Speak with Confidence. Present with Clarity. Connect with Your Audience.
Learn how to read your audience and give speeches in English that are both informative and persuasive.
This online course helps develop English skills to communicate and present with confidence in professional settings and on special occasions. By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Speak Clearly to Be Heard and Make an Impact
- Plan and organize audience-centered speeches with clear thesis statements and logical structure
- Deliver speeches using confident body language, controlled vocal pace and strategic pauses
- Inform audiences by explaining complex ideas using definitions, analogies, examples and facts
Master Effective Public-Speaking Techniques
- Adapt the language for friendly, neutral, and hostile audiences
- Handle questions using the CALM method (Clarify, Acknowledge, Limit, Move on)
- Engage the audience using polite indirect questions
Course Content at a Glance
- Understanding Public Speaking
- The Ethics of Public Speaking
- Speaking with Confidence
- Analyzing Your Audience
- Preparing Your Speech Topic
- Delivering Your Speech
- Speaking to Inform
- The Strategy of Persuasion
- Speaking to Persuade
- Speaking on Special Occasions
- Listening and Being Heard
- Storytelling
What Makes This Course Different?
- Practical, not theoretical content: Skills and techniques for confident public speaking in English
- Balanced skills development: Reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary
- Course Duration: 12 weeks (approximately 48 – 60 instructional hours)
- Assessment: Pre-assessment, module-based tasks, and post-assessment
- Format: Online, with weekly trainer-led sessions
- Target CLB Level: 5 – 6