Opetussuunnitelmat

Objective

This course will help you compose and deliver effective--compelling, ethical and well-organized--extemporaneous oral presentations appropriate for a variety of professional contexts. Through frequent guided practice, you will learn to analyze audiences and effectively adapt your oral communication for different organizational stakeholders.

Content

Overcoming fear of speaking; speaking ethics; audience analysis; credibility; attention and interest; informative strategies and presentation aids; persuasive strategies and motivational appeals; crisis communication

Qualifications

None

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate 1

Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates insufficient understanding of persuasive theory; meets expectations of least two of the following: presentation research and organization, small-group dynamics, supporting media, and (to the extent possible via online modes of interaction) delivery principles.

Transferable skills: The student demonstrates promising but still insufficient ability to compose and deliver effective oral and group presentations in English, and to engage in critical and analytical communication analysis.

Satisfactory 2

Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates acceptable understanding of persuasive theory; meets expectations for three of the following: presentation research and organization, small-group dynamics, supporting media, and (to the extent possible via online modes of interaction) delivery principles.

Transferable skills: The student demonstrates acceptable ability to compose and deliver effective oral and group presentations in English, and to engage in critical and analytical communication analysis.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3

Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates basic understanding of persuasive theory; meets expectations for each of the following: presentation research and organization, small-group dynamics, supporting media, and (to the extent possible via online modes of interaction) delivery principles.

Transferable skills: The student demonstrates a competent ability to compose and deliver effective oral and group presentations in English, and to engage in critical and analytical communication analysis.


Very good 4

Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates mastery of persuasive theory; meets or exceeds expectations for each of the following: presentation research and organization, small-group dynamics, supporting media, and (to the extent possible via online modes of interaction) delivery principles.

Transferable skills: The student demonstrates very good ability to compose and deliver effective oral and group presentations in English, and to engage in critical and analytical communication analysis.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5

Knowledge and Understanding: The student demonstrates mastery of persuasive theory, presentation research and organization, small-group dynamics, supporting media, and (to the extent possible via online modes of interaction) delivery principles.

Transferable skills: The student demonstrates excellent ability to compose and deliver effective oral and group presentations in English, and to engage in critical and analytical communication analysis.

Further information

Teacher- Professor Dr Andrew Wood from San José State University, California