English-Public-Speaking-Course-Design-&-Teaching-P

EnglishPublicSpeaking:CourseDesign&TeachingPlanFudanUniversityWanJiangbo2013-05-25Highlights•NatureoftheCourse•TeachingObjectives•MainContent•TeachingApproachNatureoftheCourse•AnEFLcoursewhich“buildsuponandextendsothercoursesintheEFLcurriculum”(Lucas,2009:18)•Askillscourse,ratherthanalecturecourse(Lucas,2013)PSinAmericaEPSinChinaTohelpcultivatethewholepersonPSvsEPS:GoalPlus,toprepareourstudentsfortheirfutureinternationalexchangeandcommunicationinEnglishPSinAmericaEPSinChinaasacompulsorycourseinmostuniversitiesofferedbydepartmentofcommunications,rhetoric,performingarts,etcPSvsEPS:LocationmostlyasanelectivecourseofferedonlyinsomeuniversitiesbythedepartmentofforeignlanguagesPSEPScommunications,rhetoric,psychology,sociology,linguistics,logic,etcPSvsEPS:RelateddisciplinesTESOLstudies,SLA,pedagogy,comparativestudies,etcTeachingObjectives•Tobuildyourself-confidenceanddevelopyourinterestinEnglishpublicspeaking;•Toraiseyourawarenessofethicalspeechmaking;•TodevelopyourabilitytowriteeffectiveEnglishpublicspeeches;•TodevelopyourabilitytoeffectivelydeliverEnglishpublicspeeches;•Todevelopyourcriticalthinkingskills;•Todevelopyourresearchskills;•Todevelopyourlisteningskills.MainContent•Textbook:Lucas,StephenE.TheArtofPublicSpeaking(10thedition).Beijing:FLTRP.2010.•TeachingPlanTeachingApproach•Guidingprinciple:Integratingassessmentintoskillsdevelopment(AssessmentforLearning,see“Wan,2013”)•Successcriteria&Rubrics•Features:1)Smallersize(max.25)2)Multipleassessors;3)Video-basedself-assessment&teacherassessment;4)Bothquantitativeandqualitativeassessments.TasksandgradingTasksGradingInformativeSpeech20PersuasiveSpeech20ScriptWriting10RecitationofModelSpeeches10ClassActivities(PeerWork,GroupWork,ClassDiscussion,etc)10FinalExamination(SpeechofIntroduction&PersuasiveSpeech)30IntegratingAssessmentintoSkillsDevelopment•DirectionsforAssignments•Assessmenttools•TeachingScheduleIce-Breaker•MyNewBestFriend.•Interviewyourpartnerbasedonthefollowingkeywordsandthenintroduceher/himtotheclass.•hometown•travel•hobbies•athleticendeavors•major•job•favoritefood•favoritemovie•favoritemusic•favoriteTVshow•lifephilosophy15Students’Feedback(Wan,2013:41-51)•Questionnaire(conductedinDecember2012)•17Respondents1)ThecourseishelpfulforthemtodeveloptheirEnglishpublicspeakingskills.(16)2)Teacher’smodelofcritiquingandanalyzingspeechesishelpfulforthemtograsptheassessingcriteria.(15)3)Teacher’sassessingfeedbackishelpfulforthemtoreflectupontheirownspeeches.(16)4)Theycouldgraspwelltheassessmentcriteriawhenassessingtheirpeers.(15)5)PeerassessmentenhancestheirunderstandingofidealEnglishpublicspeaking.(14)6)Peerassessmentishelpfulforthemtoreflectupontheirownspeeches.(16)7)Video-basedself-assessmentenhancestheirEnglishpublicspeakingskills.(17)Bibliography•Lucas,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.1.2012.•Wan,J.TheapplicationofAfLtotheEnglishPublicSpeakingclassroom.ForeignLanguageEducationinChina(Quarterly).Vol.6,No.2.2013.Thankyou!