●Part 1 Teaching Procedures—General
Unit 1 Warm Up
Activity 1.1 A Drawing Speech of Introduction
Activity 1.2 Using the Syllabus to Create a “Talk-Friendly” Environment on the First
Day of
Class
Unit 2 Group Discussion
Activity 2.1 Creative Problem Solving—From Top to Bottom
Activity 2.2 Using New Approaches in Group Discussion Projects
Activity 2.3 Who Will Be the Next One to Get off the Boat?
Unit 3 Note-Taking Training & Listening
Activity 3.1 Learn to Use Your Own Symbols or Abbreviations to Take Notes
Unit 4 Peer Evaluation
Activity 4.1 Peer Evaluation on Introductory Speech
Activity 4.2 Peer Evaluation on the Class Recitation
Unit 5 Teacher’s Feedback
Activity 5.1 Teacher’s Feedback on Informative Speech
Activity 5.2 Teacher’s Feedback on Persuasive Speech
Unit 6 Large Class
Activity 6.1 What’s Wrong with the Speech? Understanding the Contents of the Course
Based on a Case Study.
Activity 6.2 The Outstanding Speaker Contest
Part 2 Preparation and Presentation—General
Unit 7 Speech Anxiety
Activity 7.1 It’s Not Necessary to be Nervous If I Can Do These
Activity 7.2 Public Speaking: Reducing Anxiety and Revealing a Process
Activity 7.3 How to Deal with Speech Anxiety
Unit 8 Communication Awareness
Activity 8.1 How to Maintain the Audience’s Interest During Your Speech
Activity 8.2 Send, Receive, and Draw
Unit 9 Audience Analysis
Activity 9.1 Combining Extemporaneous and Impromptu Speaking
Activity 9.2 An Alternative to Demographic Audience Analysis
Unit 10 Choosing Speech Topics
Activity 10.1 What to Say—Selecting a Topic
Activity 10.2 “FLTRP Cup”: What’s Interesting About the Topic and How to Make It More
Interesting?
Activity 10.3 Choosing Topics for Speeches: A Breath of Fresh Air
Unit 11 Information Literacy
Activity 11.1 Why ShouldYou Believe What Others Say?
Activity 11.2 Teaching Research, Teaching Speech
Activity 11.3 So What IfYou Found It on the Intemet: An Exercise in
Evaluating Web-Based Information?
Unit 12 Critical Thinking
Activity 12.1 Fact or Opinion?
Activity 12.2 Using Collaborative Controversy in the CriticalThinking Classroom
Unit 13 Organization and Outlining
Activity 13.1 The PREP Format: Four Simple Steps to a Clear Presentation
Activity 13.2 Speaking Relay Based on the"Arrow Through Ass'Ribs" Outline Format
Unit 14 Language & Style
Activity 14.1 Powerspeak: Avoiding Ambiguous Language
Activity 14.2 Three Steps to the Artful Use of Antithesis
Unit 15 Visual Aids
Activity 15.1 Pointing Groups to PowerPoint
Activity 15.2 UpdateYour Checklist EveryWeek for Using PowerPoint
Unit 16 Delivery
Activity 16.1 Delivery Cards and Don'ts in Delivery
Activity 16.2 Weekly Hints for Speech Delivery
Activity 16.3 Eye Contact Shooting Gallery
Activity 16.4 What Can We Do About the Nonverbal Area in Public Speaking?
Part 3 Speeches of Specific Types
Unit 17 Introductory/"Ice-Breaker" Speeches
Activity 17.1 Self-Introduction
Activity 17.2 Who Am I?--Describing a Person
Unit 18 Informative Speeches
Activity 18.1 What Is It?--Informing Others
Activity 18.2 TellYou What I Am Good at--Challenge to Inform
Unit 19 Persuasive Speeches
Activity 19.1 Organization for Policy Speeches: Problem-Solution Order
Activity 19.2 The Problem-Cause-Solution Order
Activity 19.3 CanYou IdentityThese Logical Fallacies?
Unit 20 Speeches for Special Occasions
Activity 20.1 Introducing the Speaker
Activity 20.2 Getting to Know My Hero: The Speech of Tribute
Activity 20.3 Eulogies as a Special Occasion Speech
Unit 21 Impromptu Speeches
Activity 21.1 Speaking Impromptu: ChallengeYour Courage and Knowledge
Activity 21.2 Which Department Can Win the Fund?
Activity 21.3 Make a Public-Interest Ad for Promoting China's National Image

《演講的藝術課堂活動教師手冊》借鋻美國定期出版的名為Selections from the Speech Communication Teacher的教師手冊，以真實的課堂教學實踐為基礎，指導演講課堂的設計與組織，其核心理念是“Written by classroomteachers for classroom teachers”。策劃和編寫由Lucas教授全程指導，眾多一線教師參與，旨在構建有效的演講課堂，為英語演講教師提供展示與分享的平臺。

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