MPU-2222 Public Speaking Overview

MPU-2222 Public Speaking Teaching Notes

• Course covers Public Speaking for MPU-2222
• Week 1: Introduction to Public Speaking, including verbal, vocal, and visual communication
• Week 2: Developing Confidence in Public Speaking, dealing with nervousness, preparation, visualization
• Week 3: Speech Preparation, topic selection, brainstorming, narrowing topics, determining speech purpose
• Week 4: Formatting the Outline, creating preparation outlines, stating specific purpose, identifying central idea and labeling introduction, body, and conclusion
• Week 5: Organising Speech Introduction, attention-getters (examples: questions, quotations, anecdotes, etc.), relating the topic to the audience, stating the topic
• Week 6: Organising Body of the Speech, main points, specific purpose, central ideas, topical, chronological, and spatial orders
• Week 7: Organising the Closing of the Speech (The Conclusion), summarizing the speech, using quotations, dramatic statements, and referring to the introduction
• Week 8: Using PowerPoint, guidelines for preparing PowerPoint slides, keeping slides simple, maintaining visual aids large enough, using a limited amount of text, using fonts effectively, and using colours effectively
• Week 9: Practicing Speech Wording, meaning of words (denotative and connotative), using language accurately and clearly (familiar words, concrete words, eliminating clutter), using language vividly and appropriately (imagery, rhythm, parallelism, repetition, alliteration, antithesis), and appropriateness (occasion, audience, speaker, topic)
• Week 10: Speaking to Inform, guidelines for informative speaking (don't overestimate the audience's knowledge, relate the subject directly to the audience, avoid abstractions, personalize the ideas), and avoiding being too technical
• Week 11: Speaking on Special Occasions I, speeches of introduction (enthusiasm for the speaker and topic, establish a welcoming climate, brevity, accuracy, and appropriateness), speeches of presentation (briefness, accuracy, appreciation of the recipient), commemorative speeches (information, inspiration)
• Week 12: Speaking on Special Occasions II, speeches of acceptance (be brief, humble, gracious), commemorative speeches (praise, celebration, information), and examples of commemorative speeches
• Week 13: Supporting Your Ideas I, the importance of supporting materials (facts, examples, statistics, testimony). Importance of supporting materials to avoid generalizations
• Week 14: Supporting Your Ideas II, different types of supporting materials (examples, statistics, testimony), using them effectively

This quiz covers the essential concepts taught in the MPU-2222 Public Speaking course. It includes topics such as communication types, confidence building, speech preparation, and effective outlining. Test your understanding of how to engage an audience and structure a compelling speech.