Public Speaking in Daily Life
For High Schoolers
High School [9th - 12th grades /ages 14-18]
Public Speaking in Daily Life is a unique course of study. In this course of study students discover how they innately prefer to orally communicate with others and how to conscientiously alter their way of communicating to be better understood by those listening to them. Being able to understand our preferences while adjusting to the needs of the listener is a skill that will bolster your student’s future success.
Public speaking happens every time we speak to one or more people. This means every time we wish to find out how someone is doing, meet someone new or exchange ideas and or information we are speaking publicly. But there are biological differences that can make oral communication a challenge. For example, there are those who orally communicate in few words while others say lots of words that sound disorganized.
Part 1:
Part 1 covers social conversations and classroom question & answer type oral communication. Concepts covered include:
· Saying Hello
· Active – vs – Passive Listening
· Identifying personal oral communication preferences, identifying others communication styles in the moment, and altering your way of communicating to be better understood by them.
· Identifying “sticky” words and how to deal with them.
· How to share perspective’s using a speaker’s “backdoor”
Student’s will also learn different organizational structures that assist the listener in following what the speaker is sharing.
No prerequisites
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Part 2:
Part 2 will open with a review of the concepts learned in part 1. This course covers participating in discussions and how to deal with arguments. Concepts include:
· How to identify different types of communication
· Hooking your comments to what others have said
· Scope – editing what you share
· Use of voice and body – emotional impacts
· Arguments
o How to identify they are starting to happen
o What to do about being in an argument
o How to agree to disagree and stay friends
Prerequisite - Part 1of either Public Speaking in Daily Life for Middle School or High School and meeting grade/age requirement)
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