Author(s)

Min Yang, Rongrong Pan, Zhou Chen, Lirui Duan

Corresponding Author

Min Yang

Abstract

In the past two decades, the emergent trend in integrating public speaking into the English curriculum of Chinese universities has represented the beginning of a new era in Chinese English education. How to write an informative speech is an indispensable part of a public speaking course. Based on an analysis of three informative sample speeches, this paper aims to explore a solution to help students in Kunming University improve their writing skills of an informative speech, which mainly focuses on its structure, namely, beginning, body, and conclusion.

Keywords

English informative speech; writing strategies; college students