{"id":988,"date":"2022-06-23T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/?p=988"},"modified":"2022-06-23T17:39:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T09:39:02","slug":"the-power-of-speaking-english-public-speaking-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/2022\/06\/23\/the-power-of-speaking-english-public-speaking-training\/","title":{"rendered":"'The Power of Speaking \u2013 English Public Speaking Training\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Being able to deliver effective presentations is an essential skill in our toolkits. This year, in May, the English Team of the Division of Arts and Languages took a step to nurture good young presenters. An English Public Speaking Workshop titled \u2018The Power of Speaking \u2013 English Public Speaking Training\u2019 was held specifically for secondary school students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restricted by social-distancing measures, the workshop was held via Zoom. However, students\u2019 enthusiasm to learn was not reduced. The workshop was well-attended by 140 students and teachers from 23 local secondary schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the transformational nature of impressive presentations, we introduced a 4-step formula to tailor-make presentation content for specific audience and contexts. Afterwards, students tried to apply the 4-step formula to prepare a 2-minute individual presentation on the topic \u2018The Halo Effect\u2019. We were very glad to hear how the students gave an impressive presentation and demonstrated the result of their fruitful and lively discussion in their groups.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/image.png 900w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/image-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/image-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/image-552x288.png 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>A Four-Step Formula for constructing effective presentations was introduced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-1140x609.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1-552x295.png 552w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/pic-2_name-removed-1.png 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>We did a Kahoot quiz to consolidate the knowledge in the first part of the workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Being able to delive...<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"cs":[39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"cs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cs?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}