Q: How can we help our students become better thinkers and better speakers?

A: Substantially increase the quality and quantity of speaking spportunities. 

Project approach includes small group presentations, many more(15-20) speaking opportunities and researched speeches, 5-8 impromptu speeches, dynamic, peer  oral assessment and finally, more written pages. 

Q：how can help ss better thinkers/speakers

A: Substantially increase quality and quantity of speaking opportunities. 

instructor guide:

oral communication/public speaking:

e.g. key word, ask ss to speak about it with a format.

teacher sitting together with ss, ss assessing

part 1: theory: 

Pras-dialectic unity of concepts and practical activities as instrument to change: repeat the same skill in different contexts

"Whoever is doing the assessing is doing the c t."---peer assessment+oral ass + dynamic+no scores: improvement & positive（I would like it more if)+in groups

Part2- student activities: repeated daily without too much labors(labor for ss)

http://ses.*su.edu.cn/info/1103/3237.htm

Q: How can we help our students become better thinkers and better speakers?

A: Substantially increase the quality and quantity of speaking opportunities.

The open-source instructor guide for the IVC Project is available: http://ses.*su.edu.cn/info/1103/3237.htm

http://www.ivc.edu/faculty/grybold/Pages/Profile.aspx

impromptu speech---拿出任何一个东西要求说2分钟

zone of proximal development 

substantially increase the quality and quantity of speaking opportunities.