Sophia Public Speaking

[ctcarl]

I heard back from TESU and they are accepted everything I wanted to take but warned that I had to complete public speaking by June 30th. The reviews say that the grading of each assignment is slow. Has anybody taken this?  Do you really need the feedback or can you work through it blindly? Any tips to share.  They have 7 business days to mark each submission so that won't happen.

I have. 

They took fifteen business days to grade my last touchstone,  and that was after my phoning and asking about it, leaving me the impression that it would have taken longer had I not called.  I doubt it would be possible to complete the first assignment, wait for it to be graded, submit a second touchstone incorporating the suggested revisions, and expect it to be graded by June 30.

I didn't find the Public Speaking touchstones particularly challenging.  Although I didn't do this, I don't think there is anything to stop you from completing the first touchstone, improving it, and submitting the second one the same day.  In fact, I suspect this is the only way you'll get this completed by June 30, if it's possible at all.

Just make sure your second effort is more polished and careful than the second.  The submissions don't exactly need to be Hollywood quality.  Vary the tone and cadence of your speech, make eye contact, gesture occasionally for emphasis, and use a simple visual aid...I used a single 8.5 x 11" monochrome chart, printed on ordinary copy paper and placed in a clear sheet protector...and you should be fine.