I heard that I'll be teaching a Speech class for the first time this semester, so I went onto the Kotesol Facebook Group (very helpful: join!) and asked for some advice. People mentioned lots of stuff ranging from no book, to books, to video-taping presentations. One book that was mentioned a few times was "Speaking of Speech" by David Harrington & Charles LeBeau, so I decided to order it and check it out. It's quite expensive on Amazon, but I found it on Gmarket for around 15 000. And, it arrived 3 days later.
It looks pretty fabulous: it's beginner level, easy to understand, covers all the highlights such as posture, gestures, slides, etc and has fun, in-class practice things. Plus, there are around 8 (didn't count yet!) ready-made speech assignments, complete with evaluation grids. What more could a teacher want? Planning/executing this course will be not as overwhelming as I first thought it would be.
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I've taught speech courses using this book several times and it is AWESOME! Can't recommend it enough...
I also usually tell students that their tests will be videoed and that they have to view their individual videos and evaluate themselves....
Good luck with the course!
Hi! I'm Charles--one of the authors. I just stumbled on this blog...How do you like teaching in Korea? Most of my experience is in Japan, but I have been to Korea to present.
Glad you enjoyed Speaking of Speech. I assume you are using the New Edition? I am using it this term in 3 classes. BTW, Did you know that there is now a Speaking of Speech Level 2?
Hey Charles...nice to meet you. I switched departments at my university and now teach mostly academic writing, so I'm a bit out of touch with the new edition/level 2. But, I did put the other teachers at my uni onto the book and it's the official one now for that class I used to teach :)
Will you be around Korea for the Kotesol International conference next fall? If yes, let's meet up in person.
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