- Level Foundation
- Duration 10 hours
- Course by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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About
Professor Zhang is Central South University’s top training coach in English speaking and interpreting contests and has engaged in teaching and research on English speaking and interpreting as well as competition training for more than ten years. This is a course which improves your comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing and thinking: you will overcome your bad listening habits and advance listening skills; you will correct your pronunciation and improve language quality and delivery; you will collect and analyze materials quickly and efficiently; you will enhance writing ability and complete speech writing independently; you will think more logically and communicate more easily. After finishing the course, the learners will be brave at speaking, happy to speaking and great at speaking; no matter in life, competition, study, work or on international stage, you can be a wise thinker, and more importantly, an active and confident speaker!Modules
1.1 Public Speaking Makes You the Best of Yourself
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Videos
- Public Speaking Makes You the Best of Yourself
1.2 Do You Have Misunderstandings about English Public Speaking?
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Discussions
- Discussion: Are you an effective speaker?
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Videos
- Do You Have Misunderstandings about English Public Speaking?
1.3 Three Major Types of English Public Speaking
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Videos
- Three Major Types of English Public Speaking
1.4 What Is English Public Speaking?
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Videos
- What Is English Public Speaking?
Quiz 1: What Is English Public Speaking?
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Assignment
- What Is English Public Speaking?
2.1 Why Do We Get Nervous on the Stage?
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Discussions
- Discussion: Are you a people person?
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Videos
- Why Do We Get Nervous on the Stage?
2.2 Conquer Stage Fright and Speak Confidently
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Videos
- Conquer Stage Fright and Speak Confidently
Quiz 2: Controlling Nervousness and Improving Confidence
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Assignment
- Controlling Nervousness and Improving Confidence
3.1 Listening Is Very Hard?
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Discussions
- Discussion: How are Your Listening Habits?
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Videos
- Listening Is Very Hard?
3.2 If You Want to be A Good Speaker, You Need to be A Good Listener
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Videos
- If You Want to be A Good Speaker, You Need to be A Good Listener
3.3 Fighting Against the “7 Sins” of Poor Listening
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Discussions
- Discussion: What interferes with good listening?
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Videos
- Fighting Against the “7 Sins” of Poor Listening
3.4 Audience-centered Presentation
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Discussions
- Self Practice: Sell a lipstick to a young girl and a mid-aged male
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Videos
- Audience-centered Presentation
3.5 Audience Adaptation
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Videos
- Audience Adaptation
Quiz 3: Preparing for Audience-Centered Speeches
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Assignment
- Preparing for Audience-Centered Speeches
4.1 Why Is Delivery So Important?
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Discussions
- Self Evaluation: What are your delivery problems?
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Videos
- Why Is Delivery So Important?
4.2 How to Speak With the Proper Volume
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Discussions
- Self Practice: The Breathing Practice
- Self Practice: The Humming Practice
- Self Practice: The Truck Practice
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Videos
- How to Speak With the Proper Volume
4.3 Controlling Your Pace and Rhythm
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Discussions
- Self Practice: The Tapping Practice
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Videos
- Controlling Your Pace and Rhythm
4.4 Controlling Your Pitch
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Discussions
- Self Practice: Say the same thing in different tones
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Videos
- Controlling Your Pitch
4.5 Don’t Let Pronunciation Get in Your Way of Speaking!
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Discussions
- Are you satisfied with your pronunciation?
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Videos
- Don’t Let Pronunciation Get in Your Way of Speaking!
4.6 Facial Expressions and Eye Contacts
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Videos
- Facial Expressions and Eye Contacts
4.7 Hand Gestures and Language of Body
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Discussions
- Do you think delivery is more important than content?
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Videos
- Hand Gestures and Language of Body
Quiz 4: Improving Your Delivery on the Stage
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Assignment
- Improving Your Delivery on the Stage
5.1 How to Select a Meaningful Topic
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Discussions
- Add a subtitle to the topic “Ocean Protection”
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Videos
- How to Select a Meaningful Topic
5.2 How to Research on Your Topic
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Videos
- How to Research on Your Topic
5.3 Working Together Does Make Sense!
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Discussions
- What should we do if no one wants to be the group leader?
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Videos
- Working Together Does Make Sense!
5.4 How to Discuss Effectively
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Discussions
- If someone in the group talks nonstop or keeps quiet all the time, what can we do?
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Videos
- How to Discuss Effectively
5.5 How to Write an Outline
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Discussions
- A Warm-up Exercise: Write an Outline for the Topic “Will AI Replace Humans?”
- Compare your outline with the sample given in the video.
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Videos
- How to Write an Outline
5.6 The Language of English Public Speaking
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Videos
- The Language of English Public Speaking
Quiz 5: Preparing for Writing Speech Script
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Assignment
- Preparing for Writing Speech Script
6.1 A Good Beginning Is Half Success
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Videos
- A Good Beginning Is Half Success
6.2 Begin with an “Attention Getter”
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Discussions
- Write your own beginning for “Will AI Replace Humans”
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Videos
- Begin with an “Attention Getter”
6.3 How to Write the BODY Part of the Speech
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Videos
- How to Write the BODY Part of the Speech
6.4 How to Conclude Your Speech
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Discussions
- Write your own concluding part for “Will AI Replace Humans”
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Videos
- How to Conclude Your Speech
6.5 PPT in Presentation
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Videos
- PPT in Presentation
Quiz 6: Designing Your Speech Script
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Assignment
- Designing Your Speech Script
7.1 Introduction on the “FLTRP Cup” English Speaking Contest
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Videos
- Introduction on the “FLTRP Cup” English Speaking Contest
7.2 Introduction on the “21st Century” English Speaking Competition and “Star of Outlook” English Talent Competition
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Videos
- Introduction on the “21st Century” English Speaking Competition and “Star of Outlook” English Talent Competition
7.3 Interview on Prepared Speech
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Videos
- Interview on Prepared Speech
8.1 Impromptu Speech Training
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Videos
- Impromptu Speech Training
8.2 Analyzing Impromptu Speech Preparation
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Videos
- Analyzing Impromptu Speech Preparation
8.3 The Power of EPS and Speaking Competitions
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Videos
- The Power of EPS and Speaking Competitions
Final Exam
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Assignment
- Final Exam

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