The study course provides knowledge about the types of public speaking, the basic conditions of presentation skills, the factors influencing speech and presentation. In the study course students will be introduced to techniques of overcoming stress, how to work with breath and voice, how to use verbal and non-verbal communication. Knowledge of speech planning, communicative strategies, argumentation, as well as tactics and speech structuring will be provided to ensure that the purpose of the presentation is achieved.
Course contents:
- History of public speech, the structure and language of speech.
- Fear as a basic emotion. Stress management. Emotional states and thinking.
- Types of communication. Communication barriers and obstacles. Verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Human typologies. Different communication of different types of representatives (perception, attitudes, actions).
- Public speech, its types. Choice of speech language, style, genre, form.
- Communication strategies and tactics. Argumentation (structure, types of arguments, argumentation techniques). Laws, levels and errors of speech logic.
- The essence of the presentation. Preparatory phase. Speech planning. Precise goal setting, content selection, structure creation. Results to be achieved.
- Types of presentations. Typology of presentations, techniques, advantages and disadvantages of presentation technical means. Presentation design.
- Social perception in public presentations. Making a first impression.
- Collaboration with the audience. Attention and attention. Discussion management skills. Tactics and ways to answer audience questions.
- Preparation of a convincing presentation. Communication and presentation.
- Presentation skills. Steps of presentation (beginning, the influencing part, end).
- Analysis of public speech according to criteria (analysis of speech structure, analysis of information perception, energy assessment, feedback methods, speech impact factors).
