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Public Speaking - COM110/2 Spring 2026
Course
Mary Angiolillo
Course Contents:
The communication process, listening, impromptu speeches; freeing the voice and body, listening, outlining; personal experience speech; organizational patterns, beginning and ending speeches; delivering another person’s speech from an outline; informative speech; persuasive speaking, appeals, Maslow‘s hierarchy of needs; audience analysis, reasoning with evidence and argument, Monroe pattern for persuasion; effective communication in groups.
Here is the course outline:
1. Session 1 - Introduction
Feb 2
We will go through course expectations and briefly introduce ourselves. We will do some exercises in "immediacy" and vocal projection. |
2. Session 2
Feb 9
We will explore the communication process in an interactive way. Class members will give speeches introducing each other, prepared in class. Personal experience speeches are assigned for next week. |
3. Session 3 - Personal Experience
Feb 16
We will share and respond to personal experience speeches. |
4. Session 4 - On MARCH 2, (Not Feb. 23)
Mar 2
We will explore organizational patterns that work for giving informative speeches. Impromptu speeches will be made in small groups to illustrate these. |
5. Session 5
Mar 2
We will explore techniques for making introductions and conclusions. The first test will be given in class. |
6. Session 6
Mar 9
old - We will prepare to present informative speeches to each other, teaching each other about something that we didn't already know. A template for outlining will be worked on in class. new - we will review and take test in class |
7. Session 7
Mar 16
New: we will continue to prepare informative speeches by finishing outlines in class |
8. Session 8 - Presenting Informative speeches
Mar 23
Informative speeches are presented in class |
9. Session 9 - preparing demonstration
Apr 13
new - we will prepare for demonstration speeches, teaching how to do or make something; or showing how something works using presentational aids, due next class |
10. Session 10 - Demonstration speeches presented in class
Apr 20
we will make demonstration speeches in class, either alone in a 4 to 5 minute presentation or in pairs as an 8-10 minute presentation. |
11. Persuasion is introduced.
Apr 27
Late deomstration speeches presented. Persuasion continued. Prepare for Test on chapters 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 (chapters on presentational aids, delivery, and the two chapters on persuasion) |
12. Test #2 taken in class. Preparation for Persuasive speeches continued. Role-playing on roles on...
May 4
Student practice using Monroe Motivated sequence |
13. Persuasive speeches presented.
May 11
Persuasive speeches presented by the class |
14. Session 14
May 18
Reserved, session possibly moved to Friday, May 15 |