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Advanced Public Speaking - COMM 331
Catalogue Course Description: This course is an intensive performance course that challenges students perception of pubic speaking and moves them into engaging, professional and meaningful methods of public communication. The key focus in this class is to teach students to speak in a natural, conversational, audience-centered style with little dependency on notes and to encourage "real-life" situations and approaches to speech-giving. It is expected that students have prior knowledge and experience in the area of public speaking, theatre or storytelling and are ready to build further upon established skills. We will not cover the "basics" in this course. You will land with your feet running and be expected to challenge yourself to the next level at every point throughout the quarter. Don't be surprised if we take you out of your comfort zone...you'll get comfortable with yourself and your audience fast with the opportunities for activities and actual speaking that this class will offer you....and perhaps you will, indeed, become a "silver-tongued" orator!
Course Instructor: Course Materials:
Some of the following are PDF documents which require
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. Additional course materials will be available here during Spring 2007. For further information regarding this course, please refer to the syllabus or contact the instructor Rosemary Vohs at 650-6446 or Rosemary.Vohs@wwu.edu |
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