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LCOMM301-23A (HAM)
Professional Speaking
15 Points
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Convenor(s)
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Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten
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MSB.4.35F
cheryl.cockburn-wootten@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
Kia ora, a very warm welcome to LCOMM301 - Professional Speaking.
This paper will help you build confidence with both verbal and written communication. It will also help you develop the competencies needed for communicating in front of groups and/or audiences, which is a useful and transferable skill for your career. You will be better prepared for presentations at university, as well as in professional settings and help with your written work too.
The paper will help you to develop tactics to increase your confidence and minimize any anxiety over speaking. It aims to provide you with the key skills and competencies for effective public speaking. Students over the past decades have noted that an additional benefit to completing this course is an understanding of yourself and managing your emotions/self.
This highly practical paper focuses on the skills, principles, and practices of developing and delivering professional speeches and presentations. Participants gain extensive practice in analysing, writing, and presenting speeches across a wide range of professional purposes and contexts.
N.B. The first two speeches will be delivered in a live situation, preferably face-to-face. If you have a good reason for doing the assessment via zoom during the workshop session time, please contact me as soon as possible via email cwootten@waikato.ac.nz to organise this for you.
For more details, please see Moodle.
How this paper will be taught
Paper Structure
I adopt a 'strengths-based' approach to developing your confidence, knowledge, and skills in this area.
Essential: Please review the weekly course schedule and keep an eye out for any Moodle emails/announcement notices.
Weekly Sessions: These practical sessions will be a mixture of workshop practice activities, speech assignments, and some content material from Cheryl. I may also pre-record or provide other content material to help with your planning and research for the speech assignments.
Required Readings
Recommended textbook: Lucas, S. E. The Art of Public Speaking. McGraw-Hill (13th edition). There are several editions in the library - and any edition can be used - please make sure the chapters match the course topics for that week.
Week ONE: Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Week TWO: Chapters 4, 5 & 6, and chapter 10
Week THREE: Chapters 7 & 8 and chapter 10
Week FOUR: Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14
Week FIVE: Chapters 18 & Appendices Speeches by Genre
Week SIX: Chapters 12, 13 & 14
Week NINE: Chapters 11 & 16
Week TEN: Chapters 11, 16 & 17
Week TWELVE: Chapters 15, 16, 17, & 19
You will need to have
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 100:0. There is no final exam.