英语公共演讲课程设计与教学计划

EnglishPublicSpeaking:

CourseDesign&TeachingPlanFudanUniversityWanJiangbo2013-05-25HighlightsNatureoftheCourseTeachingObjectivesMainContentTeachingApproachNatureoftheCourseAnEFLcoursewhich“buildsuponandextendsothercoursesintheEFLcurriculum”(Lucas,2009:18)Askillscourse,ratherthanalecturecourse(Lucas,2013)

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EPSinChinaTohelpcultivatethewholepersonPSvsEPS:GoalPlus,toprepareourstudentsfortheirfutureinternationalexchangeandcommunicationinEnglish

PSinAmerica

EPSinChinaasacompulsorycourseinmostuniversitiesofferedbydepartmentofcommunications,rhetoric,performingarts,etcPSvsEPS:Locationmostlyasanelectivecourseofferedonlyinsomeuniversitiesbythedepartmentofforeignlanguages

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EPScommunications,rhetoric,psychology,sociology,linguistics,logic,etcPSvsEPS:RelateddisciplinesTESOLstudies,SLA,pedagogy,comparativestudies,etcTeachingObjectivesTobuildyourself-confidenceanddevelopyourinterestinEnglishpublicspeaking;Toraiseyourawarenessofethicalspeechmaking;TodevelopyourabilitytowriteeffectiveEnglishpublicspeeches;TodevelopyourabilitytoeffectivelydeliverEnglishpublicspeeches;Todevelopyourcriticalthinkingskills;Todevelopyourresearchskills;Todevelopyourlisteningskills.MainContentTextbook:

Lucas,StephenE.TheArtofPublicSpeaking(10thedition).Beijing:FLTRP.2010.TeachingPlanTeachingApproachGuidingprinciple:Integratingassessmentintoskillsdevelopment(AssessmentforLearning,see“Wan,2013”)Successcriteria&RubricsFeatures:1)Smallersize(max.25)2)Multipleassessors;3)Video-basedself-assessment&teacherassessment;4)Bothquantitativeandqualitativeassessments.Tasksandgrading

TasksGradingInformativeSpeech20PersuasiveSpeech20ScriptWriting10RecitationofModelSpeeches10ClassActivities(PeerWork,GroupWork,ClassDiscussion,etc)10FinalExamination(SpeechofIntroduction&PersuasiveSpeech)30IntegratingAssessmentinto

SkillsDevelopmentDirectionsforAssignmentsAssessmenttoolsTeachingSchedule

Ice-BreakerMyNewBestFriend.Interviewyourpartnerbasedonthefollowingkeywordsandthenintroduceher/himtotheclass.hometowntravelhobbiesathleticendeavorsmajorjobfavoritefoodfavoritemoviefavoritemusicfavoriteTVshowlifephilosophy15Students’Feedback(Wan,2013:41-51)Questionnaire(conductedinDecember2012)17Respondents

1)ThecourseishelpfulforthemtodeveloptheirEnglishpublicspeakingskills.(16)2)Teacher’smodelofcritiquingandanalyzingspeechesishelpfulforthemtograsptheassessingcriteria.(15)3)Teacher’sassessingfeedbackishelpfulforthemtoreflectupontheirownspeeches.(16)4)Theycouldgraspwelltheassessmentcriteriawhenassessingtheirpeers.(15)5)PeerassessmentenhancestheirunderstandingofidealEnglishpublicspeaking.(14)6)Peerassessmentishelpfulforthemtoreflectupontheirownspeeches.(16)7)Video-basedself-assessmentenhancestheirEnglishpublicspeakingskills.(17)BibliographyLucas,S.E.TheRoleofPublicSpeakinginChina’sEnglishLanguageCurriculum.InL.Wang,&P.Li(Eds.),EnglishPublicSpeakinginGlobalContext:ChallengesandInnovations(pp.3-24).Beijing:ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress.2009.Lucas,S.E.TheArtofPublicSpeaking(10thedition).Beijing:FLTRP.2010.Lucas,S.E.LecturesattheWorkshoponTeachingPublicSpeakingtoCollegeStudents(inMay2013inBeijing,heldbyFLTRP).2013.Wan,J.CourseDesignandTeachingMethodologyoftheEnglishPublicSpeakingCourseinTertiaryEducation.NationalCollegeEnglishTeachingWorkshop(Keynotespeech,atNanchang,JiangxiProvinceofChinaonJuly25).2011.Wan,J.OnestablishingEnglishpublicspeakingasacoursefornon-Englishmajors.ForeignLanguageEducationinChina(Quarterly).Vol.2No.3.2009.Wan,J.LocalizationoftheEnglishPublicSpeakingCourseinChina’sEFLCurriculum.AsianSocialScience,Vol.9,No.1.