Lesson Plan: Public Speaking August2011 January 2012 Communication Department Petra Christian University

SUBJECT DESCRIPTION This subject will help students understand public speaking in multiple contexts or situations. To gain this skill, public speaking will be explained from its three most important aspects: The Speaker, The Audience, and The Message. By mastering the concept and skill of these three aspects, the students will learn to be more creative in public speaking. This class will include class seminar, discussion, practice, and event organizing. This will allow students to have both conceptual and practical understanding of public speaking in multiple contexts. SUBJECT AIMS: 1. Understanding public speaking in multiple contexts 2. Understanding the three important aspects in public speaking: The speaker, The Audience, The Message 3. Develop self confidence when speaking before group 4. Improve the use of elements of public speaking: eye contact, posture, gesture, and voice 5. Listen critically and objectively 6. Arrange an event for public speaking GRADING COMPONENTS No Grading Component 1 2 3 4 5 Class Participation (practice presentations, discussions) Quizzes Mid-Term Exam Projects (Final Speech and Organizing an Event) Final Exam

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PROJECTS: 1. Public Speaking practice before group (in multi contexts) 2. Analyzing public speaking practice of some videos 3. Organizing an event (campaign, celebration, single speech, oratory, etc)

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Topic (weekly) Introduction What public speaking is -

Competence Hard Defining public speaking Public speaking is starting from self speaking Skill Self Introducing Telling self experience -

Indikator Understanding public speaking Practicing self introduction and experience Comparing approaches in defining public speaking Avoiding specific fear

Students Activities Self introduction Story Telling Discussion Reflecting the definition of public speaking from watching some videos Class Seminar Practice

Introduction What public speaking is

Explaining public speaking from many contexts

Questioning public speaking basic concept

The Speaker Specific Fear in Public Speaking

The Speaker Speaking to develop self confidence

Understanding self concept of speaker Describing a specific fears Understanding the factors of fears Understanding the purpose of speaking Understanding the essential elements of public speaking Defining the audience Describing audience characters Defining speakeraudience relationship Diverse perception in communication skill Describing the cultural effects of diversity

Avoiding specific fear in public speaking

Understanding self concept Developing self confidence Understanding how to perform eye contact, posture, gesture, and voice Building commitment to practice role in speakeraudience relationship Understanding diversity Experiencing social implication of diversity Understanding the speaker dilemma Understanding the challenge of pluralism

Performing self confidence in public speaking

Class Seminar Practice

The Audience Communication begins with an audience

Analyzing the audience Identify different approach for different audience

Movie review Discussion Quiz 1

The Audience Preparing to Meet the Audience Listening Choosing to listen The Message The Topic

Understanding an invitation to speak (Logistic, demographics) Explaining listening models Defining a topic

Adapting speech to audience Stepping into listeners shoes Speaking so that people will listen Forming good listening habits Giving feedback to the speaker Listening passively Listening actively Listening critically and objectively Phrasing the central idea Formulating specific purpose statement

Analyzing the audience Meeting various audiences A changing in how to understand listening of public speaking Presenting a topic Presenting a purpose of speech

Campaign practice to various audience Discussion Class seminar Practice Quiz 2

The Message The Purpose

Explaining the purpose of speech (To inform, to persuade, to motivate, to entertain) Understanding the importance of data in developing topic Understanding the importance of research in developing topic Understanding the effective public speaking techniques

Class seminar Presentation

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Midterm Exam The Message The Content

Formulating a research for a topic development Taking notes Internet and the world wide web Formulating an effective speaking for certain event: oratory, oral interpretation prose, serious dramatic interpretation, humorous dramatic interpretation, special occasion speeches, group reading, radio speaking

Doing a research for develop a topic

Class seminar Practice

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Creative Speaking

Be creative in arranging speaking in a certain event Practicing creative speaking (Choose one occasion)

Practice

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Event for Public Speaking Presentation

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Presentation

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Presentation

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Event for Public Speaking Event for Public Speaking

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Compiling theory and application in public speaking with group Compiling theory and application in public speaking individually Compiling theory and application in public speaking individually Compiling theory and application in public speaking individually Compiling theory and application in public speaking with group Compiling theory and application in public speaking with group

Formulating public speaking with group Formulating public speaking individually Formulating public speaking individually Formulating public speaking individually Formulating public speaking with group Formulating public speaking with group

Skill in public speaking practice with group Skill in public speaking practice Skill in public speaking practice Skill in public speaking practice Skill in public speaking practice with group Skill in public speaking practice with group

Practice in group Quiz 3 Practice

Practice

Practice

Practice in group Practice in group

18 Final Exam REFERENCES: Dale, Paulette., Wolf, James C. 2000. Speech Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (Second Edition). New York: Longman. Busys, et al. 1981. Creative Speaking. USA: NTC Publishing. Hasling, John. 2006. The Audience, The Message, The Speaker (Seventh Edition). New York: Mc Graw Hill Lucas, Stephen E. 2007. The Art of Public Speaking. New York: Mc Graw Hill Beebe, Steven A., Beebe, Susan. 2009. Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach (Seventh Edition). USA De Vito, Joseph A. The Essential Elements of Public Speaking (Fourth Edition). USA: Pearson