Week 1  Introduction of the course

Reading: Introduction of Public Speaking for Dummies; Introduction and Opening of Stand, Speak, Deliver 

Week 2  Giving  and getting ready for a speech

Reading: Chapter 1, 2 of Public Speaking for Dummies

Week 3  Making research of the subject and organizing the speech 

Reading: Chapter 3, 4 of Public Speaking for Dummies

Week 4  Preparing the content of the speech 

Reading: Chapter 5, 6, 7 of Publlic Speaking for Dummies

Week 5  Making the speech sparkle

Reading: Chapter 8, 9,10 of Public Speaking for Dummies

Week 6  Delivering the speech 

Reading: Chapter 11,12,13 of Public Speaking for Dummies

Week 7  Handling the audience

Reading: Chapter 14 of Public Speaking for Dummies; Chapter 20 of Stand, Speak, Deliver

Week 8 mid-term exam.

Each student has to deliver a five-minute speech, the title of which will be announced two weeks before the exam. 

Week 9  Preparing and crafting the speech 

Reading: Part I and Part II  of Stand, Speak, Deliver

Week 10 Watching a movie related to public speaking

Reading: Part III of Stand, Speak, Deliver

Week 11 Making the presentation

Reading: Part III of Stand, Speak, Deliver

Week 12 Speaking with Purpose

Reading: Part IV of Stand, Speak, Deliver

Week 13 Introducing a speaker

Reading: Chapter 16 of Publlic Speaking for Dummies

Week 14 Making a Presentation 

Reading: Part V of Stand, Speak, Deliver; Introduction of TALK LIKE TED

Week 15 Attending a roundtable 

Reading: Chapter 17 of Public Speaking for Dummies

Week 16 Final exam.

Each student has to play a role in a round table discussion setting and will be evaluated on their performance.

陳昉妘: 國立政治大學IMAS碩二研究生

class attendance: 30%; mid-term exam: 35%; final exam: 35%

Malcolm Kushner, Public Speaking for Dummies, 2nd  Ed., (Hobboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing Inc., 2004)

Vaughan Evans, Stand, Speak, Deliver, (London: Robinson, 2016)

Carmine Gallo, TALK LIKE TED, (New York, St. Martin Press, 2014)