Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
IUS/18 (ROMAN LAW AND LAWS OF ANCIENT TIMES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION, MULTIMEDIA
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (28/02/2022 - 31/05/2022)
Lesson hours
54 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of italian language.
Learning outcomes
At the end of lectures it is expected, in general, a remarkable improvement in oral communication skills of student.
More in particular, it is expected that student will be able to get more self-confident and powerful in public speaking; and therefore he will be able to make more convincing contents of his speeches, timber of his voice and his whole rhetoric attitude in all his relations one-to-one and one-to-many.
Course contents
Searching for the lost art: from the beginnings of classical oratory to the modern theories of public speaking. The charisma of the speaker. The keys to the success of a statement, a presentation or a longer speech: technique and mental attitude. The idea: models, targets, destination. The processing: places, order, colors. The achievement: exposition, acting, memorization. Using visual supports, leading debates, speaking into a microphone.
Teaching methods
Theoretical acquisition (by frontal didactic) and practical experimentation (by practices directly in lecturehall) of principal elements of public speaking and classical oratory. For preparation of practical examination it is offered a tutoring service during and after periodo of lectures.
Reccomended or required readings
For students attending lectures the
materials to study for written examination will be notes from lectures and book number 3 suggested hereinbelowe for examination of students not attending lectures.
For students not attending lectures the materials to study for oral examination will be the following 3 books:
1) Marco Tullio Cicerone, L’arte di comunicare, a cura di Paolo Marsich, Milano 2007, Oscar Mondadori ed., 89 pages;
2) D. Carnegie, Come parlare in pubblico e convincere gli altri, Milano 2007, Tascabili Bompiani ed., 209 pages;
3) Ruth A. Lake, Saper presentare, Nuova edizione rivista e aggiornata, Collana Basic Management, Milano 2011, Franco Angeli ed., 136 pages.
Assessment methods
- Written examination by test of 30 multiple choice questions about contents of lectures and book published in this Syllabus. Test will last 30 minutes and will be passed by at least 18 correct answers. Results published by EsseTre after first following examination day.
- Oral examination by conversation about contents of books published on this Syllabus.
- Attending lectures or tutoring is not mandatory, but only students who have attended lectures and tutoring will be admitted to have a special examination, consisting (instead of previous ones) in a short speech of maximum 10 minutes agreed during lectures.
Further information
Requests of further informations to: mainino@unipv.it
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