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== Jim Hightower's Common Sense 0 ==

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== The global reach of a public speaking course at the UW ==

<html>A screen shot from Matt McGarrity s online course.
This summer, students from around the world are learning public speaking the way it’s taught at the University of Washington. For Seattle Times readers taking “Introduction to Public Speaking,” global participation is yet another unique aspect to taking a class online.
About three-quarters of the students who signed up for the course live outside the U.S.
Is learning hampered when all the speech-making has to be done in English – a second language for many participants?
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“I would not go so far as to suggest that the large number of non-US residents in this class detracts from my experience, but I will say that it is likely to prevent me from being as active of a participant in discussion forums,” he wrote.
But perhaps the global nature of the class is an advantage. Sandy Malone thought it was “helpful and realistic.”
“Life has a global reach so hearing others from around the world and providing feedback is helpful for both the listener and the speaker,” said Malone, of Mukilteo, a district governor for Toastmasters International.
Some technical difficulties are holding a few students back – they’re having trouble posting their recorded speeches to YouTube, the platform we’re using to upload and review each other’s speeches. But most of our reader-participants still went through the exercise of producing an introductory speech.
“I’ve written speeches before and read them out loud, but I got more out of recording my speech and then watching/listening,” wrote John Enger, who’s also a Toastmasters governor and lives in West Seattle.
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Said Ehrmann: “I do think the repetition and reward of going through a process from an initial idea to a six-minute speech was ultimately helpful in retaining information.”</html>