Impromptu Speeches : A Malaysian Experience

ISBN-13: 9783659264863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 80 str.

Kulwindr Kaur Sidhu

Opis

This book on Impromptu Speeches is written based on a study done by the author for one year. It is also based on the author s vast experience of teaching impromptu speeches to undergraduates in the University of Malaya. It is a personalized experience of local lecturers and local undergraduates and thus has a local, personal flavor to it. It discusses what is an impromptu speech, the present assessment method for impromptu speeches, fears in delivering an impromptu speech, opinions of lecturers and undergraduates on the present assessment method, strengths and weaknesses of undergraduates when presenting their impromptu speeches and finally twenty strategies to improve impromptu speech presentation. The author has written in simple English language for anyone who wants to make impromptu speeches for any occasion. As such this book can be used by students, teachers, public speakers and anyone who wants to make impromptu speeches for any occasion.

O autorze

Kulwindr Kaur Sidhu is a Senior Lecturer at the English Language Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya. She has a B.A. (Hons.) TESL Degree from UKM, a Master s of English as a Second Language (MESL) from UM, and a PhD in Translation from UM. She has taught in the primary, secondary and tertiary levels.