Function both as a group member and a group leader, and demonstrate effective group interaction skills and strategies:

• Demonstrate commitment and flexibility in a group
• Monitor own and others' contributions
• Build on others' strengths to achieve group goals
• Collaborate and consult effectively with others in completing communications tasks
• Represent and promote respect for contributions of other team members
• Apply a variety of strategies including formal decision-making techniques and consensus-building skills to solve problems and achieve group goals
• Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal
• Assume shared responsibility (including roles) for collaborative work
• Demonstrate ability and commitment to work effectively with diverse teams
• Work effectively in a climate of ambiguity and changing priorities.

Select, use, and evaluate deliberately a wide variety of before, during, and after strategies to communicate meaning when speaking.

Apply accurately and effectively the language cues and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when speaking.

Create and present oral presentations:

• Communicate orally in a clear, coherent manner, using a structure and style appropriate for a variety of purposes, subject matters, and intended audiences
• Employ a logical structure appropriate to the context, audience, and purpose
• Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus
• Include smooth transitions
• Support judgements with sound evidence and well-chosen details
• Make skillful use of rhetorical devices
• Provide engaging introductions and coherent conclusions
• Identify a variety of vocal strategies, including tone, pace, pitch, and volume, and use them appropriately and with sensitivity to audience needs and cultural differences
• Identify a variety of non-verbal cues, including facial expression, gestures, and eye contact, and use them appropriately to help convey meaning and sensitivity to audience needs and cultural differences
• Recognize and adjust oral presentation elements (i.e., articulation, pronunciations, volume, tempo, pitch, stress, gestures, eye contact, facial expression, and poise) in keeping with purpose, audience needs, and individual cultural and linguistic background.

Plan and lead a workshop/seminar presentation:

• Define topic, goals, and specific objectives for workshop
• Determine who the participants will be and what their knowledge of the topic is
• Determine the appropriate subject matter, format, presentation method, and venue that will best meet workshop objectives
• Introduce the group members to self and each other
• Outline the objectives and agenda
• Provide relevant and practical information (speaker gives address) and resources (e.g., handouts)
• Select and use appropriate technology
• Plan for and encourage active participation, and allow for skill acquisition, problem solving, and small group discussion
• Summarize session and feedback.

Prepare and participate in a debate (structured argumentation) on an international issue:

• Focus on a defensible position
• Participate on the affirmative team or the opposing or negative team
• Engage in necessary research and demonstrate understanding of topic and related concepts
• Defend or attack given proposition
• Demonstrate organization and forethought
• Adhere to procedural and parliamentary rules
• Make relevant, well-researched, and accurate statements in a clear and concise manner without too much reliance on notes
• Respond with rebuttal statements that are appropriate and that demonstrate comprehension and understanding of the opposing positions.

Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of interpersonal speaking strategies and adapt them to suit the purpose, situation, and audience, exhibiting sensitivity to and respect for cultural differences.