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-- Course Syllabus --
-- Unit 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today --
-- 1.1: Why Is Public Speaking Important? --
-- 1.2: The Process of Public Speaking --
-- 1.3: Public Speaking and Ethics --
-- 1.3.1: The Ethics Pyramid --
-- 1.3.2: Ethics in Public Speaking --
-- 1.4: Unit 1 Exercises --
-- Unit 2: Speaking Confidently --
-- 2.1: What is Communication Apprehension? --
-- 2.2: Sources of Communication Apprehension --
-- 2.3: Reducing Communication Apprehension --
-- 2.4: Coping with the Unexpected --
-- 2.5: Unit 2 Exercises --
-- Unit 3: The Importance of Listening --
-- 3.1: Listening vs. Hearing --
-- 3.2: Listening Styles --
-- 3.3: Why Listening is Difficult --
-- 3.4: Listening as a Process: Stages of Listening --
-- 3.5: Listening Critically --
-- 3.6: Unit 3 Exercises --
-- Unit 4: Audience Analysis --
-- 4.1: Why Conduct an Audience Analysis? --
-- 4.2: Three Types of Audience Analysis --
-- 4.3: Conducting Audience Analysis --
-- 4.4: Using Your Audience Analysis --
-- 4.5: Unit 4 Exercises --
-- Unit 5: Finding a Purpose and Selecting a Topic --
-- 5.1: General Purposes of Speaking: To Inform, To Persuade, To Entertain --
-- 5.2: Selecting a Topic --
-- 5.3: What If You Draw a Blank? --
-- 5.4: Specific Purposes --
-- 5.5: Unit 5 Exercises --
-- Unit 6: Researching Your Speech --
-- 6.1: What is Research? --
-- 6.2: Developing a Research Strategy --
-- 6.3: Citing Sources --
-- 6.4: Unit 6 Exercises --
-- Unit 7: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments --
-- 7.1: Using Research as Support --
-- 7.2: Types of Support --
-- 7.3: Using Support and Creating Arguments --
-- 7.4: Unit 7 Exercises --
-- Unit 8: The Body of a Speech --
-- 8.1: Determining Your Main Ideas --
-- 8.2: Using Common Organizing Patterns --
-- 8.3: Keeping Your Speech Moving --
-- 8.4: Analyzing a Speech Body --
-- 8.5: Unit 8 Exercises --
-- Unit 9: Introductions and Conclusions --
-- 9.1: Functions of the Introduction --
-- 9.2: The Attention-Getter: The First Step of an Introduction --
-- 9.3: Putting It Together: Steps to Complete Your Introduction --
-- 9.4: Analyzing an Introduction --
-- 9.5: Functions of a Conclusion --
-- 9.6: Steps In Developing a Conclusion --
-- 9.7: Analyzing a Conclusion --
-- 9.8: Unit 9 Exercises --
-- Unit 10: Outlining --
-- 10.1: The Benefits of Outlining --
-- 10.2: Types of Outlines --
-- 10.3: Using Outlining for Success --
-- 10.4: Unit 10 Exercises --
-- Unit 11: The Importance of Language --
-- 11.1: Oral vs. Written Language --
-- 11.2: Using Language Effectively --
-- 11.3: Six Elements of Language --
-- 11.4: Unit 11 Exercises --
-- Unit 12: Delivering the Speech --
-- 12.1: Four Methods of Delivery --
-- 12.2: Speaking Contexts That Affect Delivery --
-- 12.3: Using Notes Effectively --
-- 12.4: Practicing For Successful Speech Delivery --
-- 12.5: Unit 12 Exercises --
-- Unit 13: Presentation Aids: Design and Usage --
-- 13.1: Presentation Aids: Design and Usage --
-- 13.2: Selecting Presentation Aids --
-- 13.3: Traits of Well-Designed Presentation Aids --
-- 13.4: Unit 13 Exercises --
-- Unit 14: Speaking to Inform and Entertain --
-- 14.1: Informative Speaking --
-- 14.2: Informative Speaking Goals --
-- 14.3: Types of Informative Speeches --
-- 14.4: Speaking to Entertain --
-- 14.5: Special Occasion Speeches --
-- 14.6: Keynote Speaking --
-- 14.7: Unit 14 Exercises --
-- Unit 15: Persuasive Speaking --
-- 15.1: Persuasive Speaking --
-- 15.2: Types of Persuasive Speeches --
-- 15.3: Persuasive Organizational Patterns --
-- 15.4: Unit 15 Exercises --
-- Course Feedback Survey --
-- Certificate Final Exam --
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