英语演讲选修课教 案6 usingLanguage.docVIP

山 东 理 工 大 学 教 案 第 7 次课 教学课型：理论课 □ 实验课□ 习题课□ 实践课□ 技能课□ 其它□ 主要教学内容（注明：* 重点 # 难点 ）： Using language and speech delivery 1. Language is important 2. Meaning of words 3. Using language accurately 4. *Using language clearly 5. *Using language vividly 6. Using language appropriately 7. A note on inclusive language 教学目的要求： Learn the ways to use language accurately, clearly, vividly and appropriately. 教学方法和教学手段： 讲授， ppt 讨论、思考题、作业： What are the ways to generate imagery? How to make your language vividly? 参考资料： The art of public speaking Be a great speech maker 注：教案附后 Lesson 6 Using language Language is important： Language is the carrier of ideas, all effective communication is based on the proper use of language. Meaning of words Words have two kinds of meanings: denotative and connotative. 1. Denotative meaning: the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase Example: School:　a place, institution, or building where instruction is given 2. Connotative meaning: the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase. It is more variable, figurative, and subjective. Put it simply, the connotative meaning of a word is what the word suggests or implies. Example: School: the connotative meaning of this word includes all the feelings, associations and emotions that the word touches off in different people. For some people, “school” might connote personal growth, childhood friends, and a special teacher. For others, it might connote frustration, discipline, and boring homework.. Connotative meaning gives words their intensity and emotional power. It arouses in listeners feelings of anger, pity, love, fear, friendship, nostalgia, greed, guilt, and the like. Which meaning should you use? It depends on the audience, the occasion and the speaker’s purpose. If you want to stir up your listeners’ emotions, rally them to some cause, then select words with more intense connotative meani