OVERVIEW
The course offers intorductory guidelines on the theory and practice of rhetoric and public speaking. Throughout the course, students learn to analyze and assess speaches both in audio- and video formats. The analyzed speeches range from the classical samples of political public speaking (e.g. Martin Luther King I Have a Dream) to modern TED speeches (e.g. Jamie Oliver Teach Every Child About Food).
Five canons of classical rhetoric, namely invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery, are regarded as milestones of a step-by-step speech creation algorithm. Students learn about their individual rhetoric style and are encouraged to word and deliver speeches of different types (informative, evocative, entertaining, argumentative and/or persuasive).
The course consists of workshops and individual tasks that help students get expertise in interpreting the potential of various digital tools (see the table below):
Topic
Hours (per topic)
Workshop
Individual task
1
Origins and History of Rhetoric 6
2
4
2
Glossophobia. 16 Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking
6
2
4
3
Speeches that Changed the World
5
2
4
4
Branches of Rhetoric
6
2
3
5
Basic Types of Speeches
6
2
3
6
5 Canons of Classical Rhetoric
6
2
3
7
Forms of Rhetoric
6
2
4
8
Speech Writing Strategies
6
4
4
9
Preparing a Speech
10
2
4
10
Order your Speechwriting
6
2
3
11
Writing Speeches: Impact and Beauty
6
4
4
12
Speech Delivery
6
4
4
13
History of Visual
Rhetoric
5
2
4
14
Delivering Speeches
10
4
6
Hours (total per course)
90
36
54
The course offers intorductory guidelines on the theory and practice of rhetoric and public speaking. Throughout the course, students learn to analyze and assess speaches both in audio- and video formats. The analyzed speeches range from the classical samples of political public speaking (e.g. Martin Luther King I Have a Dream) to modern TED speeches (e.g. Jamie Oliver Teach Every Child About Food).
Five canons of classical rhetoric, namely invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery, are regarded as milestones of a step-by-step speech creation algorithm. Students learn about their individual rhetoric style and are encouraged to word and deliver speeches of different types (informative, evocative, entertaining, argumentative and/or persuasive).
The course consists of workshops and individual tasks that help students get expertise in interpreting the potential of various digital tools (see the table below):
| Topic |
Hours (per topic) |
Workshop |
Individual task
|
|
|
1 |
Origins and History of Rhetoric | 6 |
2 |
4 |
|
2 |
Glossophobia. 16 Tips to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
3 |
Speeches that Changed the World |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
4 |
Branches of Rhetoric |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
5 |
Basic Types of Speeches |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
6 |
5 Canons of Classical Rhetoric |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
7 |
Forms of Rhetoric |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
8 |
Speech Writing Strategies |
6 |
4 |
4 |
|
9 |
Preparing a Speech |
10 |
2 |
4 |
|
10 |
Order your Speechwriting |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
11 |
Writing Speeches: Impact and Beauty |
6 |
4 |
4 |
|
12 |
Speech Delivery |
6 |
4 |
4 |
|
13 |
History of Visual Rhetoric |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
14 |
Delivering Speeches |
10 |
4 |
6 |
|
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|
Hours (total per course)
|
90 |
36 |
54 |
