This course aims to teach students to get familiar with a variety of public speaking events. The areas of study include informative speaking, persuasive speaking, impromptu speaking, and extemporaneous speaking. Students in this class will be given opportunities to develop effective skills in the research, organization, and presentation of speeches. In the end of the class’ students will be expected to apply effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills in presenting speeches to an audience; to employ appropriate organizational structures into speech presentations; to perform research and incorporate researched information into speech presentations; to demonstrate effective use of media to enhance speech presentations; and to apply effective speaking and listening skills as they present, observe, critique, and respond to criticism of speech presentations.