Oral Training 1 is a first-year required course aimed at improving the ability of students to communicate in fluent and accurate English. Furthermore, its aim is to help students develop confidence in speaking publicly and academically. Students will also learn how to listen critically, responsively and objectively. Students will master presenting familiar topics in a smooth, understandable and organized way in both prepared and impromptu speeches. Students will also study how to inform and persuade others. These oral skills will be applied in group discussions and debates. Oral assignments include speeches (prepared and impromptu), role－play activities, panel and group discussions, and debates. This course is taught together with Composition 1.

By the end of this course, students will have developed self-confidence to speak publicly and academically with proper organization, structure, grammar, and visual aids. They will have learned to conduct individual as well as group work by communicating in English effectively in class discussions on various topics, such as "A Personal Experience," "A Meaningful Object," "An English Proverb," and "An Informative Speech."

Speech Communication Made Simple: A Multicultural Perspective, 3rd edition, by Dale & Wolf.