Topic outline

  • General

    • Objectives

      • After studying this unit, you will be able to …

        1. speak confidently in public
        2. prepare a good speech
        3. work your audienc

    • Warm up questions

        1. Are you a good speaker?
        2. Do you like public speeches?
        3. Do you have any favorite public speakers?

    • Did you know?

        1. If possible, it is useful to gather information about your future listeners – basic demographic factors such as age, sex, education level, economic status, religion, occupation, etc.
        2. Your main objective when you start to prepare should be to determine the purpose of your speech and what you want to accomplish.
        3. The most popular method of presentation is carefully planned, outlined and thoroughly practiced but not memorized.

    • Reading

    • Activities

    • Further practice

    • Bibliography and references

        1. Bradbury, A., Successful Presentation Skills, Kogan Page, 2010.
        2. DeVito, J. A., The Essential Elements of Public Speaking, Pearson, 2014.
        3. Stanton N., Mastering Communication, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
        4. Szczuka-Dorna L., Vendome E., Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Poznan  University of Technology, 2017.