Impromptu Circles

• In Event: G.I.F.T.S. Session II

Abstract

The Impromptu Circle activity aims to help speech students become comfortable constructing and delivering the structural elements of a speech. Each student offers one element of a larger speech such that the entire class works together to construct a single speech. The format of the activity allows student to both learn to generate ideas quickly as well as come together as an entire class to reduce speaking anxiety.

Author

• J. Kanan Sawyer, West Chester Univ