Course Objectives:

This course is designed to help you to get started with public speaking and debate.  We shall work on the elements of successful public speaking and go through preparation and presentation procedures together so that you will bring out the unique toast master within you by the end of the course.

Course Requirements:

        To help yourself and your fellow speakers improve, you are expected to

1.       Attend class on time.  No lates, no un-excused absence (3 lates account for an unexcused absence, 3 un-excused absences constitute reasons for failing this course.) Sick leaves require an official physician’s proof. 

2.       In groups, analyze and deliver a Great Speech you found on the listed reference websites.  Follow the syllabus and finish the assigned course work on time.  Actively participate in class presentations and evaluations.

3.       Give 2 prepared speeches that reinforce your strengths and improve your weaknesses in public speaking

4.       Present a briefing on Taiwan (speech 3) for the final examination as an overall review for informative speech delivery and what you have mastered this semester.

5.       Prepare and keep a Toast Master’s portfolio for yourself and monitor your own progress as a speaker throughout the semester.  At the end of your portfolio, check your self-analyses and peer evaluations to assess your own improvement this semester.

Grading Policy:

30%         Attendance, discussions, participation & evaluation

10%         Great Speech Analyses & Delivery

45%         3 Speeches (no makeup with un-excused absences or lates) & peer evaluation