Whatever your reasons for studying public speaking, this class will enable you to
develop or improve a variety of communication skills, such as how to:
• Listen carefully and critically in order to understand and evaluate what others
say.
• Decide what you want to speak about.
• Select what to say.
• Find the material for a speech by examining your own experience, consulting
with others, using the Internet, and visiting a library.
• Think critically about what you read and observe so that you will reason
soundly when addressing an audience.
• Organize a speech to make it clear, coherent, sensible, and effective.
• Use language skillfully to convey both meaning and mood.