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Rhetoric Module I: Free Speech

Workshop times: Wed 08.05. - Fri 10.05. 2019, each 10-18 hrs.

 

Content

  • Definitions of rhetoric
  • Speech genres and their goals
  • Rhetorical means and goals
  • The five rhetorical areas as steps in developing a speech:
    • Selecting information in a targeted and audience-oriented manner (inventio)
    • Organizing content in a meaningful way (dispositio)
    • Shaping a speech linguistically effectively (elocutio)
    • Create a supporting keyword concept (memoria)
    • Presenting a speech effectively (actio)
  • Using posture, facial expressions, gestures, eye contact and voice effectively
  • Dealing with stage fright
  • Rhetorical principles: Comprehensibility, effectiveness, and appropriateness

 

Proof of performance

  • Presentation of several free speeches during the workshop
  • written reflection along core questions on rhetoric

 

Lecturer: Ann-Kristin Reimchen (ProStudium, Servicecenter Teaching)

 

Registration via the course catalog (additive key competencies interdisciplinary, Servicecenter Lehre)

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