This article reports a case of a successful public speaking course over a period of four months. The course was comprised of university and graduate students at SFC, many of whom were returnees. The average TOEFL score was 577; the top score was 663. This context allowed me to help students develop both their intellectual and communicative skills as well as to teach English itself.
 First, the classroom procudures are described: 1)Quiz, 2)Mini-lecture on communication, 3)Model speeches, 4)Students' presentations, 5)Joke of the day. Next, my teaching techniques, which are designed to facilitate enjoyable and meaningful classes, are explained. In addition, the students' evaluations of the course are presented. The results of these evaluations suggest that students view these teaching procedures as effective in improving their communicative skills. I hope this article will help other English instructors improve their teaching methodologies.

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