Abstract
<p>This paper intends to investigate the effectiveness of a new course pattern—TED-motivated English Public Speaking Course in EFL teaching in China. This class framework adopts TED videos as the learning materials to stimulate students to be a better speaker. Meanwhile, it aims to examine to what extent the five aspects of language skills are improved. Participants are required to give answers to the questions in the questionnaires. SPSS 15.0 is used to analyze the data. The result shows that students in this course respond very positively to this new pattern and are satisfied with their improvements in language skills; they have shifted their roles from a learner to a creator; their critical listening and thinking abilities are greatly enhanced at the same time.</p>
Highlights
1.1 The Thriving of Teaching Public Speaking in EFL in ChinaPublic speaking is one of the most important and effective ways of getting people’s idea across
Reports suggest that English public speaking can be an effective approach to help students develop communicative awareness, build confidence, use English in a comprehensive way, and more importantly, enhance their critical thinking ability (Wan, 2011, 2013; Zhang, 2009)
This paper is trying to build a new pattern of English public speaking course by exploiting TED speech videos in the EFL classrooms to motivate student learners to deliver a speech in English before the public
Summary
1.1 The Thriving of Teaching Public Speaking in EFL in ChinaPublic speaking is one of the most important and effective ways of getting people’s idea across. A good speaker needs to be able to express his or her views in public places with logical and organized language, using non-verbal skills to interact with the audience, and answering questions from the audience. These communicative skills or abilities are exactly the goals that EFL courses need to achieve. Reports suggest that English public speaking can be an effective approach to help students develop communicative awareness, build confidence, use English in a comprehensive way, and more importantly, enhance their critical thinking ability (Wan, 2011, 2013; Zhang, 2009). This paper is trying to build a new pattern of English public speaking course by exploiting TED speech videos in the EFL classrooms to motivate student learners to deliver a speech in English before the public
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