TH1200:04
Effective Speaking
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 1 |
39 contact hours. Semester 1 and 2 (Townsville campus); Semester 2 (Cairns campus).
The subject offers the practical training in content choice/management and in vocal techniques essential to develop effective speech in contexts such as discussions, debate, meetings, public presentations, seminar papers, radio and television appearances.
Learning Objectives:
- understand the reciprocal roles of listener and speaker;
- analyse the voice and its role in communication;
- develop facility and confidence in speaking for a range of communicative purposes;
- develop skills in oral interpretation;
- apply in practice the interaction between purpose, audience and context.
Assessment by final presentation (20%); vocal journal (15%); practical tasks (65%).