Public Speaking is a niche program I developed for higher level language learners (A2+-B1) who wanted more experience memorizing and delivering speeches across three speech types: narrative, informative, and persuasive.

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I created the scope and sequence and a progressive skills matrix for the three-level program, modeling the gradual release of responsibility framework, as well as the structure and interactive tasks. Each level includes two speeches and progresses from understanding content to memorizing and delivering a speech; reading and speech skills and strategies are learned along the way. 

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Click on the image above to see a sample of Level 2 Lesson 5, and be sure to read the notes, outlining how the learner and teacher interact with the content (including instructions with scaffolding techniques and text-dependent question sequences). More examples can be found below.

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View Public Speaking Lvl 2 Lesson 6 here. 

View Public Speaking Lvl 3 Lesson 7 (persuasive) here.

View Public Speaking Lvl 3 Lesson 8 (persuasive) here.

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Note: These are PDF versions of PPTS that were used as the basis of entry into a proprietary LMS.

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This is an ongoing, joint project between ImmerseMe VR and Global XR Academy (GXRA).

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For this course I am working as part of a two-woman team to organize existing ImmerseMe VR content into a logical and globally-aligned fidelity for three levels of adult language learners. We are writing our own module quizzes and assessments, and offering the package up through OnFire Learning's LMS.

 

This program is supplemented by social spaces and monthly thematic activities we are hosting for participants who join in Remio XR. 

This course was a pet project of mine, as I've always wanted to build a literacy course from the ground up.

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I started with a scope and sequence, which I admittedly had to tweak because a team in Beijing had already started developing the app component. Then I wrote all the reader content, created wireframes for lessons and instructional sequences, and drafted mock prototypes of the readers. I also wrote and performed 30 original sight words songs, using the context and target language from the readers. 

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Click on the image above to see the full storyboard developed as part of a master's level instructional design course, including research and best practice and design process.

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Click here to see the scope and sequence (including all of the reader and song & chant text).

Click here to see a mock-up of a Rebus-style reader.

 

Click here to listen to the song "Colorful Animals."

Click here to listen to the song "Where is my Notebook?"

Click here to listen to the song "Ride his Bike."

Click here to listen to the song "A Pretty Dog."

Click here to listen to the song "The 'Thank You' Song."

Click here to listen to the song "Let's Go Together."

Click here to listen to the song "Call All the Animals."

Click here to listen to the song "Which Gift is Best?"

Click here to listen to the song "Would you Please Keep That Light On?"

Click here to listen to the song "All by Myself."

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Note: Details about this content also appear here and here. 

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