Mastering Your Public Speaking Skills

Effective public speaking skills are valuable and essential in many different professions, disciplines, and stages of life. Learn how to increase your comfort-level, confidence, and stage presence when speaking in public. By practicing how to solve specific speech problems, such as speaking too quickly, too softly, or too indecisively, you will identify your own weaknesses and learn how to use various strategies to become a more articulate and successful speaker. This course will review various types of public speaking events and focus on developing practical methods to clearly convey your ideas and opinions in a concise and coherent manner.

Course Number: LANG-40027
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)

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4/12/2023 - 6/7/2023

$334

In-class

La Jolla

Closed

• SECTION ID:

  173334

• CLASS TYPE:

  This is a traditional classroom setting.
  
  All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Flenniken, Lauren, TESOL Certification

  Lauren Flenniken is an English instructor at UC San Diego’s English Language Institute. She grew up in Southern California and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2001 and received a Master of Arts in English from California State University Long Beach in 2006. She began her teaching career as a high school English teacher in Jeju-do, South Korea where she taught for 3 years. After leaving South Korea, Flenniken taught collegiate level English courses for two years at Salalah College of Technology in the Sultanate of Oman. This will be her third year teaching English at UC San Diego’s English Language Institute where she specializes in teaching intermediate to advanced writing courses.  

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED

  TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking 1st
  by Anderson, Chris
  ISBN / ASIN: 9781328710284

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 4/15/2023.
  1st no meeting date: 5/17/2023.
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
4/12/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
4/19/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
4/26/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/3/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/10/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/24/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
5/31/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
6/7/2023	Wed	5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Room 126, UCSD Division of Extended Studies La Jolla Campus, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla