Public speaking as cultural ideal: Internationalizing the public speaking curriculum

Boromisza‐Habashi, David; Hughes, Jessica M. F.; Malkowski, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/17513057.2016.1120847

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“…These studies reveal how apparently complex and broad organizational phenomena are in fact substantiated by seemingly "minor" conduct (Clark and Pinch 2010). One of these conducts consists of the way we talk, from everyday conversations to executive decisions (Boden 1994).…”

Section: Speaking As Situated Action: Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysismentioning

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“…Paying such close attention to how people talk and interact may give the impression that we are missing the bigger picture of organizational reality. However, as Boden (1994) suggests, organizational actors themselves weave together individual communicative eventsconversations, decisions, declarations, etc.into more or less coherent organizational wholes, a process she described as "conversational lamination." For instance, people may remind each other, during their current interaction, of agreements they made earlier and somewhere else, thus binding the space-time of their organization (Cooren 2004b;Vásquez and Cooren 2013).…”

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“…Communication has not always defaulted, as it seems to do now, to writing (Peters 1999). In Plato's Phaedrus (2002: 69), writing is described as "the appearance of intelligence, not real intelligence," whereas good rhetors would learn to deliver their speech orally, a tradition that continues today in the US with public speaking curricula (Boromisza-Habashi, Hughes, and Malkowski 2016).…”

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Handbook of Management Communication

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Text and writing are often celebrated or decried as the sine qua non condition of bureaucracy and rational organizing (Derrida 1996;Hull 2003;Vismann 2008) and as tools to manage complexity and stabilize change (Anderson 2004;Callon 2002;Fayard and Metiu 2013). While it is an important topic of study in literature and linguistics, orality seems to be left out on the curbside of organization and management theory, including within organizational and management communication studies. This is all

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2021

Handbook of Management Communication

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“…‘Authenticity’ and ‘presentability’ are interdependent, but will be discussed in turn here. Interestingly, authenticity has been highlighted particularly in relation to public speaking practice: unlike other cultures that foster a ‘norm of authority’ where distance and objectivity are held in high esteem, Anglo culture fosters a ‘norm of authenticity’ that ‘prompts the speaker not only to speak in an authentic manner but also to be the type of authentic person to whom the audience can easily relate’ (Boromisza-Habashi et al, 2016: 28–29). In terms of the dominant global corporate communication model, which takes its cue from the American corporate model, authenticity is a vector of the trust and confidence that have become so important in neoliberal branding.…”

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‘The new oratory’: Public speaking practice in the digital, neoliberal age

Rossette-Crake

2020

Discourse Studies

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This study discusses the paradigm shift that has occurred in public speaking practice in the first two decades of the 21st century, conceptualised under the term ‘the New Oratory’. The New Oratory is a product of the digital revolution in that it brings together formats that are typically relayed via videos uploaded to the Internet, and serves as a vector of the new, digital economy. Drawing on previous critical work linking language and discourse to what is referred to as the new economy, late or new capitalism or neoliberalism, the study focuses on two aspects of discourse practice that can be explained due to developments within the current economic climate: (1) the entrepreneurial speaker ethos that is embodied by the start-up generation of entrepreneurs, finds a resonance in Anglo communication culture and is closely linked to the neoliberal emphasis on branding; (2) the model of horizontal knowledge or information-sharing (in which the Internet has played a major role), whereby a move from specialist to non-specialist target audiences is shifting the frontiers of discourse communities and leading to their reorganisation. These two phenomena are illustrated via examples taken from two formats: the investor pitch and the three-minute-thesis presentation. The first belongs to the corporate sector, the second to academia. The study highlights the neoliberal forces at work outside the corporate sector per se which have come to influence most spheres of professional, social and personal lives, as well as the way these forces are ultimately being promoted by the emergence of a new, fairly homogeneous discursive setup.

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“…Public speaking skills become inevitable in the 21 st century's learning, life and employment owing mostly to the globalization of information, technology, commerce and fast interactions between people from different nationalities, (see Apriyanti, Syofiani, Ramadhan, & Mukhaiyar, 2018;Mabuan, 2017;Watkins, 2014;Yee & Abidin, 2014). Responding to globalization challenges, higher education institutions in many parts of the world internationalize their curricula to include public speaking skills (Boromisza-Habashi, Hughes & Malkowski, 2016).…”

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Confronting Cultural Barriers in Public Speaking through Multiple Learning Strategies: A Case of Indonesian EFL Learners

Mbato

2020

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Cultural barriers, anxiety and lack of English competence may lead to EFL students’ failures in public peaking. Conducive learning environments, right coaching and learning strategies are likely to increase the possibility of students’ success. This research aimed to investigate whether the implementation of multiple learning strategies empowered Indonesian EFL students’ public speaking skills. 56 students enrolled in three public speaking classes of Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta in the academic year 2017-2018 participated in the research. One overriding research question was postulated, i.e., to what extent does the implementation of multiple learning strategies empower students’ public speaking skills? To answer the question, classroom mixed-methods research was employed where students filled out four different questionnaires and submitted focus group discussion (FGD) results at the end of the semester. Quantitative and qualitative data analyses indicated that students had very high perceptions about the use of and the combinations of reflections, peer-, teacher-, and self-assessments, independent learning plans and activities. They believed that multiple learning strategies implemented in the Public Speaking Class enabled them to be independent, responsible, and better learners. They also acknowledged becoming more confident and better public speakers. This study contributes to the body of knowledge in public speaking in two important ways. First, learning to speak in public for non-native speakers of English should begin with raising their awareness about cultural barriers that might inhibit the development of the necessary skills in public speaking. Second, teaching public speaking to EFL students requires the adoption of multiple learning strategies including strategies to confront imminent cultural barriers. This research, therefore, urges public speaking trainers and teachers in EFL settings to include intercultural understanding and multiple learning strategies in their public speaking classes in order to empower students’ public speaking skills

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Public speaking as cultural ideal: Internationalizing the public speaking curriculum

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‘The new oratory’: Public speaking practice in the digital, neoliberal age

Confronting Cultural Barriers in Public Speaking through Multiple Learning Strategies: A Case of Indonesian EFL Learners

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