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Public Speaking: A Crash Course on Elocution and Confident Speech

Offered By: Skillshare

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Public Speaking Courses Audience Engagement Courses Confidence Courses

Course Description

Overview

Do you feel nervous speaking in front of large crowds, reading aloud, or even just leading company meetings? This course will teach you the essential skills of elocution (or speaking clearly and confidently).

This course is great for new managers, actors, college students, and non-native English speakers. By the end of this course you'll have the tools necessary to:

  • Project to a large audience
  • Read aloud with clarity and confidence
  • Enunciate words with proper emphasis
  • Use inflection to stress important points
  • Utilize gesture to keep an audience engaged
  • Give a speech that is interesting and easy to understand

In order to make your practice easier, this course includes fun elocution exercises, sample speeches, and poems which you can use to refine your skills.


Syllabus

  • Elocution Intro
  • Inflection
  • Projection
  • Clarity and Speed
  • Enunciation Exercises

Taught by

Ashley

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