ptah-hotep, quotations from Christian Jacq, The Living Wisdom of Ancient Egypt).  This is a piece of advice that should be taken seriously today, too!
    2. Both thorough preparation and thought are vital to the success of your speech. No matter who asks you to make a presentation: whether it be your boss, your college professor, or you yourself choose to do it, you need to prepare well. And preparing well means, first and foremost, taking into consideration your audience.

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  Reading

  • Preparation part 1: selecting the topic and understanding your audience Book
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  Activities

  • Activity 1 Page
  • Activity 2 Page
  • Activity 3 Page
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  Further practice

  • Exercise 1 Page
  • Exercise 2 Page
  • Exercise 3 Page
  • Exercise 4 Page
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  Bibliography and references

  • 1. Adler, R.B., Rosenfeld, L.B., and Proctor II, R.F., The Process of Interpersonal Communication Interplay, OUP, 2007.
    2. Anderson, C., TED Talks, The official TED Guide to Public Speaking, Mariner Books, Boston, New York, 2017.
    3. Defense Language Institute, English Language Center, American Language Course: Module 984: Military Speaking Skills, Lackland AFB, Texas, 1996.
    4. DeVito, J.A., The Essential Elements of Public Speaking, Pearson, 2014.
    5. Jacq, C., The Living Wisdom of Ancient Egypt, Simon & Schuster, 1999.
    6. Verderber, R. and Verderber, K. S., and Sellnow, D.D., Speak, Cengage Learning, 2011.

    
    

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