Public Speaking in Chinese

Catalog description

Public Speaking in Chinese is designed to improve your advanced communication skills in Chinese. It is a performance-based course, with the primary emphasis on practical experience in developing speaking and listening abilities in Chinese to enable you to communicate orally in clear, coherent Chinese appropriate to the purpose, occasion, and audience. You will also learn and apply the basics of public speaking: speech study, audience analysis, outlining, organizational skills, word choice, and presentation. Furthermore through discussing contemporary issues, you will build your command of vocabulary relevant to these important social topics and issues. This course is for the students whose Chinese language level reaches at least an Advanced-Low level as defined by ACTFL's Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking. 001623